Compressed Windows Metafile Format (WMZ)

The Compressed Windows Metafile format is a vector file format that represents primarily Group 3 fax documents. It contains information concerning the page structure and the compressed line data of the fax document. This format was developed by Microsoft and is supported by Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Word 2000.

The default extension used by this format is: WMZ.

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

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

File constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
FILE_WMZ	Yes	Yes	[307] Compressed Windows Metafile Format

When WMZ files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.

Note: This format does not support LEAD's redirected IO feature, therefore it cannot be used with L_RedirectIO, L_LoadBitmapMemory, L_LoadMemory, L_SaveBitmapMemory, or L_FeedLoad.

Required DLLs and Libraries