PlayMetaFileFromHandle

This method adds a metafile from a handle to a PDF document.

Syntax

HRESULT PlayMetaFileFromHandle (
OLE_HANDLE metafileHandle,
FLOAT x,
FLOAT y,
FLOAT scaleX,
FLOAT scaleY
)

Parameters

metafileHandle

Handle of the metafile to be painted

X coordinate of the drawing position

Y coordinate of the drawing position

scaleX

Horizontal scale factor

scaleY

Vertical scale factor

Return value

If successful, this method returns S_OK. If it fails, this method should return one of the error values.

Remarks

This method paints the context of the metafile (provided by handle) on the page at specified coordinates (x, y) with scaling (scaleX, scaleY).

Example

Converting EMF Files

Delphi

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{ PDF object is supposed to be created }
hMetafile := GetEnhMetaFile('page.emf');
PDF.PlayMetaFileFromHandle(hMetafile, 10, 10, 0.5, 0.5);
PDF.SaveToFile('test.pdf', true);

C/C++

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// PDF object is supposed to be created
HENHMETAFILE hMetafile = GetEnhMetaFile("page.emf");
PDF->PlayMetaFileFromHandle((OLE_HANDLE)hMetafile, 10, 10, 0.5, 0.5);
PDF->SaveToFile("test.pdf", true);

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// PDF object is supposed to be created
HENHMETAFILE hMetafile = GetEnhMetaFile("page.emf");
PDF.PlayMetaFileFromHandle(hMetafile, 10, 10, 0.5, 0.5);
PDF.SaveToFile("test.pdf", true);

Visual Basic

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' PDF object is supposed to be created
HENHMETAFILE hMetafile = GetEnhMetaFile("page.emf")
PDF.PlayMetaFileFromHandle hMetafile, 10, 10, 0.5, 0.5
PDF.SaveToFile "test.pdf", true

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