MetafileExtensionsSave(Metafile, Stream, Boolean) Method

Saves a Metafile instance into a Stream using the required format.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.Drawing
Assembly: KGySoft.Drawing (in KGySoft.Drawing.dll) Version: 10.1.0

C#

public static void Save(
	this Metafile metafile,
	Stream stream,
	bool forceWmfFormat
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Sub Save ( 
	metafile As Metafile,
	stream As Stream,
	forceWmfFormat As Boolean
)

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static void Save(
	Metafile^ metafile, 
	Stream^ stream, 
	bool forceWmfFormat
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member Save : 
        metafile : Metafile * 
        stream : Stream * 
        forceWmfFormat : bool -> unit

Parameters

metafile Metafile: The Metafile instance to save.
stream Stream: The Stream into the metafile should be saved.
forceWmfFormat Boolean: When , forces to use the Windows Metafile Format (WMF), even if the metafile itself is encoded by Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF). When , uses the appropriate format automatically.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Metafile. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

Note

This method is supported on Windows only.

Setting forceWmfFormat to forces to use Window Metafile Format (WMF) even for Enhanced Metafiles (EMF). It may help providing compatibility, but the operation may throw an ArgumentException if the conversion cannot be performed (e.g. the metafile is too large).

Exceptions

ArgumentException	metafile is an EMF that cannot be saved as WMF (e.g. too large size).
PlatformNotSupportedException	This method is supported on Windows only.