File Formats: Windows Metafile Formats (WMF and EMF)

Windows Metafile Formats (WMF and EMF)

The Windows Metafile (WMF and EMF) formats are vector formats that may or may not also contain a raster image.

EMF/WMF Vector files can be written as raster images in the non-vector toolkits.

File constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Write Support	Description
FILE_WMF	Yes	[15] Windows Metafile.
FILE_EMF	Yes	[116] Windows Enhanced Metafile.

When WMF and EMF files are rasterized, they are either 8 or 24 BPP.

The following table indicates which objects LEAD can save:

Object:	Save:
Arc	Supported
Background color and mode	Supported
Chord	Supported
Circle	Supported
Color	Supported
Ellipse	Supported
HPolyBezier	Supported
Lines	Supported
Pie	Supported
PolyBezier	Supported
PolyDraw	Supported
Polygons	Supported
Polyline	Supported
Raster	Supported
Rectangle	Supported
Round Rectangle	Restricted Support
Spline	Supported
Text	Supported
Text(Color and Font Type)	Supported
Vertex	Supported

Required DLL: LFWMF. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, refer to ePrint Files.

Note:

When working with LEADTOOLS annotations (rather than image files), you can save the annotations as WMF or EMF files containing vector graphics that can be used in other applications.