cy03+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chao-Ping Yang) (08/15/89)
Could someone tells me how do I get around the problem of not being able to use any of the Get??? functions when drawing to a MetaFile? To be specific, how do I get basic information like GetTextExtent for text positioning when using a MetaFile? Why only a SUBSET of the GDI functions can be used in Windows' MetaFile, while all the QuickDraw commands can be used in the Mac's Picture? ==Chaoping cy03@andrew.cmu.edu
bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner) (08/15/89)
> Why only a SUBSET of the GDI functions can be used in Windows' > MetaFile, while all the QuickDraw commands can be used in the > Mac's Picture? Most of the functions disallowed on MSW metafiles are device-specific inquiry. I'm not familiar with Mac, so what do they do if a metafile is generated for one particular device and played back on another with different attributes? --Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com) HP Corvallis Information Systems