# C1.Win.Document.Utils.WriteMetafileToMemory

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<h1 id="C1_Win_Document_Utils_WriteMetafileToMemory_" data-uid="C1.Win.Document.Utils.WriteMetafileToMemory*">WriteMetafileToMemory Method
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<h4 id="C1_Win_Document_Utils_WriteMetafileToMemory_System_Drawing_Imaging_Metafile_" data-uid="C1.Win.Document.Utils.WriteMetafileToMemory(System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile)">WriteMetafileToMemory(Metafile)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Writes a <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.imaging.metafile">Metafile</a> to a byte array.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static byte[] WriteMetafileToMemory(Metafile metafile)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function WriteMetafileToMemory(metafile As Metafile) As Byte()</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.imaging.metafile">Metafile</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">metafile</span></td>
      <td><p>The <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.imaging.metafile">Metafile</a> to write.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.byte">byte</a>[]</td>
      <td><p>The byte array containing the <code class="paramref">metafile</code> data.</p>
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<h5 id="C1_Win_Document_Utils_WriteMetafileToMemory_System_Drawing_Imaging_Metafile__seealso">See Also</h5>
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    <div><a class="xref" href="C1.Win.Document.Utils.ReadMetafileFromMemory.html#C1_Win_Document_Utils_ReadMetafileFromMemory_System_Byte___">ReadMetafileFromMemory</a>(<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.byte">byte</a>[])</div>
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