[AccessD] Auto install fonts

Hi John

The snip is from the help file.

If you study this - it's more like a reference - while looking at the
included samples (*.iss), you should be off.

As for "where to put it"? I guess you mean the source directory?
Either you can specify the full path of the font file:

Source: "S:\SETUP\fonts\TrueType\OZHANDIN.TTF"; ..

or insert a parameter under the [Setup] section:

SourceDir=c:\files

/gustav


> Thanks for the tip Gustav! Sorry for the delayed response...I've been
> off quite a bit lately and, when I have been here, there has been many
> diversions...today it is a 'toasted' server.
 
> I not only downloaded Inno Setup, but I also downloaded IS Tool, which
> is an interface designed for Inno, but created by another developer. It
> seems like it is exactly what I need, but it also looks like it is going
> to take some learning. 
 
> Where did you get the <snip> that you sent me? I would like to
> investigate it more. I actually have it working except for the font...I
> don't know where to put it.
 
> Thanks again. I believe this will save my department hours of work, in
> the long run.
 
> John W Clark


>>>> gustav at cactus.dk 11/14/03 11:04AM >>>
> Hi John

> You can use the free Inno Setup for this:

>   http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php 


> <snip>

> FontInstall

>   Description:
> Tells Setup the file is a font that needs to be installed. The value
> of this parameter is the name of the font as stored in the registry or
> WIN.INI. This must be exactly the same name as you see when you
> double-click the font file in Explorer. Note that Setup will
> automatically append " (TrueType)" to the end of the name.    

> If the file is not a TrueType font, you must specify the flag
> fontisnttruetype in the Flags parameter.

> It's recommended that you use the flags onlyifdoesntexist and
> uninsneveruninstall when installing fonts to the {fonts} directory. 
> To successfully install a font on Windows 2000/XP, the user must be a
> member of the Power Users or Administrators groups. On Windows NT 4.0
> and earlier, anyone can install a font.

>   Example:
> Source: "OZHANDIN.TTF"; DestDir: "{fonts}"; FontInstall: "Oz Handicraft
> BT"; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall 

> </snip>

> /gustav


>> I use basically the same 'look' for all (or most) of the programs
> that I
>> write for my employer. This 'look' includes two fonts that are not
>> standard (airfoil.ttf and motley.ttf). When I install these programs
> to
>> a new computer, it is necessary for me to copy these ttf files and
> then
>> install them via 'control panel' and 'fonts'.

>> This was all fine for a while, but now the number of programs is
>> growing, as is the amount of users and the physical area that they
> are
>> spread over. Now I cannot always be the one who does the actual
>> installation, so I have been trying to create an automated process
> for
>> the install of these programs. I currently use a batch file that
> creates
>> a directory in 'Program Files' on their root drive, copies the files
>> into this directory, and copies a shortcut onto their desktop. The
>> remaining problem is that the fonts need to be installed, and I
> don't
>> know how to get around having them install the font--I don't want
> them
>> to touch anything they don't need to touch.

>> Is there a way to do this? I have never used any of the 'installer'
>> programs that I have read about, on this list--is this what I need to
> be
>> looking at? And, if so, which ones? I think I have noticed 'Install
>> Shield' (?) the most.