Reading and Writing Aldus Placeable Metafiles

ID: Q129658

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

SUMMARY

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.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Wmapmf.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q145999 How to Create and Play Enhanced Metafiles in Win32

Additional query words: OpenClipBoard GetClipBoardData CF_METAFILEPICT kbgraphic kbfile

Keywords : kbfile kbgraphic kbsample kbSDKWin16
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo