CloseEnhMetaFile info  Overview  Group

The CloseEnhMetaFile function closes an enhanced-metafile device context and returns a handle that identifies an enhanced-format metafile.

HENHMETAFILE CloseEnhMetaFile(

Parameters

hdc

Identifies an enhanced-metafile device context.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to an enhanced metafile.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

An application can use the enhanced-metafile handle returned by the CloseEnhMetaFile function to perform the following tasks:

• Display a picture stored in an enhanced metafile

• Create copies of the enhanced metafile

• Enumerate, edit, or copy individual records in the enhanced metafile

• Retrieve an optional description of the metafile contents from the enhanced-metafile header

• Retrieve a copy of the enhanced-metafile header

• Retrieve a binary copy of the enhanced metafile

• Enumerate the colors in the optional palette

• Convert an enhanced-format metafile into a Windows-format metafile

When the application no longer needs the enhanced metafile handle, it should release the handle by calling the DeleteEnhMetaFile function.

See Also

CopyEnhMetaFile, CreateEnhMetaFile, DeleteEnhMetaFile, EnumEnhMetaFile, GetEnhMetaFileBits, GetWinMetaFileBits, PlayEnhMetaFile