Create EMF with rotated text that is editable in office

[Tilo Pätzold]

Hi Everybody (especially Microsoft),

we build EMF files with rotated text for export to office (powerpoint,
word). It is planned that the text can be edited in the office document.
Without the rotate transformation the text stays as a block and can be
edited in the office document after ungrouping. But a rotated text leads to
single charackters when ungrouping.
The following sample code creates an emf file. The file can be dragged to
powerpoint to see the problem.

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(100, 100, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
Metafile mf = new Metafile(@"test.emf", hdc);
g.ReleaseHdc(hdc);
g.Dispose();
g = Graphics.FromImage(mf);
g.RotateTransform(30.0f); // Leads to single charackters in the Emf file
String s = "1.2345";
g.DrawString(s, this.Font, Brushes.Red, 0, 0);
g.Dispose();

Can anyone tell me how I can draw rotated text without loosing the editing
capability?
There must be a way. Because when I make a rotated text area in power point
and save this to an emf picture it can be imported without loosing editing
capability. I already enumerated the metafile to find out the record types.
But that does not tell me which gdi methods I have to use.

Thank you.

Cheers,
Tilo

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Try specifying that the metafile can use both EMF and enhanced EMF (with
GDI+ commands).

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"Tilo Pätzold" <tilo.paetzold@R E M O V E l-p-a.com> wrote in message
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Hi Everybody (especially Microsoft),

we build EMF files with rotated text for export to office (powerpoint,
word). It is planned that the text can be edited in the office document.
Without the rotate transformation the text stays as a block and can be
edited in the office document after ungrouping. But a rotated text leads
to single charackters when ungrouping.
The following sample code creates an emf file. The file can be dragged to
powerpoint to see the problem.

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(100, 100, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
Metafile mf = new Metafile(@"test.emf", hdc);
g.ReleaseHdc(hdc);
g.Dispose();
g = Graphics.FromImage(mf);
g.RotateTransform(30.0f); // Leads to single charackters in the Emf
file
String s = "1.2345";
g.DrawString(s, this.Font, Brushes.Red, 0, 0);
g.Dispose();

Can anyone tell me how I can draw rotated text without loosing the editing
capability?
There must be a way. Because when I make a rotated text area in power
point and save this to an emf picture it can be imported without loosing
editing capability. I already enumerated the metafile to find out the
record types. But that does not tell me which gdi methods I have to use.

Thank you.

Cheers,
Tilo

[TiPiX]

Good idea. I tried all types.
Both EmfType.EmfOnly and EmfType.EmfPlusDual result in single
charackter blocks when ungrouping.
EmfType.EmfPlusOnly results in an empty graphic when ungrouping.
Unfortunately no type gives a satisfying result.
Our Office version is 2003 SP2.