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From: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using Suitcase within applications
Message-ID: <11258@well.UUCP>
Date: 7 Apr 89 05:39:03 GMT
References: <79632EUA@PSUVM>
Reply-To: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <79632EUA@PSUVM>, EUA@PSUVM.BITNET (Mel DeYoung) writes:

> Is there any way to make fonts available to a word processor from within the
> application using Suitcase?  I've found that the fonts aren't available in
> Word or MacWrite until the user quits the application and the re-launches the
> word processor.

Suitcase cannot update font menus of open applications.

Suitcase II can do this with respect to most font menus (but not lists), but
the net effect is not successful for several popular applications.  MacWrite
memorizes the positions of fonts in its font menu at the time MacWrite is
launched.  Word's font list (in the Cmd-D dialog box) is not accessible to
Suitcase II, and its font menu is constructed from the list.  There are some
applications which handle dynamic font menu updating flawlessly or almost so,
but not these two.  Dynamic font menu updating is a configuration option in
Suitcase II; as shipped, it is turned off.

I am the author of Suitcase and Suitcase II.

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brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)