[reportlab-users] Problem using FAQ example for embedding font

[Gerry Reno]

Gerry Reno wrote:

>

> File 

> "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/reportlab/pdfbase/pdfmetrics.py", 

> line 599, in registerEncoding

> raise FontError('Encoding "%s" already registered with a different 

> name vector!' % enc.name)

> FontError: Encoding "GnuMICREncoding" already registered with a 

> different name vector!

>

Why this problem happens is because in a container (here TinyERP but 
could be any) the container itself is initializing the module containing 
the font registration code and then when the user does an update it 
causes the initialization to run again which is rather normal. Maybe 
another way of handling the issue would be that if the font is already 
registered it should just ignore the subsequent attempts or replace the 
existing registration with the new registration rather than throwing an 
exception. Certainly this does not have to be a fatal error.

Regards,
Gerry