TypeServer QuickTour, Create a TypeServer


Step 1 - Create a TypeServer

Creating a TypeServer instance is quite simple. Declare a pointer to a TypeServer class object, and then "new" a TypeServer instance.

  
    tsCServer  *myServer=NULL;    // pointer to a TypeServer instance 
    
    // create a TypeServer instance 
    myServer = new tsCServer();
    if ( myServer == NULL )
        { // handle error condition  }

Typically a single application needs to only create and use a single TypeServer instance. A single TypeServer can render multiple different TrueType fonts, in numerous sizes, to different bitmaps at varying resolutions. For example, a single TypeServer could scale and render multiple TrueType fonts for both a display bitmap at one resolution, and a printer bitmap at a different resolution.

In operating system uses, a separate server might be created for each independent task. Since TypeServer contains no static variables, each server instance maintains its own state information. Using this design, a single TypeServer DLL is fully reenterant and can support multiple server instances in a thread safe manner.

TypeServer objects

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