How do I determine the Id for the title in jpeg when using System.Drawing.Image

Question

So far I created a simple upload function, download function and the a class to change file properties, but right now how do I determine the Id for the attributes or properties I want to change eg. Title, Author, Subject, etc. Currently I'm using System.Drawing.Imaging.dll for my library.

This is how far I got with my ChangeFileProperties class:

public class ChangeFileProperties
{ 
    public void ChangeFileAuthor(string FilePath)
    {
        System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(FilePath);

        //??
        PropertyItem propitem = image.GetPropertyItem(0x0320);
        //??
        propitem.Id = 0x0321;
        propitem.Len = propitem.Value.Length;
        propitem.Type = 1;
        propitem.Value = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("MyImageInfo");
        image.SetPropertyItem(propitem);


        image.Save(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\test.jpeg");
    }
}

So right now, there no error in the codes but when I run the webpage, the errors pop up on the ?? comment part, the errors said

An exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in System.Drawing.dll but was not handled in user code

Additional information: Property cannot be found.

It seems the Id is wrong, so how do I know what Id is it for each attributes.

@DavidG I have edited my post, the errors is now stated there — Marko233, Jan 23 '18 at 01:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '18 at 01:40

1

If you use the Image.PropertyItems collection, you can get all the properties and loop through them:

var image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(@"C:\Users\wired\Pictures\1496422850103.jpeg");

foreach (var prop in image.PropertyItems)
{
    var id = prop.Id;
    //etc
}

answered Jan 23 '18 at 01:40

DavidG

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Do I need to display them in order to know the id for each attributes? – Marko233 Jan 23 '18 at 01:44
it's up to you what you do with them. – DavidG Jan 23 '18 at 01:45
hmm...ok I'll see what I can do with it. Thanks for your answer mate. – Marko233 Jan 23 '18 at 01:48
Eh, could you tell me how do I output the id cause I'm stuck there as I don't know how to do it, due to the fat I'm not familiar with c# – Marko233 Jan 23 '18 at 02:30

How do I determine the Id for the title in jpeg when using System.Drawing.Image

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