SAMPLE: Reading and Writing Aldus Placeable Metafiles

 Last reviewed: February 27, 1996
Article ID: Q129658
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.1

Windows applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, read and write metafiles in a format known as Aldus Placeable Format. This format is incompatible with the Windows GetMetaFile(), CopyMetaFile(), and PlayMetaFile() functions. This incompatibility occurs because placeable metafiles begin with a 22-byte header.

Sample code is available in the Microsoft Software Library that you can use to read and write these placeable metafiles.

Download WMAPMF.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download WMAPMF.EXE (size: 32756 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get WMAPMF.EXE (size: 32756 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.10 OpenClipBoard GetClipBoardData
CF_METAFILEPICT
KBCategory: kbgraphic kbfile kbhowto
KBSubcategory: GdiMeta

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Last reviewed: February 27, 1996
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