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FontMgr2/!FontMGR2/TechText/UsingIt
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| Filename: | FontMgr2/!FontMGR2/TechText/UsingIt |
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| File size: | 073D bytes |
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| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Using the Font Manager from your own Applications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------- Because I have made it so very easy for you to create your own Font Manager scripts, it should not be too much trouble to integrate it's functions into your own applications. What goes hand-in-hand with this is the freedom I have given you to supply this application with your own software packages. This means that you can be sure the user of your software has !FontMGR2. -------------------------------------------------- Technically, scripts are delt with in the file "!FontMGR2".TechText.Scripts", but I would like to now point out how you might use the script to your application's advantage. Because most applications seem to check which fonts are avliable each time they present the user with a menu, any changes made with !FontMGR2 are reflected in the application's menu. This side of things is in essence "dealt with". However if your application is given a file that makes use of fonts that are in passive groups, then those fonts *ARE* present, but are just hideen from your application. What I suggest you do, is to check if !FontMGR2 is running. This can be done easily by reading in the value of the system variable <F$Running>. It's value will be either "TRUE" or "FALSE". If it's "TRUE" then "Filer_Run" a script file containing a "font hunt" of the fonts you require. If !FontMGR2 isn't running then run the file within the FontMGR2 resources directory entitled, "BootFonts". It's syntax is: BootFonts <filename> If the filename is omitted, it will set up as default. BootFonts will accept font hunts. If the system variable "<FontMGR2$Dir>" is not present then obviously the user doesn't use !FontMGR2 - silly. --------------------------------------------------
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What go| 00000150 65 73 0a 68 61 6e 64 2d 69 6e 2d 68 61 6e 64 20 |es.hand-in-hand | 00000160 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 |with this is the| 00000170 20 66 72 65 65 64 6f 6d 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 0a | freedom I have.| 00000180 67 69 76 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 75 70 |given you to sup| 00000190 70 6c 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 |ply this applica| 000001a0 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 79 6f 75 72 0a 6f |tion with your.o| 000001b0 77 6e 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 70 61 63 6b |wn software pack| 000001c0 61 67 65 73 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e |ages. This mean| 000001d0 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 0a 62 |s that you can.b| 000001e0 65 20 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 |e sure the user | 000001f0 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 |of your software| 00000200 20 68 61 73 20 21 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 2e 0a | has !FontMGR2..| 00000210 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |.---------------| 00000220 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000240 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 54 65 63 68 6e 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 |---..Technically| 00000250 2c 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 64 65 |, scripts are de| 00000260 6c 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 |lt with in the f| 00000270 69 6c 65 0a 22 21 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 22 2e |ile."!FontMGR2".| 00000280 54 65 63 68 54 65 78 74 2e 53 63 72 69 70 74 73 |TechText.Scripts| 00000290 22 2c 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c |", but I would l| 000002a0 69 6b 65 0a 74 6f 20 6e 6f 77 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 |ike.to now point| 000002b0 20 6f 75 74 20 68 6f 77 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 69 67 | out how you mig| 000002c0 68 74 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 69 70 |ht use the scrip| 000002d0 74 0a 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 |t.to your applic| 000002e0 61 74 69 6f 6e 27 73 20 61 64 76 61 6e 74 61 67 |ation's advantag| 000002f0 65 2e 0a 0a 42 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 |e...Because most| 00000300 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 73 65 | applications se| 00000310 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 77 68 69 63 |em to check whic| 00000320 68 0a 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 76 6c 69 |h.fonts are avli| 00000330 61 62 6c 65 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 |able each time t| 00000340 68 65 79 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 74 68 65 0a |hey present the.| 00000350 75 73 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 |user with a menu| 00000360 2c 20 61 6e 79 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 6d 61 |, any changes ma| 00000370 64 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 21 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 |de with !FontMGR| 00000380 32 0a 61 72 65 20 72 65 66 6c 65 63 74 65 64 20 |2.are reflected | 00000390 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 |in the applicati| 000003a0 6f 6e 27 73 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 |on's menu. This| 000003b0 0a 73 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 |.side of things | 000003c0 69 73 20 69 6e 20 65 73 73 65 6e 63 65 20 22 64 |is in essence "d| 000003d0 65 61 6c 74 20 77 69 74 68 22 2e 0a 0a 48 6f 77 |ealt with"...How| 000003e0 65 76 65 72 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 70 70 |ever if your app| 000003f0 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 67 69 76 65 |lication is give| 00000400 6e 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 0a 6d 61 |n a file that.ma| 00000410 6b 65 73 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 |kes use of fonts| 00000420 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 69 6e 20 70 61 73 | that are in pas| 00000430 73 69 76 65 20 67 72 6f 75 70 73 2c 0a 74 68 65 |sive groups,.the| 00000440 6e 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 2a 41 |n those fonts *A| 00000450 52 45 2a 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 2c 20 62 75 74 |RE* present, but| 00000460 20 61 72 65 20 6a 75 73 74 0a 68 69 64 65 65 6e | are just.hideen| 00000470 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 70 70 6c 69 | from your appli| 00000480 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 57 68 61 74 20 49 20 |cation. What I | 00000490 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 0a 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 2c 20 |suggest.you do, | 000004a0 69 73 20 74 6f 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 69 66 20 21 |is to check if !| 000004b0 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 20 69 73 20 72 75 6e 6e |FontMGR2 is runn| 000004c0 69 6e 67 2e 0a 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |ing..This can be| 000004d0 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 65 61 73 69 6c 79 20 62 79 20 | done easily by | 000004e0 72 65 61 64 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 76 |reading in the v| 000004f0 61 6c 75 65 0a 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 74 |alue.of the syst| 00000500 65 6d 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 20 3c 46 24 52 |em variable <F$R| 00000510 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 3e 2e 20 20 49 74 27 73 0a 76 |unning>. It's.v| 00000520 61 6c 75 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 69 74 |alue will be eit| 00000530 68 65 72 20 22 54 52 55 45 22 20 6f 72 20 22 46 |her "TRUE" or "F| 00000540 41 4c 53 45 22 2e 20 20 49 66 20 69 74 27 73 0a |ALSE". If it's.| 00000550 22 54 52 55 45 22 20 74 68 65 6e 20 22 46 69 6c |"TRUE" then "Fil| 00000560 65 72 5f 52 75 6e 22 20 61 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 |er_Run" a script| 00000570 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 | file containing| 00000580 0a 61 20 22 66 6f 6e 74 20 68 75 6e 74 22 20 6f |.a "font hunt" o| 00000590 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |f the fonts you | 000005a0 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 2e 20 20 49 66 0a 21 46 6f |require. If.!Fo| 000005b0 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 72 75 6e |ntMGR2 isn't run| 000005c0 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 75 6e 20 74 68 |ning then run th| 000005d0 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 0a 74 68 |e file within.th| 000005e0 65 20 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 20 72 65 73 6f 75 |e FontMGR2 resou| 000005f0 72 63 65 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 65 |rces directory e| 00000600 6e 74 69 74 6c 65 64 2c 0a 22 42 6f 6f 74 46 6f |ntitled,."BootFo| 00000610 6e 74 73 22 2e 20 20 49 74 27 73 20 73 79 6e 74 |nts". It's synt| 00000620 61 78 20 69 73 3a 0a 0a 20 42 6f 6f 74 46 6f 6e |ax is:.. BootFon| 00000630 74 73 20 3c 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 3e 0a 0a 49 |ts <filename>..I| 00000640 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 69 |f the filename i| 00000650 73 20 6f 6d 69 74 74 65 64 2c 20 69 74 20 77 69 |s omitted, it wi| 00000660 6c 6c 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 61 73 0a 64 65 66 |ll set up as.def| 00000670 61 75 6c 74 2e 20 20 42 6f 6f 74 46 6f 6e 74 73 |ault. BootFonts| 00000680 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 20 66 6f 6e | will accept fon| 00000690 74 20 68 75 6e 74 73 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 74 68 65 |t hunts...If the| 000006a0 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 | system variable| 000006b0 20 22 3c 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 24 44 69 72 3e | "<FontMGR2$Dir>| 000006c0 22 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 0a 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 |" is not.present| 000006d0 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 | then obviously | 000006e0 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 |the user doesn't| 000006f0 20 75 73 65 0a 21 46 6f 6e 74 4d 47 52 32 20 2d | use.!FontMGR2 -| 00000700 20 73 69 6c 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | silly...-------| 00000710 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000730 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |-----------..| 0000073d
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