CopyMetaFileW function (wingdi.h)
The CopyMetaFile function copies the content of a Windows-format metafile to the specified file.
Syntax
HMETAFILE CopyMetaFileW(
[in] HMETAFILE unnamedParam1,
[in] LPCWSTR unnamedParam2
);
Parameters
[in] unnamedParam1
A handle to the source Windows-format metafile.
[in] unnamedParam2
A pointer to the name of the destination file. If this parameter is NULL, the source metafile is copied to memory.
Return value
If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the copy of the Windows-format metafile.
If the function fails, the return value is NULL.
Remarks
Where text arguments must use Unicode characters, use this function as a wide-character function. Where text arguments must use characters from the Windows character set, use this function as an ANSI function.
When the application no longer needs the Windows-format metafile handle, it should delete the handle by calling the DeleteMetaFile function.
Note
The wingdi.h header defines CopyMetaFile as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | wingdi.h (include Windows.h) |
| Library | Gdi32.lib |
| DLL | Gdi32.dll |