Re: [Mingw-users] Possibly stupid question...

[Paul G. <pga...@te...>]

Hi folks,

On 16 Jan 2001, at 15:55, the Illustrious Mike Buchanon wrote:

> Hi All,
>  Is there a programmatic way to get the location of the
> font directory?

>  I'd like the path to my fonts in a
> variable.  Right now, I use getenv("WINDIR") and tack
> a \\fonts onto the end of it.  There has to be a cleaner way. Any
> and all help will be appreciated.

Disclaimer:  Don't mess with the Windows System registry unless 
you absolutely "have to".

	You could use a registry read.  Typically that is a variable 
based on which user is currently active.

	Peace,

		Paul G.
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