Defines a graphic metafile. A metafile contains records that describe a sequence of graphics operations that can be recorded (constructed) and played back (displayed). This class is not inheritable.
Namespace:
System.Drawing.Imaging
Assembly:
System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class Metafile _
Inherits Image
[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class Metafile : Image
[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class Metafile sealed : public Image
public final class Metafile extends Image
When you use the Save method to save a graphic image as a Windows Metafile Format (WMF) or Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) file, the resulting file is saved as a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) file instead. This behavior occurs because the GDI+ component of the .NET Framework does not have an encoder that you can use to save files as .wmf or .emf files.
The following code example demonstrates how to create a Metafile and use the PlayRecord method.
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Windows.Forms
' for Marshal.Copy
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Private metafile1 As Metafile
Private metafileDelegate As Graphics.EnumerateMetafileProc
Private destPoint As Point
Public Sub New()
metafile1 = New Metafile("C:\test.wmf")
metafileDelegate = New Graphics.EnumerateMetafileProc(AddressOf MetafileCallback)
destPoint = New Point(20, 10)
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
e.Graphics.EnumerateMetafile(metafile1, destPoint, metafileDelegate)
End Sub
Private Function MetafileCallback(ByVal recordType As _
EmfPlusRecordType, ByVal flags As Integer, ByVal dataSize As Integer, _
ByVal data As IntPtr, ByVal callbackData As PlayRecordCallback) As Boolean
Dim dataArray As Byte() = Nothing
If data <> IntPtr.Zero Then
' Copy the unmanaged record to a managed byte buffer
' that can be used by PlayRecord.
dataArray = New Byte(dataSize) {}
Marshal.Copy(data, dataArray, 0, dataSize)
End If
metafile1.PlayRecord(recordType, flags, dataSize, dataArray)
Return True
End Function
Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub
End Class
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Forms;
// for Marshal.Copy
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class Form1 : Form
{
private Metafile metafile1;
private Graphics.EnumerateMetafileProc metafileDelegate;
private Point destPoint;
public Form1()
{
metafile1 = new Metafile(@"C:\Test.wmf");
metafileDelegate = new Graphics.EnumerateMetafileProc(MetafileCallback);
destPoint = new Point(20, 10);
}
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
e.Graphics.EnumerateMetafile(metafile1, destPoint, metafileDelegate);
}
private bool MetafileCallback(
EmfPlusRecordType recordType,
int flags,
int dataSize,
IntPtr data,
PlayRecordCallback callbackData)
{
byte[] dataArray = null;
if (data != IntPtr.Zero)
{
// Copy the unmanaged record to a managed byte buffer
// that can be used by PlayRecord.
dataArray = new byte[dataSize];
Marshal.Copy(data, dataArray, 0, dataSize);
}
metafile1.PlayRecord(recordType, flags, dataSize, dataArray);
return true;
}
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
System..::.Object
System..::.MarshalByRefObject
System.Drawing..::.Image
System.Drawing.Imaging..::.Metafile
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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