BUG: GetMetaFile() Fails on Long File Names

• Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98

SYMPTOMS

The GetMetaFile() API, used to load a disk-based Windows metafile into memory, returns failure code when passed a long file name.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use the metafile's short file name in the call to GetMetaFile(). Code similar to the following should work properly:

HMETAFILE MyGetMetaFile( LPTSTR szFileName )
{
	HMETAFILE	hWMF;
	TCHAR		szTemp[MAX_PATH];

	if( (hWMF=GetMetaFile(szFileName)) != NULL )
		return hWMF;
	if( GetShortPathName( szFileName, szTemp, MAX_PATH ) == 0 )
		return NULL;
	return GetMetaFile( szTemp );
} 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbGDI kbMetafile kbSDKWin32 kbWinOS95bug kbWinOS98bug kbGrpGDI
Version : WINDOWS:95,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug