Metafile Functions
The following functions are used with enhanced-format metafiles.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CloseEnhMetaFile | Closes an enhanced-metafile device context. |
| CopyEnhMetaFile | Copies the contents of an enhanced-format metafile to a specified file. |
| CreateEnhMetaFile | Creates a device context for an enhanced-format metafile. |
| DeleteEnhMetaFile | Deletes an enhanced-format metafile or an enhanced-format metafile handle. |
| EnhMetaFileProc | An application-defined callback function used with the EnumEnhMetaFile function. |
| EnumEnhMetaFile | Enumerates the records within an enhanced-format metafile. |
| GdiComment | Copies a comment from a buffer into a specified enhanced-format metafile. |
| GetEnhMetaFile | Creates a handle that identifies the enhanced-format metafile stored in the specified file. |
| GetEnhMetaFileBits | Retrieves the contents of the specified enhanced-format metafile and copies them into a buffer. |
| GetEnhMetaFileDescription | Retrieves an optional text description from an enhanced-format metafile and copies the string to the specified buffer. |
| GetEnhMetaFileHeader | Retrieves the record containing the header for the specified enhanced-format metafile. |
| GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries | Retrieves optional palette entries from the specified enhanced metafile. |
| GetWinMetaFileBits | Converts the enhanced-format records from a metafile into Windows-format records. |
| PlayEnhMetaFile | Displays the picture stored in the specified enhanced-format metafile. |
| PlayEnhMetaFileRecord | Plays an enhanced-metafile record by executing the graphics device interface (GDI) functions identified by the record. |
| SetEnhMetaFileBits | Creates a memory-based enhanced-format metafile from the specified data. |
| SetWinMetaFileBits | Converts a metafile from the older Windows format to the new enhanced format. |
Obsolete Functions
The following functions are obsolete. The are provided for compatibility with Windows-format metafiles.
- CloseMetaFile
- CopyMetaFile
- CreateMetaFile
- DeleteMetaFile
- EnumMetaFile
- EnumMetaFileProc
- GetMetaFileBitsEx
- PlayMetaFile
- PlayMetaFileRecord
- SetMetaFileBitsEx
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