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View Ref-File7.2.6.2  Analysis of a metafile                                    TOS

For understanding of the metafile format it can be useful to view the 
contents of a metafile as plain text. The tools required for this can 
be found in many mailboxes of the Mausnet.




Example: The illustration above shows a window of the graphics 
software GEM-Look, containing a vector graphic in metafile format.

The software permits, amongst other things, to have the contents of a 
GEM metafile displayed in plain text, and even to work through this in 
any desired steps.

In addition one can specify via a dialog exactly which information is 
to be paid regard to for the analysis, or to be output, and in what 
format the output should appear.




The plain text information will be displayed in a window, and can be 
(fully or partly) transferred to other programs via the clipboard.

Due to the fact that all commands of the output window can also be 
executed individually and in any desired order, it is very easy to 
reproduce the commands saved in a metafile.

See also:
Sample analysis   Metafile format   Metafile sub-opcodes