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File Formats: 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.

File constants associated with this file format are:

WIC Codec CLSID

WIC Codec Subformat

RasterImageViewer.Save
File Constant

Read Support

Write Support

Description

CLSID_WICLeadWmfEncoder

WICLeadSubFormatWmf

Wmf

Yes

Yes

Windows Metafile.

CLSID_WICLeadEmfEncoder

WICLeadSubFormatEmf

Emf

Yes

Yes

Windows Enhanced Metafile.

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

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