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 read and written as raster images in the non-vector toolkits. Vector read/write support for these formats is provided in the LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro toolkit and is unlocked when the Vector features are unlocked.

File constants associated with this file format are:

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

The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:

Required DLL: LFWMF. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Related Formats: CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile, CMX - Corel Presentation Exchange Format, DGN - Intergraph Format, DRW - Micrografx Designer DRaWing, DWF - DWF Format, DWG - DWG Format, DXF - Drawing Interchange Format, EMF - Windows Metafile Formats, GBR - Gerber Format, PCL - Printer Command Language Format, PCT - Macintosh Pict Format, PDF - Portable Document Format PDF - Portable Document Format, PLT - PLT / HPGL Format, PS - PostScript Document Format PS - PostScript Document Format, RTF - Rich Text Format RTF - Rich Text Format, SHP - ESRI Shape Format, PDF - Portable Document Format PDF - Portable Document Format, PS - PostScript Document Format PS - PostScript Document Format, RTF - Rich Text Format RTF - Rich Text Format, SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics Format, VEC - LEADTOOLS Vector Dump Format, VPG - WordPerfect Vector Format, WMZ - Compressed Windows Metafile Format, NAP - North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax (NAPLPS), MIF - MapInfo Interchange File Format, E00 - ArcInfo Interchange File Format