install windows fonts

[Werdna]

Does anyone know any API to install fonts to windows folder? On XP I used to just copy those to windows/fonts folder, but it does not work on vista. There is windows API AddFontResource, but it only installs font until user reboots computer. Thanks.

[Eduard Keilholz]

You can add fonts to your setup & deployment project and then register it as font..

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[SpiveyC]

I did not need to register the new font. I copied the new font file into the directory during the install. XP and Vista found it and listed it in the font selection dialog with no problems. :confused: did not know that i had to register the font in anyway

[Werdna]

I need to do it programmatically.

[Okultist]

I think i have the same problem. I want to copy the a font file by using my program, but the only thing i managed until now is to register the font file vie AddFontResoucre so openoffice can use it until my pc reboots. I tried to get write permissions by using FileIoPermission for the font-Directory but when my program actually copies the file to the directory it says i dont have the permission to do so. My code looks like this:

FileIOPermission f2 = new FileIOPermission(FileIOPermissionAccess.Write, "C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\");
f2.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess.Read, fontPath);
try
{
f2.Demand();
System.IO.File.Copy(fontPath, destination);
}
catch (SecurityException se)
{
MessageBox.Show(se.ToString());
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}