Sample Source Code Demonstrates Playing Metafiles

Last reviewed: August 12, 1997
Article ID: Q77649

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows, versions 3.0 and 3.1

Playmeta.exe is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that demonstrates techniques an application can use to open a metafile and "play" it into a device context.

Playmeta.exe can also be used to help identify errors in a given metafile because it pauses and displays a message box before acting on each record.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Playmeta.exe (size: 19738 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Additional query words: softlib
Keywords : GdiMeta kbfile kbhowto kbprg
Version : 3.0 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto kbfile
Solution Type : kbfile

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Last reviewed: August 12, 1997
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