Taskbar Icon
A small symbol of a clipboard on the bottom right of your screen (next to the clock) indicates that BetterWMF is loaded through Bclipbrd.exe. Double click it to activate the Picture options dialog or click the right mouse button on it to active a menu.
The icon is not used for the ARX-method of BetterWMF: Use command BWMFOPT in AutoCAD instead.
The icon in the taskbar can have two appearances:
There is currently a WMF-picture available on the clipboard. This does not necessarily mean that BetterWMF has modified it: BetterWMF can be configured such that it will only activate on WMF-pictures put on the clipboard by AutoCAD. Also note that this does not necessarily mean that you will paste a WMF into MS-Word. Besides WMF other formats may be available on the clipboard. In MS-Word select Edit|PasteSpecial to see all available formats on the clipboard.
There is currently no WMF-picture available on the clipboard. The last 'Copy' operation you performed inside Windows most likely contained text only.
When you position your mouse on top of the icon a ToolTip will show.
The following ToolTips are possible:
| ToolTip | |
|---|---|
| BetterWMF(no WMF on clipboard) | There is currently no WMF-picture available on the clipboard. |
| BetterWMF (WMF not modified) |
There is currently a WMF-picture available on the clipboard but it was not created by AutoCAD and therefore ignored by BetterWMF. You can force modification through the menu option 'Clipboard|Modify and Replace now' or by changing the auto-detect level in the User Preferences dialog. |
| BetterWMF (size: 5.0" * 3.2") |
There is currently a WMF-picture available on the clipboard, it was created by AutoCAD and it was modified by BetterWMF. The suggested picture size size as it will paste into MS-Word is shown. |
| BetterWMF (error) | This should never appear: There is a WMF on the clipboard but BetterWMF could not read it. |
| BetterWMF (disabled) | BetterWMF has been temporarily disabled. Click the right mouse button on the icon to select Clipboard|Enable automodify from the menu. |
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