Font Dialog show only truetype fonts

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I made a generic FontDialog and it auto lists fonts. The problem is if someone picks a non-truetype font, it displays it in the preview and everything, but when they hit ok/apply it comes back with an exception "Only TrueType fonts are supported. This is not a TrueType font."
How do I get the dialog so that non-true type fonts aren't listed in the Font Dialog?

Posted 27-Aug-10 5:32am

aei_totten

Add a Solution

Comments

wb12162003 2-Mar-11 1:52am

good!

2 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2010-08-27T06:19:00

Solution 1

Set the AllowScriptChange property to false.

Posted 27-Aug-10 6:19am

#realJSOP

Comments

aei_totten 27-Aug-10 13:11pm

No Change :(

#realJSOP · Answer 2 · 2011-06-10T03:15:00

Solution 2

Instead of 1-voting the only (almost year-old) answer that was submitted, you could try using google yourself. I did (to come up with the first answer), and I did again to come up with this one:

Include the CF_TTONLY flag when you call ChooseFont(). This may involve using PInvoke to use the windows api, but I assume you're a programmer, so this shouldn't be a big deal.

Posted 10-Jun-11 3:15am

#realJSOP

Updated 10-Jun-11 3:30am

v2

Comments

aei_totten 10-Jun-11 12:53pm

I didn't rate that answer a one star, and if I did, it was an accident. This was a question I posted a long time ago and figured out the answer on my own and forgot to post an update.
As far as your google comment, that article that you are listing was posted 2 months after the question, Thanks.

#realJSOP 8-Nov-11 7:15am

Then post the solution you found so everyone can benefit.

Emre Can Serteli 10-Feb-12 11:10am

Can either of you help me please? I really need this. Can you explain what "Include the CF_TTONLY flag when you call ChooseFont()" means? Should I extend the FontDialog class in some way? Or is there another way?