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.

Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4

NOTE: LEADTOOLS also supports writing the EMF file format using the LEADTOOLS Document Writers. For more information on the LEADTOOLS Document Writers SDK, refer to Introduction.