Microsoft KB Archive/129658

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Reading and Writing Aldus Placeable Metafiles

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Q129658

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

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SUMMARY
Windows applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, read and write metafiles in a format known as Aldus Placeable Format. This format is incompatible with the Windows GetMetaFile, CopyMetaFile, and PlayMetaFile functions. This incompatibility occurs because placeable metafiles begin with a 22-byte header.

Sample code is available in the Microsoft Software Library that you can use to read and write these placeable metafiles.

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