PRB: Loading Metafile Causes "Cannot Convert Picture" Error (84926)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
This article was previously published under Q84926
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WINDOWS
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SYMPTOMS
When an application attempts to load a metafile from disk, the following
error message is displayed:
Cannot convert picture
CAUSE
Some Windows applications expect to load a "placeable" metafile, which has
22 additional bytes, at the beginning of a normal metafile. Both metafile
types use the .wmf file extension; only the contents of the file change.
In an application, the GetMetaFile function does not read a placeable metafile correctly; however, it returns a non-NULL value, which indicates success.
RESOLUTION
Load the metafile into an application that will accept both metafile types
and save the metafile in an appropriate type. The following applications
accept "placeable" metafiles: Aldus PageMaker, Microsoft PowerPoint,
Micrografx, Corel Draw, Microsoft Draw, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Equation
Editor, and Microsoft Publisher.
For more information on placeable metafiles, query on the following words
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
prod(winsdk) and placeable and metafile
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 2/11/2005 |
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Keywords: | kb16bitonly kbprb KB84926 |
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