font trouble

[kornyMF]

hello....
i'm using swfkit pro 3.1 to convert my swfs to exes but i'm having trouble with font setting on the app...
i was trying to put my own custom fonts on the exe but it doesnt seems to load if the remote computer doesnt have the fonts installed in their systems...
i already tried to include the fonts under the Windows --> Fonts (inside swfkit) but the fonts doesnt seems to load....
is there any solution to this maybe a script or something....

thanks

[SWFKit]

The files under "Windows" only work for installers. That is, the files are only packed into the installers. However, there is a way to load a font at runtime so that you need not an installer:

1. in the "initialize" script load the font
2. in the "initialize" script handle the onClose method of the main window to remove the font

dllimport "gdi32.dll" stdcall int AddFontResourceA(String) as AddFontResource;
dllimport "gdi32.dll" stdcall int RemoveFontResourceA(String) as RemoveFontResource;

trace(AddFontResource);
trace(RemoveFontResource);

var fontfile = "c:\\myfont.ttf";
AddFontResource(fontfile);

getMainWnd().onClose() = function () {
	RemoveFontResource(fontfile);
}

See also: http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/14736

[kornyMF]

thanks but can i embed the font inside the exe?? not using the external var as "c:\\myfont.ttf"...
and also how to embed 2 fonts with that method??

thanks

[SWFKit]

Sure, add the font files into the "Resources" panel. In the "initialize" script to copy them into the temporary folder

var fonts = ["font1.ttf", "font2.ttf", "font3.ttf"];

for (var i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
	var src = getAdditionalFile(fonts[i]);
	var dest = Shell.getSpecialFolder("temp") + "\\" + fonts[i];
	
	(new File(src)).copy(dest);
	
	AddFontResource(dest);
}

getMainWnd().onClose() = function () {
	for (var i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
		var dest = Shell.getSpecialFolder("temp") + "\\" + fonts[i];
		RemoveFontResource(dest);
	}
}

[kornyMF]

it doesnt work...can you tell me where have i done wrong

in the resource panel
[img width=700 height=189]http://h1.ripway.com/ptemondous/swf/resource.JPG[/img]

and in the initialize script
[img width=700 height=370]http://h1.ripway.com/ptemondous/swf/script.JPG[/img]

[AndyField]

Just as another thought - do you need to embed the font on the user's own computer? How about embedding the font within Flash itself - when the swf is converted to an .exe by SWFKit that font will be fully available in your application.

[kornyMF]

there's some unicode characters that neede to be displayed correctly...

can you teach me how to do that??

[SWFKit]

the code should be

getAdditionalFile();

dllimport "gdi32.dll" stdcall int AddFontResourceA(String) as AddFontResource;
dllimport "gdi32.dll" stdcall int RemoveFontResourceA(String) as RemoveFontResource;

var fonts = ["CODE2000.ttf", "BLEEDING_COWBOYS.ttf", "ALBUM-AVANTQUELOMBRE.ttf"];

for (var i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
	var src = getAdditionalFile(fonts[i]);
	var dest = Shell.getSpecialFolder("temp") + "\\" + fonts[i];
	
	(new File(src)).copy(dest);
	
	AddFontResource(dest);
}

getMainWnd().onClose() = function () {
	for (var i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
		var dest = Shell.getSpecialFolder("temp") + "\\" + fonts[i];
		RemoveFontResource(dest);
	}
}

return true;

and please make sure that you are using swfkit pro. Don't put code after the return clause, which means the end of a script.

[kornyMF]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D it worked...thanks for the help.... : :

[kornyMF]

i found another problem.....after a certain launch the fonts not showing on the swf...is there any way to fix this issue??? cos i was just about to publish my exe but got delayed because of this....

thanks