WMF and WMZ are Windows Metafile graphics formats developed by Microsoft. These formats may contain both vector and raster images, but they are primarily used for vector images.
WMF is Windows MetaFile Format - it contains Windows MetaFile binary data.
WMZ is Windows Metafile Zipped format - it also contains Windows MetaFile binary data but compressed with GZIP.
WMF files can be opened with Microsoft Paint, Adobe Illustrator, InkScape.
WMZ files can be opened with the same applications but should be unpacked before open.
These file formats are part of a series of Windows Metafile formats:
Windows Metafile formats:
WMF - Windows Metafile Format
WMZ - Windows Metafile Compressed (GZipped) Format
Windows Metafile Enhanced formats:
EMF - Windows Metafile Enhanced Format
EMZ - Windows Metafile Enhanced Compressed (GZipped) Format
See How to convert and view EMF and EMZ files
In case you need to view a WMF(WMZ) file in a browser or a standard image or PDF viewer application, you can convert it to HTML, JPEG, PNG PDF format with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java.
How to convert WMZ files
Convert WMZ to HTML
To convert WMZ files to HTML with GroupDocs.Viewer for Java use following code: