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Mike Cole
Asked: 2010-08-14 12:49:01 +0800 CST

Installing a font on a web server for ASP.NET application

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I've just deployed an ASP.NET application onto a Windows 2003 web server. The application contains Crystal Reports. Some of the reports contain characters in WingDings2 font. When the report is generated those characters show in the standard font instead.

I copied the WingDings2 font to the web server, but it did not help. I restarted IIS also and that didn't help.

Any ideas? Thanks!

windows-server-2003 web-server iis-6 font

4 Answers

  1. The report is rendered on the client browser, so unless you're rendering something like a PDF file which can contain embedded fonts, the font needs to be installed on the client computer.

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  2. And had you rebooted machine?

    IIS does not use the fonts, it is not even used by ASP.NET. I believe that CrystalReports is COM-based.

    BTW, which version of ASP.NET, IIS, and CrystalReports we are talking about? Is it CrystalReports for VisualStudio (and which VS?)? or standalone one?

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  3. Best Answer

    I checked again this morning and it now works. I wonder if the server was rebooted over the weekend.

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  4. I had the same issue and i solved it installing the Font directly from the server (not through remote desktop)

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