DotNet Example: Image metadata class
Description
When writing an Xbasic function that uses the .NET Framework, you always have the option of writing or using a custom .NET class that gives you a simplified interface compared to using the .NET Framework classes directly. This example demonstrates extracting EXIF information from an image using the Exifacto .NET library.
The following script assumes that you have either checked out the project (click here to download the project) or downloaded the Exifacto DLL.
dim sv as dotnet::services dim assy as dotnet::assemblyreference 'edit the path to the DLL in the next line assy.FileName = "C:\path\to\Exifacto.dll" sv.RegisterAssembly("exif",assy) 'edit the path to the image in the next line filename="C:\full\path\to\image\file" ex = new exif::Exifacto::exifdata(filename) CameraMake=ex.CameraMake CameraModel=ex.CameraModel Copyright=ex.Copyright DateTimeOriginal=ex.DateTimeOriginal ImageDescription=ex.ImageDescription Orientation=ex.Orientation.value__ ExposureProgram=ex.ExposureProgram.value__ Software=ex.Software 'show selected properties exif_data = filename + \ crlf()+"Camera: "+CameraMake+" "+CameraModel+" taken "+DateTimeOriginal+ \ crlf()+"Description: "+ImageDescription+crlf()+"Copyright: "+Copyright+ \ crlf()+"Orientation: "+Orientation+" ExposureProgram: "+ExposureProgram+ \ crlf()+"Software: "+Software ui_msg_box("exif",exif_data) showvar(ex) 'show all properties
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