VPE printing with .WMF graphic

[JudgeTerry]

I can create a .WMF file using the following VPE commands:

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VpeSetTextColor(hDoc, XRGB(230,230,230))
VpeSetFontName(hDoc, "Bradley Hand ITC")
VpeSetFontSize(hDoc, 100)
VpePrint(hDoc,500,500,"COPY")
VpeSetPictureType(hDoc,PIC_TYPE_WMF)
VpePictureExport(hDoc,"c:\Copy_WM.wmf",1,550,520,1350,840)


This creates the file (copy_wm.wmf) with no problem. However when I use the graphic in a new document as follows:

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VpePicture(hDoc, 200, 1100, VFREE, VFREE, "c:\copy_wm.wmf")


The graphic is added and the preview looks fine, but the image does not print! If I add .JPG, .BMP, or .TIF images they print just fine.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong??

Terry Wolfe

[IDEAL Software Support]

Your code is not correct. You are not exporting the text "COPY" to WMF with its full bounding rectangle.

The correct code is:

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VpePrint(hDoc, 500, 500, "COPY");
VpeCoord right = VpeGet(hDoc, VRIGHT);
VpeCoord bottom = VpeGet(hDoc, VBOTTOM);
VpeSetPictureType(hDoc, PIC_TYPE_WMF);
VpePictureExport(hDoc, "c:\\Copy_WM.wmf", 1, 500, 500, right, bottom);


This ensures that the text is exported with its true bounding rectangle. This is important when exporting to metafile formats (for bitmaps it isn't).

The WMF created with the above code can be imported and printed correctly - tested with VPE v6.0.

[JudgeTerry]

Thanks,

This works just fine. I had thought that I could use smaller dimensions to crop the image. But it makes sense that this would not work with vector graphics.

Terry