[evildead9000]

Basically, I would like to get the same information from the details tab of a font file. (when you right-click a font file, go to properties, and then the details tab.)

I've Googled around and can't seem to find anything! All I find is how to change the font or font style; bold, italics, etc. I also searched the forums here and couldn't find anything.

I wish I had some code to post as an example, but I don't even know where to begin.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[andrewsw]

This link looks very good. It requires installing a .dll.

Objects which might be named Font, SystemFont are not useful, as you have discovered, as they only reveal properties such as Bold, Italic, etc.. You need to treat the font as a file and extract its extended properties.

There is a quirk that is accounted for in the linked page: if the extended property doesn't exist, and you try to refer to it, it generates an error. So the code generates the propertie(s) if they don't exist.

BTW I still have a small question with this code. That is, will it give you access to a font file in the same way as a standard file, or is it a system file that requires enhanced permissions to read(?). I'm sure you will discover

This post has been edited by andrewsw: 05 February 2013 - 10:45 AM

[evildead9000]

This is just what I was looking for.

Thank you for the quick response!

[andrewsw]

evildead9000, on 05 February 2013 - 11:29 AM, said:

This is just what I was looking for.

Thank you for the quick response!

No problem. Good luck.

[evildead9000]

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