Re: Windows 3.1 : Is Forms unable to show all characters of a font ?

FKUHLMAN_at_Materna.DE (Frank Kuhlmann) wrote:
>Hallo ,
>
>is Oracle Forms Version 4.5.6.3.3 unable to show all characters of the fonts
>
>1. Courier New,
>2. Times New Roman,
>3. Arial
>
>under Windows 3.1.
>
>We create a form module with 6 text items. Every text items have a different
>font. The fonts properties are set as follow :
>1. Courier New,
>2. Times New Roman,
>3. Arial,
>4. Wingdings,
>5. Symbol,
>6. Script.
>Every font have a hight of 20 pt.
>The text item with the property font Wingdings,Symbol and Script are
>displayed with the correct font at runtime.
>The text item with the property font Courier New,Times New Roman and Arial
>have the windows default -font and -hight.
>In the oracle.ini the parameter
>NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.EEC8EUROPA3 are set.
>
>If we use the the Character Set WE8ISO8859P1 (set as NLS_LANG parameter by
>installation of oracle forms in the oracle.ini ) the fonts are displayed at
>runtime.
>
>We want to use special characters. To do this, we have create a new true type
>font. But Oracle forms is unable to show this font. We have try different
>character set as NLS_LANG parameters in the oracle.ini.
>
>Is this a forms problem ? or Is this a Windows problem ?
>
>If you have an idee, please send me a mail at
>
>Frank.Kuhlmann_at_Materna.DE
>
>Thanks
>
>Frank
>
>
>

I believe what you may be experiencing is a limit to the Windows GDI resources. Under the Program Manager Group, select the help option. Under help select About Program Manager. There you will see a line that indicates how much System Resources you have left. That value is the smaller of GDI or USER resources. One way to reduce the amount of GDI resources is to use fewer fonts. I have not tested it, but suspect that smaller point sizes of 10/12 will use less GDI resources. Variations in point size, bold and italics all consume there own set of GDI resources. Closing unused programs also should free up GDI resources (WordPerfect consumes a large amount of GDI). Received on Mon Feb 26 1996 - 00:00:00 CET