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Is this the only way? Can't I do something like<br />
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Dim pic as StdPicture<br />
pic.type=vbCFMetafile<br />
pic.line (0,0)-(100,100)<br />
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Of course I can't do this! I've tried it! What I want to know with this comment is can I do something LIKE this and not have a form object? StdPicture cannot be instantiated?<br />

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Is this the only way? Can't I do something like

Dim pic as StdPicture
pic.type=vbCFMetafile
pic.line (0,0)-(100,100)

Of course I can't do this! I've tried it! What I want to know with this comment is can I do something LIKE this and not have a form object? StdPicture cannot be instantiated?


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The form has a picture object so most likely the code below will work but I haven't tried it.<br />
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form.picture.type=vbCFMeta<wbr />file <br />
form.picture.line (0,0)-(100,100) <br />

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The form has a picture object so most likely the code below will work but I haven't tried it.

form.picture.type=vbCFMetafile
form.picture.line (0,0)-(100,100)


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How can I create an offscreen buffer in which I will be able to draw text, lines, circles etc? How will this buffer be of type 'metafile'?
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How can I create an offscreen buffer in which I will be able to draw text, lines, circles etc? How will this buffer be of type 'metafile'?

Offscreen buffers

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