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Q232581: BUG: GetMetaFile() Fails on Long File Names

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

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows 98 
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SYMPTOMS
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The GetMetaFile() API, used to load a disk-based Windows metafile into memory,
returns failure code when passed a long file name.

RESOLUTION
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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
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbGDI kbMetafile kbSDKWin32 kbOSWin95bug kbOSWin98bug kbGrpDSGDI 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbWin98search kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbbug

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