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Ashley Medway
Ashley Medway

Reputation: 7301

Azure website and custom fonts

So I am using a azure website not a web role. Just to be clear.

I am using the DevExpress components to export a report, XRReport.

I am trying to use a custom font within these reports. Under normal circumstances the XRReport component would load fonts from the Operating System.

I have tried using PrivateFontCollection to assign the fonts from the code behind.

private void XtraReport1_BeforePrint(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs e)
{
    PrivateFontCollection fontColl = new PrivateFontCollection();
    fontColl.AddFontFile("YourFont.ttf");

    XtraReport1 report = (XtraReport1)sender;
    foreach (Band b in report.Bands)
    {
        foreach (XRControl c in b.Controls)
        {                    
            c.Font = new Font(fontColl.Families[0], c.Font.Size, c.Font.Style);
        }
    }
}

However assigning the fonts in this way generates red crosses. See image below. Error

The solution in my mind is one of two things.

  1. I have seen some scripts to install fonts in web-roles, is there some way to do this in a website?

  2. Is there a different way to assign the fonts in the code behind that works?

UPDATE

Using the code from UsherNet. 

DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Export.Pdf.PdfGraphics.EnableAzureCompatibility = true;

The PDF does render now, but they custom font does not appear to have been loaded.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1353

Answers (1)

Paul Usher
Paul Usher

Reputation: 46

the issue is caused by trust settings on Azure. The quickest solution is to set the property:

DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Export.Pdf.PdfGraphics.EnableAzureCompatibility = true;

More information can be found on the Support Centre web site. http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/Question/Details/Q373195

I have published a few report based projects on Azure recently and found the above takes care of the problem described.

Upvotes: 1

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