DOCERR: Metafile Terminator Record Not Documented (99334)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
This article was previously published under Q99334 SUMMARY
The metafile file format, which is described in the Windows Software
Development Kit (SDK) version 3.1 "Programmer's Reference, Volume 4:
Resources" manual, does not contain the entire metafile format; the
definition of the metafile terminator record is missing.
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The metafile terminator record denotes the end of the disk-based
metafile, and is the last record in the file. The function number for
the terminator (rdFunction) is 0 (zero) and the size (rdSize) is 3
words.
This information is needed for applications that manually read and
write metafiles, bypassing the standard graphical device interface
(GDI) functions. If an application manually creates a metafile, it
must place the terminator record as the last record in the file. If an
application is reading a metafile manually, it must terminate reading
the records after seeing a terminator record.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/6/1999 |
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| Keywords: | kb16bitonly KB99334 |
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