Limitations When Printing to Vector and Document File Formats

When printing from your application to a vector or document file format, only certain types of objects can be put into each of the various vector and/or document files.

For example, suppose your application is printing a page, which looks like this:

When printing to a CGM file, which supports text and shape objects, but does not support raster objects, the output will appear like this:

See the following table to see which objects are supported by each format.

Document Formats:

Format	Raster	Shapes	Text	Notes
MS Word	Supported	Supported	Supported
PDF	Supported	Supported	Supported	Raster operations on drawings are not supported.
Rich Text Format (RTF)	Supported	Supported	Supported
ASCII (Text)	Not supported	Not supported	Supported	Shapes and raster objects are not supported. Positioning for text is not supported by the format, enhancing algorithms were used.
HTML	Supported	Supported	Supported	VML should be supported in IE to view the document shapes correctly. Filled shapes lose the filling when the document is viewed on Netscape.

Vector Formats:

Format	Raster	Shapes	Text	Notes
VEC	Supported	Supported	Supported
DWF	Not supported	Supported	Supported	Filling is not supported, - format restriction.
DXF	Supported (R13 only)	Supported	Supported	Filling is not supported, - format restriction.
CGM	Not supported	Supported	Supported	No raster, format - restriction
PLT	Not supported	Supported	Supported	No colors, no filling - format restriction.
PCT	Not supported	Supported	Supported	Elliptical arcs not supported.
DRW	Not supported	Supported	Supported	Elliptical arcs not supported.
WMF	Supported	Supported	Supported
EMF	Supported	Supported	Supported
GBR	Not supported	Supported	Supported	Two colors only, - format restriction
SHP	Not supported	Supported	Supported	No raster - format restriction
PRN	Supported	Supported	Supported	No colors, no filling - format restriction.
SVG	Supported	Supported	Supported
WPG	Supported	Supported	Supported