Currently this is what is occurring. The program is using Python when the program runs in native python there is no delay. When the program was made into an executable, using py2exe, the program shows a minimal delay as the fontconfig scan occurs and the fontconfig/cache is written. The challenge I am facing is that the delay occurs when it is compiled with the gtk+ files ot run it without native python the scan and subsequent creation of the fontconfig take over 2 minutes. Hope that explains it? Patrick <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< **We are not humans having a spiritual experience; we are spirits having a human experience. Knowledge is the greatest purifier of the soul. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>> Developer for <a href="http://portableapps.com/" target="_blank">PortableApps.com</a> My <a href="http://portableapps.com/node/30620" target="_blank">Current list of Apps</a> is listed. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:32, VF2NSR <<a href="mailto:vf2nsr@gmail.com">vf2nsr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Currently this is what is occurring. The program is using Python when the program runs in native python there is no delay. When the program was made into an executable, using py2exe, the program shows a minimal delay as the fontconfig scan occurs and the fontconfig/cache is written. The challenge I am facing is that the delay occurs when it is compiled with the gtk+ files ot run it without native python the scan and subsequent creation of the fontconfig take over 2 minutes. Hope that explains it? Patrick <div class="im HOEnZb"><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< **We are not humans having a spiritual experience; we are spirits having a human experience. Knowledge is the greatest purifier of the soul. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>> Developer for <a href="http://portableapps.com/" target="_blank">PortableApps.com</a> My <a href="http://portableapps.com/node/30620" target="_blank">Current list of Apps</a> is listed. </div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:51, Akira TAGOH <<a onclick="return false;" href="mailto:akira@tagoh.org" target="_blank">akira@tagoh.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I'm not quite sure what you are facing. do you want to store the cache files on where you want to? though I don't know how it's related to the delay... I guess you didn't just run fc-cache prior to your application working? <div><div> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:52 PM, VF2NSR <<a onclick="return false;" href="mailto:vf2nsr@gmail.com" target="_blank">vf2nsr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > >> I am working on a portable program that uses the fontconfig. Is there a >> way I can get fontconfig to write its directory somewhere besides the >> APPDATA folder? Like have it write and store it within a seperate location >> on a portable drive?? >> >> Because of th ewriting to the temp folder in APPDATA it delays the >> startup of my app by almost 2 minutes >> >> Thanks in advance >> Patrick >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >> >> **We are not humans having a spiritual experience; >> we are spirits having a human experience. >> Knowledge is the greatest purifier of the soul. >> >> ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>> >> >> Developer for PortableApps.com My Current list of Apps is listed. >> >> >> >> > > </div></div>> _______________________________________________ > Fontconfig mailing list > <a onclick="return false;" href="mailto:Fontconfig@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">Fontconfig@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig</a> > -- Akira TAGOH </blockquote></div> </div></div></blockquote></div>