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FolderItem.FontActivateMBS(OnlyLocal as boolean) as Integer
Function:
Activates one font.
Example:
Notes:
The folderitem used here points to a font file.
If you want the Font Manager to make fonts not visible to all applications installed on the system, use the OnlyLocal property.
Requires Mac OS 9.0 or newer.
Returns -1 if this FontManager function was not found. 0 on success.
Some error codes for Mac:
Fails in Xojo 2017 on Windows due to changes in Xojo's way to handle fonts. The plugin still activates them, but Xojo doesn't allow you to use fonts which haven't been there earlier. See feedback case 46596.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | Fonts | MBS Util Plugin | 4.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | All |
Example:
dim f as folderitem
dim e as Integer
f=SpecialFolder.Desktop.child("MyWonderfulFont.dfont")
e=f.FontActivateMBS(true)
select case e
case 0
msgbox "No error"
case -1
MsgBox "Parameter error. (Plugin)"
case 1 // Windows error
MsgBox "Parameter error. (System)"
case -43 // Mac error
MsgBox "File not found."
case -50 // Mac error
MsgBox "Parameter error. (System)"
case -108 // Mac error
MsgBox "File is not a font file."
else
MsgBox "Error: "+str(e)
end Select
The folderitem used here points to a font file.
If you want the Font Manager to make fonts not visible to all applications installed on the system, use the OnlyLocal property.
Requires Mac OS 9.0 or newer.
Returns -1 if this FontManager function was not found. 0 on success.
Some error codes for Mac:
| 0 | No error. |
| -43 | File not found. |
| -45 | File locked. |
| -108 | Out of memory. |
| -105 | Already registered. |
Fails in Xojo 2017 on Windows due to changes in Xojo's way to handle fonts. The plugin still activates them, but Xojo doesn't allow you to use fonts which haven't been there earlier. See feedback case 46596.
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