SetMetaFileBitsEx

The SetMetaFileBitsEx function creates a memory-based Windows-format metafile from the supplied data.

Note  This function is provided for compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows. Win32-based applications should use the SetEnhMetaFileBits function.

HMETAFILE SetMetaFileBitsEx(
  UINT nSize,          // size of Windows-format metafile
  CONST BYTE *lpData   // pointer to metafile data
);
 

Parameters

nSize

Specifies the size, in bytes, of the Windows-format metafile.

lpData

Pointer to a buffer that contains the Windows-format metafile. (It is assumed that the data was obtained by using the GetMetaFileBitsEx function.)

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to a memory-based Windows-format metafile.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

Windows NT: To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

A Windows-format metafile does not support the new curve, path, and transformation functions such as PolyBezier, BeginPath, and SetWorldTransform. Applications that use these new functions and use metafiles to store pictures created by these functions should use the enhanced-format metafile functions.

To convert a Windows-format metafile into an enhanced-format metafile, use the SetWinMetaFileBits function.

When the application no longer needs the metafile handle returned by SetMetaFileBitsEx, it should delete it by calling the DeleteMetaFile function.

See Also

Metafiles Overview, Metafile Functions, BeginPath, DeleteMetaFile, GetMetaFileBitsEx, PolyBezier, SetEnhMetaFileBits, SetWinMetaFileBits, SetWorldTransform