Retrieving JPEG file "tags" with Visual Basic
I'm trying to extract and display the tag(s) from a set of JPEG files with Visual Basic. I have added tags to them and can see them in File Explorer. But myimage.Tag returns Nothing and I can't find it among myimage.PropertyItems which does work for fields like DateTaken, Title, etc. How can it be accessed? I am running Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) - Current Version 17.8.6
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Ron Sipherd 276 Reputation points
2024-02-06T17:55:48.05+00:00 To expand on this, I would expect to use the PropertyItem.Id property of an image; but that list calls them all property tags which makes the search for "Tags" as in the Explorer Details column a challenge. (Thanks to The Powers for linking my accidental duplicate.)
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Ron Sipherd 276 Reputation points
2024-02-09T04:37:32.2766667+00:00 I have partial success and a little more information. With the PowerShell 7.4.1 commands below I am able to retrieve and display the tags for an JPG file. But translating that to Visual Basic, especially the New-Object line, still eludes me. Surely there is a way to retrieve via code, data that can be retrieved via PowerShell, no? PS C:\Users\myname>
$path = 'E:\Pix\IMG_7090test.jpg' $shell = New-Object -COMObject Shell.Application $folder = Split-Path $path $file = Split-Path $path -Leaf $shellfolder = $shell.Namespace($folder) $shellfile = $shellfolder.ParseName($file) $shellfolder.GetDetailsOf($shellfile, 18) testtag; 2nd tag -
Ron Sipherd 276 Reputation points
2024-02-09T04:51:05.12+00:00 (Deleted duplicate comment.)
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