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Re: st: Graph export: "Could not initialize metafile"
From
Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Graph export: "Could not initialize metafile"
Date
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:06:01 -0400
Dear Alan,
thank you very much for posting this detailed explanation. This is
really helpful.
Best, Sergiy
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Alan Riley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dorothy Bridges ([email protected]) reports that a colleague is
> seeing an error when they try to export a graph as an EMF file:
>> My .do file includes a command along the lines of: "graph export
>> mygraph.emf". The file runs fine on my computer and on the computers
>> of at least two of my colleagues. On a third colleague's computer,
>> however, we get the error message "could not initialize metafile."
>> This guy has the same version of Stata and the same version of Windows
>> as the rest of us. He is able to export to .wmf without trouble. Any
>> ideas?
>
> There are two cases in which Stata will report this error message
> when trying to export an EMF file:
>
> 1) There is no default printer driver installed on the Windows system,
> or the default printer driver has a bug or is refusing to load.
>
> 2) Windows refused to initialize the EMF file. This is very
> unlikely and would likely only arise in the event of a corrupt
> version of Windows. We have never seen an instance of a user
> encountering this.
>
> #1 is the most likely reason. Applications must create EMF files
> with respect to some device on the Windows system so that things
> like fonts and text and line spacing can be calculated with respect
> to a standard resolution. Stata and most other applications which
> support EMF files use the default printer as the reference device.
>
> Dorothy's colleague should ensure they have a default printer driver
> installed, even if a printer is not connected to their computer.
> If they already have such a printer driver installed, and are still
> receiving this error message, it can indicate a bug or error within
> the printer driver itself, and rebooting the computer can sometimes
> clear such an error.
>
> If Dorothy's colleague is unable to resolve the problem, they should
> contact Stata Technical Services at [email protected], who will
> help them diagnose and correct the problem.
>
>
> Alan
> [email protected]
>
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