ATM.INI is too small to list all fonts, help!

-----Original Message-----
"Joel" wrote in
message ...
Hey, I've got lots of fonts on my computer. While the
TTF
fonts are fine, many of the ps1 fonts that i have
installed do not show up in the font list in each
program
I use. The Adobe type manager 4.1 states:
"The ATM.INI file is approaching the Windows system
size limit of 64k. No more updates to this file are
possible."

64k is the limit on all *.ini files for Win9x, and is a
throwback
to win16 where it was most likely desirable to fit the
whole
file in one real mode segment.

Is there a possible way to bypass the file limit so
that all the fonts show up? What are my options for
doing
so?

I don't know the contents, but if you have a lot of full
paths
listed pointing to a particular font folder, you should
be able
to cut the size of the atm.ini file by relocating the
folder and
reconfiguring Adobe to point to the shorter named folder.

IOW, a shorter path string, will allow more entries.


.

Bill, thanks man, i dont know why i didnt think to look at
the length of the path, but it is 29 characters long and
is listed twice for each font i have. thanks again for the
logical solution

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-----Original Message-----
"Joel" wrote in
message ...
Hey, I've got lots of fonts on my computer.

"The ATM.INI file is approaching the Windows system
size limit of 64k. No more updates to this file are
possible."

64k is the limit on all *.ini files for Win9x, and is a throwback
to win16

IOW, a shorter path string, will allow more entries.


Bill, thanks man, i dont know why i didnt think to look at
the length of the path, but it is 29 characters long and
is listed twice for each font i have. thanks again for the
logical solution

Glad to help :-). BTW, I said that 64k is the limit on *.ini files.
Technically, it is the limit imposed by the specific API functions
that make it easy to read/write to these files. There is no limit on
the file itself, but...if you want simple access without having to parse
it yourself...