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Joe C. Hecht wrote:

> We tried using EnumEnhMetaFile (and the non-enhanced version) for a simple
> metafile that would lock up 95/98 and ME machines. Turned out the even
loading
> the metafile (without eenumerating) using Windows functions would result
in severe
> memory leaks.
>
> We feel it is best to read the file raw, and enumerate them yourself
(although the docs are
> often incomplete or totally incorrect).
>
> Joe

I'd actually check the metafile you're using as opposed to the metafile
functions.... I've had no problems with the functions (and use them quite
heavily) provided that the metafiles i'm using are ok. Adobe Illustrator is
one application that produces bodgy files. Unless you get down to the nitty
gritty and make sure that it is freeing all it creates, if you try
repeatedly drawing these metafiles using any of the API calls you will
notice GDI resources vanishing before your eyes (which will lead to
lockups). I've found that metafiles that I create myself (using VCL
components) are fine and do follow all the proper rules.
If you do an enum on an illustrator file, you can see from the records it
spits out that they fail to clean up after themselves... Other programs may
do the same.

Vesty.