WXP Metafile Format

Metafile Tags

Here is a list of metafile tags.

Colors:

CLR ind red grn blu

Sets red, green and blue values (0-1)for a color index (0-255)

Fillarea:

FA ## x,y [x,y...]	Filled area, ## is number of points, x,y are vertex locations.
FA_CLR col	Filled area color index
FA_INT style	Filled area interior style - style is 1=solid, 2=pattern
FA_ST style	Filled area style (pattern index): `SOLID 0 STIPPLED 1 OPEN STIPPLED 2 RANDOM STIPPLED 3 LARGE STIPPLED 4 VERT LINE \|\| 5 DIAG LINE // 6 DIAG LINE \\ 7 HORIZ LINE == 8 HATCHED XX 9 0% FILL 10 10% FILL 11 20% FILL 12 30% FILL 13 40% FILL 14 50% FILL 15 60% FILL 16 70% FILL 17 80% FILL 18 90% FILL 19`

Polyline:

PL ## x,y [x,y...]	Polyline, ## is number of points, x,y are vertex locations
PL_CLR col	Polyline color index
PL_LW wid	Polyline width (width of drawn line)
PL_TYPE type	Polyline style, type is 1=solid, 2=dash, 3=long/short dash, 4=long/long/short dash, 5=dots

Polymarkers:

PM ## x,y [x,y...]	Polymarker, ## is number of points, x,y
PM_CLR col	Polymarker color index
PM_SIZE size	Polymarker size
PM_TYPE type	Polymarker type: `POINT 1 PLUS 2 STAR 3 CIRCLE 4 X 5 SQUARE 6 TRIANGLE 7 DOT 8 INVTRNGL 9`
PM_WDTH wid	Polymarker line width (width of drawn line)

Text:

TE x,y text_string	Text, x,y is location and text_string is the text to display
TE_CLR col	Text color index
TE_EXP exp	Text expansion factor - horizontal expansion factor of text
TE_WDTH wid	Text width (width of drawn line)
TE_HGHT height	Text height
TE_UP x,y	Text up vector, sets rotation angle as x,y vector
TE_ALGN h v	Text alignment in horizontal and vertical: horizontal: 1=left, 2=center, 3=right vertical: 1=top, 2=cap, 3=half, 4=base, 5=bottom
TE_SPC spc	Text spacing factor (space after text character)
TE_CSPC spc	Text character spacing - fixed width font char width
TE_FNT font	Text font number

Transformations:

WS_WIN id x y x y	Workstation window - where in workstation space to place plot
WS_VP id x y x y	Workstation viewport - not used
TR num	Selects a transform by number
WIN num x y x y	Sets window coordinates for transform num - sets actual coordinate system to use within viewport. The window coordinates are used by text, line and filled area commands.
VP num x y x y	Sets viewport coordinates for transform num - selects area within workstation window to plot, can be referred to as clip rectangle

Extra:

ME message	Message or comment
SEG_CR seg	Create segment
SEG_CL seg	Close segment
SEG_DE seg	Delete segment
CLR_REG x y x y	Clear region

Last updated August 10, 1998