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ID3 Tag Reader Using Shell Functions

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Utility to read ID3 tags from MP3 files using Windows Shell functions.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;

namespace ShellID3Reader
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// </summary>
	public class frmMain : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBoxFilePath;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdBrowseForFolder;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdReadTags;
		private System.Windows.Forms.ListView listViewFiles;
		private System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDialog;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public frmMain()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if (components != null) 
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.textBoxFilePath = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.cmdReadTags = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.listViewFiles = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();
			this.folderBrowserDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// textBoxFilePath
			// 
			this.textBoxFilePath.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) 
				| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.textBoxFilePath.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 28);
			this.textBoxFilePath.Name = "textBoxFilePath";
			this.textBoxFilePath.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(592, 20);
			this.textBoxFilePath.TabIndex = 0;
			this.textBoxFilePath.Text = "Select a folder ....";
			// 
			// cmdBrowseForFolder
			// 
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(608, 24);
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.Name = "cmdBrowseForFolder";
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(56, 24);
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.TabIndex = 1;
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.Text = "...";
			this.cmdBrowseForFolder.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdBrowseForFolder_Click);
			// 
			// label1
			// 
			this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
			this.label1.Name = "label1";
			this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(592, 16);
			this.label1.TabIndex = 2;
			this.label1.Text = "Folder Path :";
			// 
			// cmdReadTags
			// 
			this.cmdReadTags.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.cmdReadTags.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(520, 56);
			this.cmdReadTags.Name = "cmdReadTags";
			this.cmdReadTags.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(144, 24);
			this.cmdReadTags.TabIndex = 3;
			this.cmdReadTags.Text = "&Read Tags";
			this.cmdReadTags.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdReadTags_Click);
			// 
			// listViewFiles
			// 
			this.listViewFiles.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) 
				| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) 
				| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
			this.listViewFiles.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 88);
			this.listViewFiles.Name = "listViewFiles";
			this.listViewFiles.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(656, 384);
			this.listViewFiles.TabIndex = 4;
			this.listViewFiles.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;
			// 
			// frmMain
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(672, 478);
			this.Controls.Add(this.listViewFiles);
			this.Controls.Add(this.cmdReadTags);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.cmdBrowseForFolder);
			this.Controls.Add(this.textBoxFilePath);
			this.Name = "frmMain";
			this.Text = "Read ID3 tags using Shell functions";
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main() 
		{
			Application.Run(new frmMain());
		}

		private void cmdBrowseForFolder_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
			try{
				folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog();
				textBoxFilePath.Text = folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath;
			}
			catch{}
		}

		private void cmdReadTags_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
			
			listViewFiles.Columns.Clear();
			listViewFiles.Items.Clear();
			listViewFiles.Columns.Add("FileName",100,HorizontalAlignment.Left); 
			listViewFiles.Columns.Add("ArtistName",100,HorizontalAlignment.Left); 
			listViewFiles.Columns.Add("AlbumName",100,HorizontalAlignment.Left); 
			listViewFiles.Columns.Add("TrackNumber",100,HorizontalAlignment.Left); 
			listViewFiles.Columns.Add("SongTitle",100,HorizontalAlignment.Left); 
			
			DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(textBoxFilePath.Text);
			FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles("*.mp3");
			foreach(FileInfo fi in files){
				MP3File mp3File = ShellID3TagReader.ReadID3Tags(fi.FullName);
				ListViewItem itm = new ListViewItem();
				itm.Text = mp3File.FileName;
				itm.SubItems.Add(mp3File.ArtistName);
				itm.SubItems.Add(mp3File.AlbumName );
				itm.SubItems.Add(mp3File.TrackNumber.ToString()) ;
				itm.SubItems.Add(mp3File.SongTitle);
				listViewFiles.Items.Add(itm);
			}
		}
	}
}

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