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Windows NT
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| Win95
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| Win32s
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| Import Library
| gdi32.lib
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| wingdi.h
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GetWinMetaFileBits
The GetWinMetaFileBits function converts the enhanced-format records from a metafile into
Windows-format records and stores the converted records in the specified buffer.
UINT GetWinMetaFileBits(
HENHMETAFILE hemf,
| // handle to the enhanced metafile
| UINT cbBuffer,
| // buffer size
| LPBYTE lpbBuffer,
| // pointer to buffer
| INT fnMapMode,
| // mapping mode
| HDC hdcRef
| // handle of reference device context
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Parameters
hemf
Identifies the enhanced metafile.
cbBuffer
Specifies the size, in bytes, of the buffer into which the converted records
are to be copied.
lpbBuffer
Points to the buffer into which the converted records are to be copied. If lpbBuffer is NULL, GetWinMetaFileBits returns the the number of bytes required to store the converted metafile
records.
fnMapMode
Specifies the mapping mode to use in the converted metafile.
hdcRef
Identifies the reference device context.
Return Values
If the function succeeds and the buffer pointer is NULL, the return value is
the number of bytes required to store the converted records; if the function
succeeds and the buffer pointer is a valid pointer, the return value is the size
of the metafile data in bytes.
If the function fails, the return value is zero.
Remarks
This function converts an enhanced metafile into a Windows-format metafile so
that its picture can be displayed in an application that recognizes the older
format.
Windows uses the reference device context to determine the resolution of the
converted metafile.
The GetWinMetaFileBits function does not invalidate the enhanced metafile handle. An application
should call the DeleteEnhMetaFile function to release the handle when it is no longer needed.
Due to the limitations of the Windows-format metafile, some information can be
lost in the retrieved metafile contents. For example, an original call to the PolyBezier function in the enhanced metafile may be converted into a call to the Polyline function in the Windows-format metafile, because there is no equivalent PolyBezier function in the Windows format.
Windows 3.x applications define the viewport origin and extents of a picture stored in a
Windows-format metafile. As a result, the Windows-format records created by GetWinMetaFileBits do not contain the SetViewportOrgEx and SetViewportExtEx functions. However, GetWinMetaFileBits does create Windows-format records for the SetWindowExtEx and SetMapMode functions.
To create a scalable Windows-format metafile, specify MM_ANISOTROPIC as the fnMapMode parameter.
The upper-left corner of the metafile picture is always mapped to the origin
of the reference device.
See Also
DeleteEnhMetaFile, PolyBezier, Polyline, SetMapMode, SetViewportOrgEx, SetViewportExtEx, SetWindowExtEx, SetWinMetaFileBits
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