Creating a Custom Font Project

To create a custom font, follow the instructions below:

1. Create a New Project in Microsoft Visual Studio and select  Console Application
   
2. Right click the project and select Properties to configure the Project Properties:
   
   • Click on the Application tab and create an Assembly name and a Default namespace if you need them to be different from the Project names (for example, companyname.projectname.customfontname). In this example we kept the names the same.
   • Make sure that the Project is set to .NET 3.5 for the Target framework and the Output type is set to Console Application.
     
3. Save the Project
4. Right-click References and select Add References to configure the Project References
   
   • Remove unneeded Microsoft C# references if you need to.
   • Click on the Browse tab and navigate to %PROGRAMFILES%\K2\Host Server\bin\           
   • Select the SourceCode.Forms.Management.dll and click OK.
     
   • Add another reference and Browse to %PROGRAMFILES%\K2\bin\
   • Select the SourceCode.HostClientAPI.dll and click OK.
     
   
5. Save the Project.
6. Open the Program.cs file and add the following code
   
   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using System.Text;
   
   // SourceCode name
   using SourceCode.Forms.Management;
   using SourceCode.Hosting.Client.BaseAPI;
   
   namespace CustomFontsExamples {
    public class CustomFontsExamples {
     public static void Main(string[] args) {
   
      //Call this method to create a new font
      CreateFontExample();
   
      //Call this method to update an existing font
      //UpdateFontExample();
   
      //Call this method to delete an existing font
      //DeleteFontExample();
     }
   
     public static void CreateFontExample() {
      //Create a new font instance
      Font font = new Font() {
       Name = "MyCorporateFont",
        FontFamily = "wingdings",
      };
   
      // Open connection to host server
      FormsManager manager = new FormsManager("localhost", 5555);
   
      // Save new font instance
      manager.SetFont(font);
     }
   
     public static void UpdateFontExample() {
      // Open connection to host server
      FormsManager manager = new FormsManager("localhost", 5555);
   
      // Get existing fonts explorer
      FontExplorer fonts = manager.GetFonts();
   
      // Get specific font instance
      Font font = fonts.Fonts["MyCorporateFont"];
   
      // Update font instance
      font.Name = "My Corporate Font";
      font.FontFamily = "arial";
   
      // Save modified font
      manager.SetFont(font);
     }
   
     public static void DeleteFontExample() {
      // Open connection to host server
      FormsManager manager = new FormsManager("localhost", 5555);
   
      // Delete font by name
      manager.DeleteFont("MyCorporateFont");
     }
    }
   }
   
7. Select Build Solution from the Build tab at the top.
   
8. Click on the green arrow next to Debug. This will execute the application.
   
9. Open the K2 Designer or refresh the browser if already open, open a View and select the Styles property of a control. Go to the Font tab and expand the Family. Note the new font that has been created.