BMP to Metafile

[Peter]

Does anyone have a c# or vb.net example of how to convert bitmap to
Metafile - preferably without writing anything to a file ?

Thank You

Peter

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello Peter,

use Bitmap class.
Open bmp file via this file and then call Save method specifing ImageFormat.Emf
as param

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[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Thanks Michael for your input.

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your post.

I'm not quite clear about your requirement about "without writing anything
to a file", could you please telling us more information? Thanks.

If you want to convert a bmp file to metafile, you can use following code,
just like Michael's suggestion:

Image img = Image.FromFile(@"c:\WINDOWS\Gone Fishing.bmp");
img.Save(@"c:\temp\1.wmf", ImageFormat.Wmf);

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.
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Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Peter,

I am interested in this issue. Would you mind letting me know the result of
the suggestions? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know.
I will be more than happy to be of assistance.

Have a great day!

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Peter]

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Hi Peter,

I am interested in this issue. Would you mind letting me know the result
of
the suggestions? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know.
I will be more than happy to be of assistance.

Have a great day!

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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This works, but when I resize the saved image to a bigger size on the screen
it's blurry - no different than resizing a BMP image.

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your update.

I understand that you want to zoom in the bitmap and was thinking about
converting it to Windows Metafile (WMF) format or enhancled metafile (EMF)
format.

A WMF/EMF file contains a sequence of graphical-device-interface (GDI)
function calls that results in the presentation of a graphic image. Some of
the function calls are equivalent to vector graphics statements and others
identify stored bitmap or literal specifications of which bits to
illuminate (raster graphics images).

But please note that only the vector graphics statements stored in WMF/EMF
will zoom in smoothly. When you convert a bitmap to WMF/EMF, there're no
vector graphics stored in it.

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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