Get font filename

[astrahhan]

I am using Common Dialog control (Font) for sellecting a font. For some reason I need to get the font filename and not the font name (e.i. I get "Book Antiqua" and I need "bkant.ttf"). Any help?

[Cakkie]

In the registry you have a key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
In this key there's an entry for every font. The value contains the filename of the font. The name of the entry in the name of the font, followed by the type. An example could be "Times New Roman Bold Italic (TrueType)", the value would be TIMESBI.TTF. Note that you must include the (TrueType) after the fontname (or whatever type of font it is.


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