Ab2d.ReaderWmf class can be used to read Windows metafiles (wmf) and also Enhanced Metafiles (emf).

They can be read as Shapes with Read(String) method or as Drawing objects with ReadGeometry(String, GeometrySettings).

After the file has been read, it is possible to get the xaml of the read Viewbox or Image with GetXaml(BaseXamlWriterSettings) method.

If your application needs images and shapes from many metafiles, it is recommended that they are stored in a ResourceDictionary. To simplify creating ResourceDictionaries a ResourceDictionaryWriter class can be used.

Ab2d.ReaderWmf can be used from code. If you would like to add metafile directly into the xaml you can use WmfViewbox to add metafile as shapes or WmfDrawing to add it as geometry.

The following example shows the most simple use of ReaderWmf. It loads the mySample metafile and adds it to the myStackPanel.

Viewbox sampleViewbox = Ab2d.ReaderWmf.Instance.Read(@"c:\mySample.wmf");
myStackPanel.Children.Add(sampleViewbox);

The following sample shows how to read metafile from Application's Resource. The ReadGeometry(String, GeometrySettings) reads metafile into Drawing objects and fully optimizes it for best performance.

Image clipartFromResource;
Ab2d.Common.ReaderWmf.GeometrySettings settings;

// gets Drawing objects optimized for best performance
// NOTE: Because of heavy optimization it is possible that some anomalies appear on the image
settings = Ab2d.Common.ReaderWmf.GeometrySettings.FullOptimization;

Uri uri = new Uri("/cliparts/mySample.emf", UriKind.Relative);
using (Stream metafileStream = Application.GetResourceStream(uri).Stream)
{
    clipartFromResource = Ab2d.ReaderWmf.Instance.ReadGeometry(metafileStream, settings);
}

myStackPanel.Children.Add(clipartFromResource);

The following sample reads the mySample.wmf file, gets its xaml for Silverlight and saves it into a file.

string xaml;
Viewbox sampleViewbox;

sampleViewbox = myReader.Read(@"c:\mySample.wmf");
xaml = myReader.GetXaml(new Ab2d.Common.ReaderWmf.SilverlightXamlWriterSettings());

System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"c:\mySample_for_Silverlight.xaml", xaml);

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