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How can I place a bitmap in a Metafile
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Title: How can I place a bitmap in a Metafile?
Question: How can I place a bitmap in a Metafile useing TBitmap and TMetaFile...
Answer:
The following example demonstrates drawing a bitmap into a
metafile.
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
m : TmetaFile;
mc : TmetaFileCanvas;
b : tbitmap;
begin
m := TMetaFile.Create;
b := TBitmap.create;
b.LoadFromFile('C:\SomePath\SomeBitmap.BMP');
m.Height := b.Height;
m.Width := b.Width;
mc := TMetafileCanvas.Create(m, 0);
mc.Draw(0, 0, b);
mc.Free;
b.Free;
m.SaveToFile('C:\SomePath\Test.emf');
m.Free;
Image1.Picture.LoadFromFile('C:\SomePath\Test.emf');
end;
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