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ddx1.06 rendering beta - rendering of fonts
ddx1.06 rendering beta - rendering of fonts
i have quickley tried the activex rendering example and finds that it is a good start, although debugging the code seems to crash vb6. it renders the drawing accurately but for the text, i understand that i may need some font files. i have the fonts on my machine from autocad and voloview express, i just need to know where to put the font files for the rendering support to find them.

in win2000/xp you must set envionment variables "acad=acadfont's path"
in win9x use autoexec.bat file, add a line "set acad=acadfont's path".

thanks i have now set that variable, and tried again but still no joy, i am on xp. i have copied all the fonts directory from voloview express fonts folder to c:\cadfonts and pointed the acad variable to it. any further ideas
thanks
darren

i set it like this:
oapp.filepreferences.supportpath = "d:\program files\autocad 2002\support;d:\program files\autocad 2002\fonts;"
my fonts are rendered right.

where do you find this method "filepreference" ?
thierry

you have to set up search path for the activex. unfortunatly the activex does not read autocad enviroment variable. you could set up search path via supportpath property (preferencesfile interface)
iacadapplication -> iacadpreferences -> iacadpreferencesfile
> oapp.filepreferences.supportpath = ...
oapp - it is custom vb class which wrap the odahostapp and acadapplication
[ may 12, 2003: message edited by: sergey kuligin ]</p>

many thanks everyone. i don't know why i didn't spot the code in the example. just changed it to my fonts directory and it worked.
thanks
darren