Thanks for your help, Peter.  I was able to create a new environment
variable called DXFONTS in Windows XP, but I still don't seem to have
the new fonts installed.  When I tried to run the URWsample that was
downloaded with the new font files, I kept getting error messages about
missing font files.  

I think DX is still not looking at my new folder where DXFONTS is
pointing at, but I don't know how to find out which folder it is looking
at or how to change it.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Sum Yee


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Sum

there are several ways to create a new user or system wide variable .
The 'normal' one is:.

Right click on My Computer, goto the <Advanced> tab and select
EnvironmentVariables (this button is in different places depending which
windows version you're using). 

If you do not want to reboot, create a new user variable (upper box).
This will only work for the acount you do it under.

Press New. Type DXFONTS in the variable name field
Hit <tab>/click in the variable value field and type in the path to the
fonts. 

Hit OK Then logout and in. 

If you reboot and are a member of the administrator group you can create
a new variable in the lower (system) box using the same proceedure.

The same proceedure applies for all the DX variables (see the docs for
help).

You can also set the variable using a command line option, but this way
is a one time thing.

Peter




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Sent: 14 October 2004 01:11
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Subject: [opendx-users] Installing New Fonts on Windows OpenDX (Viz, Inc
Version)


I am trying to install the new fonts created by Jerry Hagon from the
OpenDX website.  I have the Viz, Inc. 4.3 Windows version of OpenDX.  

According to the instructions, I need to point the DXFONTS environment
variable to the directory where the fonts are.  I cannot find this
variable, so I simply placed them in the fonts folder under C:\Program
Files\OpenDX\ where I found other font files to be.  This does not seem
to work, though.  

How can I install them to a Windows machine?

Sum Yee

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