Microsoft KB Archive/232581

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BUG: GetMetaFile Fails on Long File Names

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Q232581

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98

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SYMPTOMS
The GetMetaFile API, used to load a disk-based Windows metafile into memory, returns failure code when passed a long file name.

RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use the metafile's short file name in the call to GetMetaFile. Code similar to the following should work properly:

HMETAFILE MyGetMetaFile( LPTSTR szFileName ) {   HMETAFILE   hWMF; TCHAR      szTemp[MAX_PATH];

if( (hWMF=GetMetaFile(szFileName)) != NULL ) return hWMF; if( GetShortPathName( szFileName, szTemp, MAX_PATH ) == 0 ) return NULL; return GetMetaFile( szTemp ); }

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbGDI kbMetafile kbSDKWin32 kbOSWin95bug kbOSWin98bug kbGrpDSGDI

Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbWin95search kbWin98search kbWin95 kbWin98