Reading Exif Data using VB.Net

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I need to get the 'Date Taken' information from JPEG files using VB.NET.

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Posted 26-Nov-11 19:43pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2011-11-26T20:29:00

Here is what you need:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xddt0dz7.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.imaging.propertyitem.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.image.propertyitems.aspx[^].

In a nutshell: you can access image metadata via the class Image. The meta-data is organized into PropertyItems of the type PropertyItems recognized by the values of Id. I suggest you wrap the set of Ids in enumeration types listing known Ids shown in the first link. See for a code sample on the same page.

—SA

Erik Arndal · Answer 2 · 2014-01-09T22:55:00

You can use code like this to get the date:
You need at Form with a Button and a Label to run this code.

Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Public Class Form1
Private DateTime = &H132 '306

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

'Create an Image object.
Dim image As Bitmap = New Bitmap("C:\billede\FakePhoto.jpg")
Dim pic_time As PropertyItem
Dim Str_pic_time As String

'Get the PropertyItems property from image.
Dim propItems As PropertyItem() = image.PropertyItems
pic_time = image.GetPropertyItem(DateTime)
Str_pic_time = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(pic_time.Value, 0, pic_time.Len - 1)
Label1.Text = Str_pic_time
End Sub
End Class

Regards
Erik Arndal
Aarhus, Denmark

phil.o · Answer 3 · 2016-03-29T20:16:00

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