Thanks David. A few things in your posting that I'll have to delve into in
more detail.

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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To all of you generally.

There are two types of WMF file (I once wrote a program to convert).

Windows WMF files, you will almost never see these as files except in very
old windows applications. No MS program will touch them. But apps use this
to draw their window but do so interactively rather than from a file. A wmf
file is just a recording of drawing commands a program issued.

The type you see as clipart are known as Aldus Placeable Metafiles. These
are a windows wmf file wrapped in a header. It main purpose is to give a
suggested size to the drawing.

Current versions of windows use EMF (E is for Enhanced) rather than WMF. But
they readily and automatically convert (put a wmf on the clipboard and you
can paste as wmf or emf).

Here is how IE decides what a file is

Appendix A: MIME Type Detection in Internet Explorer

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