Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Font.Deactivate

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Font.Deactivate

Deactivates a font inside app or whole computer.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Font	2.6	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "Font.Deactivate"; path; local ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

path The native file path to the font file. "C:\test.fon"

local Pass 1 to activate only inside app or 0 for globally.
This parameter is ignored on iOS as font activation is only local there. 0

Parameter	Description	Example
path	The native file path to the font file.	"C:\test.fon"
local	Pass 1 to activate only inside app or 0 for globally. This parameter is ignored on iOS as font activation is only local there.	0

Result

Returns "OK" or error number from OS.

Description

Deactivates a font inside app or whole computer.

Examples

Deactivate a font:

MBS( "Font.Deactivate"; "/Users/test/Desktop/test.ttf"; 1 )

Example Databases

Utility functions/Load Fonts

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Release notes

Version 11.0
- Fixed bug in Font.Deactivate for macOS, where deactivate was not working since v10.3.
Version 10.3
- Rewrote Font.Activate and Font.Deactivate for newer macOS versions.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 26th June 2020

Font.CalculateTextWidth - FontManager.FontFile

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