PRWIN9101001: PlayMetaFile Function Offsets Clipping Region

ID Number: Q68120

3.00

WINDOWS

buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9101001

SYMPTOMS

When a clipping region is selected into a device context and a

metafile is played into that device context with PlayMetaFile, the

clipping region shifts.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version

3.0. To work around this problem, call SelectClipRgn immediately

after PlayMetaFile. SelectClipRgn will reset the proper clipping

region in the device context.

This problem was corrected in Windows version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00