Article: Q232581
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s):
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbGDI kbMetafile kbSDKWin32 kbOSWin95bug kbOSWin98bug kbGrpDSGDI
Last Modified: 20-OCT-2001
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYMPTOMS
========
The GetMetaFile() API, used to load a disk-based Windows metafile into memory,
returns failure code when passed a long file name.
RESOLUTION
==========
To work around this problem, use the metafile's short file name in the call to
GetMetaFile(). Code similar to the following should work properly:
HMETAFILE MyGetMetaFile( LPTSTR szFileName )
{
HMETAFILE hWMF;
TCHAR szTemp[MAX_PATH];
if( (hWMF=GetMetaFile(szFileName)) != NULL )
return hWMF;
if( GetShortPathName( szFileName, szTemp, MAX_PATH ) == 0 )
return NULL;
return GetMetaFile( szTemp );
}
STATUS
======
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.
Additional query words:
======================================================================
Keywords : kbGDI kbMetafile kbSDKWin32 kbOSWin95bug kbOSWin98bug kbGrpDSGDI
Technology : kbWin95search kbWin98search kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98
Version : :
Issue type : kbbug
=============================================================================