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Declaration

TIEMetaListView = class(TCustomListView);

Description

TIEMetaListView is a TListView which displays meta-data of images and other files. Editing is also supported for EXIF, IPTC and DICOM tags.



There are two ways to display meta-data with TIEMetaListView:
◼Attach it to a TImageEnView to show content for the displayed image
◼Assign it from a TIEBitmap, image file or stream

The following meta-data types are supported:

Meta data support by file type:

Note: TIEMetaListView requires Delphi 2005 or newer

Keyboard Shortcuts

Supported shortcuts are as follows:

Localization

Localized group heading are supported as well as all field names for iemGeneral. Field names for other meta types are not localized.

Demos

Examples

// Show meta-data fields of all types for the image in a TImageEnView (even for formats that don't support it)
IEMetaList1.AttachedImageEn := ImageEnView1;
IEMetaListView1.AlwaysShowTypes := [iemGeneral, iemEXIF, iemIPTC, iemDicom, iemXMP, iemPDF];

// Output all Exif tags of an image
IEMetaListView1.ExifTags := [ efCommon, efCamera, efExtra, efWindows, efAdvanced];
IEMetaListView1.AlwaysShowTypes  := [ iemExif ];
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'C:\image.jpg' );
IEMetaListView1.Assign( ImageEnView1 );

// Output all Dicom tags of an image
IEMetaListView1.DicomTags := [ diStandard, diChildTags, diProprietary, diDeprecated, diUnknown ];
IEMetaListView1.AlwaysShowTypes  := [ iemDicom ];
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'C:\image.dicom' );
IEMetaListView1.Assign( ImageEnView1 );

// Export the Dicom tags of the current image to a file (exclude deprecated and unknown tags)
IEMetaListView1.DicomTags := [ diStandard, diChildTags, diProprietary ];
IEMetaListView1.AlwaysShowTypes  := [ iemDicom ];
IEMetaListView1.Assign( ImageEnView1 );
IEMetaListView1.AssignTo( 'D:\DicomList.txt' );

// Show only document properties for the current PDF
ImageEnView1.PdfViewer.Enabled := True;
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\Abobe Document.pdf' );
IEMetaListView1.GroupView := False;
IEMetaListView1.AutoShowTypes   := [];
IEMetaListView1.AlwaysShowTypes := [ iemPDF ];
IEMetaListView1.AttachedImageEn := ImageEnView1;

// Enable editing of EXIF, ITPC and Dicom data
IEMetaList1.AttachedImageEn := ImageEnView1;
IEMetaListView1.EditableTypes := [iemEXIF, iemIPTC, iemDicom];

// Show params for the image in a TImageEnView (alternative to attaching it)
IEMetaListView1.Assign( ImageEnView1 );

// Show params for the selected image in a TImageEnMView
IEMetaListView1.Assign( ImageEnMView1 );

// Show params for an image file
IEMetaListView1.Assign( 'C:\Image.jpeg' );

// Copy the selected meta-data fields to the clipboard
IEMetaListView1.CopyToClipboard();

// Save content to a CSV file
IEMetaListView1.AssignTo( 'D:\ImageInfo.csv' );

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