metafile to bitmap

[haipengl]

Does anyone know how to convert metafile to bitmap?

[Lost User]

Larry, I can't tell you from experience, but as I understand it you simply "play" the metafile into a DC and then use standard techniques to save the DC to a .bmp file.

[Feng Yuan]

Create a DIB section and a memory DC, select the DIB section into the memory DC, play the metafile into memory DC, now you got a bitmap in the DIB section. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130869856

[haipengl]

thanks for you both. I am not good in graphic design. I have some code here. I am trying to save Meta to BMP. But I only get black area. please help. larry if ( OpenClipboard() ) { HENHMETAFILE handle = (HENHMETAFILE)GetClipboardData(CF_ENHMETAFILE); CClientDC dc(this); CRect client(0,0,500,500); CBitmap * bmf = new CBitmap(); CDC mdc; mdc.CreateCompatibleDC(&dc); bmf->CreateCompatibleBitmap(&dc,client.Width(),client.Height()); PlayEnhMetaFile(dc, handle, &client); dc.SelectObject(bmf); SetClipboardData(CF_BITMAP,bmf->m_hObject); CloseClipboard(); }

[Feng Yuan]

Select bitmap into the memory DC before drawing.