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I still use Visual Basic 6 (VB6) for random personal coding and I need to read and write some FLAC tags (meta tags for music files) and if I knew how to access the library I would be able to code it quickly in VB6 where I would have to learn VB dot net from scratch. Is there a shortcut to calling and using taglib-sharp from VB6 and does anyone have any examples? Since I am only skilled in basic programming, please if you have something to share be as explicit as possible and don't assume I automatically know everything about it. I do know how to add a DLL but I'd like to know if there is any way to call taglib sharp and how? Thank you!!! (VB6 is the only language I know and again this is for home use.)

DonJuane
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  • I tried to register the DLL with this command:REGSVR32 C:\Windows\System32\taglib-sharp.dll ... and received the message taglib-sharp.dll was loaded but the entry-point DIRegisterServer was not found – DonJuane Oct 19 '20 at 02:56
  • You can edit your question to add more details, you don't have to do it as comments. – StayOnTarget Oct 19 '20 at 12:35
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    .NET DLLs are not COM-compatible by default. So you can't directly register them and use them in VB6 – StayOnTarget Oct 19 '20 at 12:36
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    Does this answer your question? [Compile C#.net dll for VB6](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6934866/compile-c-net-dll-for-vb6) – StayOnTarget Oct 19 '20 at 12:42
  • Compiling C# is beyond my skill-level. I was hoping to be able to do some coding in visual basic 6 to call the dll a special way and have it work. – DonJuane Oct 21 '20 at 01:55
  • Have you considered alternatives to that C# DLL, e.g. writing a UI for this [FLAC CLI too](https://xiph.org/flac/documentation_tools_flac.html) or using another library like [this one](https://www.un4seen.com/) which includes VB6 samples and is free for personal use. – Hel O'Ween Oct 21 '20 at 10:46
  • IIRC Windows PowerShell is .NET enabled. Maybe you can call PowerShell from VB to call .NET classes – StayOnTarget Oct 21 '20 at 11:29

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