'Real' file names in Windows

[Mark Talluto]

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 09:13 AM, RCS wrote:

> Does anyone know how to get 'real' file names (as opposed to 'DOS'
> filenames) in Windows?
>
> This is related to installing fonts, which I see that I must modify the
> registry to have new fonts recognized...but the 'key' is the long name 
> of
> the font. Do I really need to parse the font file data looking for 
> this?
>
>

JR,

We have been marketing our fonts for over a year now.  To meet those 
needs, we created a simple font installer (available through RevNet).  
Our installer simply copies the fonts into the users fonts folder.  
Nothing has been done to the registry to make them show up in every 
application on the system.  I am not aware of why modifying the 
registry would be needed.  We have had zero complaints from our users.  
I am interested to hear your thoughts though.


Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com