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2.3.7 Object Creation Record Types

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The Object Creation record types create graphics objects.

The following are EMF object creation record types.

Name

Section

Description

EMR_CREATEBRUSHINDIRECT

2.3.7.1

Defines a logical brush with a LogBrushEx object (section 2.2.12).

EMR_CREATECOLORSPACE

2.3.7.2

Defines a logical color space with a LogColorSpace object ([MS-WMF] section 2.2.2.11).

EMR_CREATECOLORSPACEW

2.3.7.3

Defines a logical color space with a LogColorSpaceW object ([MS-WMF] section 2.2.2.12).

EMR_CREATEDIBPATTERNBRUSHPT

2.3.7.4

Defines a pattern brush with a DeviceIndependentBitmap object ([MS-WMF] section 2.2.2.9).

EMR_CREATEMONOBRUSH

2.3.7.5

Defines a monochrome pattern brush with a monochrome DeviceIndependentBitmap object.

EMR_CREATEPALETTE

2.3.7.6

Defines a logical palette with a LogPalette object (section 2.2.17).

EMR_CREATEPEN

2.3.7.7

Defines a logical pen with a LogPen object (section 2.2.19).

EMR_EXTCREATEFONTINDIRECTW

2.3.7.8

Defines a logical font with either a LogFont object (section 2.2.13) or LogFontExDv object (section 2.2.15).

EMR_EXTCREATEPEN

2.3.7.9

Defines a logical pen with a LogPenEx object (section 2.2.20) and optional DeviceIndependentBitmap object.

The generic structure of object creation records is specified as follows.


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ObjectRecordBuffer (variable)

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Type (4 bytes): An unsigned integer that defines the type of record. The object creation record types are listed in the following table. See the preceding table for descriptions of these record types.

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Value

EMR_CREATEMONOBRUSH

0x0000005D

EMR_CREATEDIBPATTERNBRUSHPT

0x0000005E

EMR_EXTCREATEPEN

0x0000005F

EMR_CREATECOLORSPACEW

0x0000007A

EMR_CREATEPEN

0x00000026

EMR_CREATEBRUSHINDIRECT

0x00000027

EMR_CREATEPALETTE

0x00000031

EMR_EXTCREATEFONTINDIRECTW

0x00000052

EMR_CREATECOLORSPACE

0x00000063

Size (4 bytes): An unsigned integer that specifies the size in bytes of this record in the metafile. This value MUST be a multiple of 4 bytes.

ObjectRecordBuffer (variable): An array of bytes that contains the remainder of the object creation record.


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ObjectRecordParm (variable)

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AlignmentPadding (variable, optional)

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ObjectRecordParm (variable): An array of bytes that contains the parameters for the object creation record.

AlignmentPadding (variable, optional): An array of up to 3 bytes that pads the record so that its total size is a multiple of 4 bytes. This field MUST be ignored.

See section 2.3 for more EMF record types.