Editing Windows Metafile (section)

====Drawing records====
Drawing records produce graphics output.

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! Name
! Description
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| META_ARC 
| Draws an elliptical [[arc (geometry)|arc]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.1 META_ARC Record|pages=101–103|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_CHORD 
| Draws a [[chord (geometry)|chord]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.2 META_CHORD Record|pages=117–118|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_ELLIPSE 
| Draws an elliptical [[arc (geometry)|arc]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.3 META_ELLIPSE Record|page=119|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_EXTFLOODFILL 
| Fills an area with a brush.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.4 META_EXTFLOODFILL Record|pages=119–120|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_EXTTEXTOUT 
| Draw text with font, background color and text color of the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.5 META_EXTTEXTOUT Record|pages=119–120|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_FILLREGION 
| Fills a region with a specified brush.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.6 META_FILLREGION Record|page=121|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_FLOODFILL 
| Fills an area with a brush.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.7 META_FLOODFILL Record|pages=119–120|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_FRAMEREGION 
| Draws a border around a region of the page with a brush.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.8 META_FRAMEREGION Record|pages=122–123|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_INVERTREGION 
| Paints a region of the graphic with inverted colors.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.9 META_INVERTREGION Record|page=123|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_LINETO 
| Draws a [[Interval (mathematics)|half-open]] [[line (geometry)|line]] from the drawing position defined in the playback device context to a specified point.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.10 META_LINETO Record|pages=123–124|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> 
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| META_PAINTREGION 
| Paint a region with the current brush specified in the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.11 META_PAINTREGION Record|page=124|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_PATBLT 
| Paint a region with the current brush specified in the playback device context and then combine the brush color and surface color(s) using a [[Render output unit|raster operation]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.12 META_PATBLT Record|pages=124–125|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_PIE 
| Draw a pie-shaped wedge bounded by the intersection of an ellipse and two radials &mdash; the line is set via the pen set via the playback device context, and the area bounded by the pie shape is filled in by the current brush of the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.13 META_PIE Record|pages=125–126|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_POLYLINE 
| Draws a series of line segnments by connecting the points in a specified array.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.14 META_POLYLINE Record|page=126|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_POLYGON 
| Paints a [[polygon]] consisting of two or more [[vertex (geometry)|vertices]] connected by straight lines. The polygon is outlined by using the pen and filled by using the brush and polygon fill mode that are defined in the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.15 META_POLYGON Record|page=127|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_POLYPOLYGON 
| Paints a series of closed polygons, which may overlap. Each polygon is outlined by using the pen and filled by using the brush and polygon fill mode that are defined in the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.16 META_POLYPOLYGON Record|pages=127–128|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_RECTANGLE 
| Paints a rectangle, which is outlined by using the pen and filled by using the brush and is filled by using the brush that is defined in the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.17 META_RECTANGLE Record|pages=127–128|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_ROUNDRECT 
| Paints a rectangle with rounded corners. The rectangle is outlined by using the pen and filled by using the brush and is filled by using the brush that is defined in the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.18 META_ROUNDRECT Record|pages=128–129|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_SETPIXEL 
| Sets the pixel at the specified coordinates to the specified color.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.19 META_SETPIXEL Record|pages=129–130|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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| META_TEXTOUT 
| Outputs a [[character string]] at the specified location by using the font, background color, and text color that are defined in the playback device context.<ref>{{citation|url=https://winprotocoldoc.blob.core.windows.net/productionwindowsarchives/MS-WMF/%5bMS-WMF%5d.pdf | title=<nowiki>[MS-WMF]:</nowiki> Windows Metafile Format Specification | section=2.3.3.20 META_TEXTOUT Record|page=130|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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