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In article <854@basser.oz> frankng@basser.oz (Frank Ng) writes:
>I was wondering if their was a similar INIT or other method for the
>installation of FONTS/FONDS and DRVRs, so that the system folder does
>not need to be changed everytime a new font or DA is required.
>

One thing you could do is place all the fonts and DAs in a file different
from the System file, and write an INIT that opens this file at startup.
Because of the way the Resource Manager works, the system would still be
able to locate the resources.  You can install things into such a file using
Font/DA Mover, if you hold down the option key while clicking the open
button.

You wouldn't want to put each font or DA in its own file, because then you
would have to open all the files at startup time.  (This would take a lot of
space for the resource maps.)

The only thing to watch out for is ID conflicts, if you leave any DAs or
fonts in the System file.  The Font/DA Mover will resolve conflicts within
a file, but not across files.


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