Re: Porting Forms 4.5 from Windows to Mac

From: Adam Winer <awiner_at_oracle.com>
Date: 1996/06/10
Message-ID: <awiner-1006961500090001_at_awiner-mac2.us.oracle.com>#1/1


In article <31B4CFA2.55AC_at_clifton.ca>, Derin Hildebrandt <derin_hildebrandt_at_clifton.ca> wrote:

> Change your coordinate system to Centimeters or Inches. Points or
> Pixels _really_ screws up the port to Mac. Also, map your fonts as
> follows:
>
> "MS Sans Serif".8 = Geneva.9
> "MS Sans Serif".10 = Geneva.12
>
> The above work fairly well. The coordinate system is the most
> important to correct. If it isn't Inches or Cm, you'll have major
> problems.

Just in case anyone doesn't know, please note that the font aliases for Developer/2000 on the Mac are _not_ stored in uifont.ali in Oracle_Home. Instead, they are stored in the "Oracle Font Aliases" file in the Preferences folder in your System folder.

Regards,
Adam Winer
awiner_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Corp., Tools and Multimedia Received on Mon Jun 10 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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