IImageService.GetImageMetadata method

Applies To: IImageService

Returns the image-level metadata XML for the last requested image.

Its usually used after requesting an image using the GetImage and GetImageByExtent methods.

[Visual Basic 6.0]

variable = Object.GetImageMetadata(requestType)

Arguments

[in] requestType

String. It defines the level of image metadata returned.

Constant	Value	Description
VALUE	Basic	Basic metadata
VALUE	Detailed	Only detailed Image metadata
VALUE	Full	Full image metadata

Return Value

String that represents the Image metadata XML string.

For more details of Basic metadata, view the XML schema available at: [ArcGIS Image Server installation folder]\Developer Kit\XML\ ISClient.ImageMetadata.Basic.XSD.

For more details of Detailed metadata, view the XML schema available at: [ArcGIS Image Server installation folder]\Developer Kit\XML\ ISClient.ImageMetadata.Detailed.XSD.

For more details of Full metadata, view the XML schema available at: [ArcGIS Image Server installation folder]\Developer Kit\XML\ISClient.ImageMetadata.XSD.

Requirements

Platform	32 bit Windows OS (WinXP)
Environment	.NET Framework, COM, ANSI C / C++ Standard compliant
Dependency	ESRI.ImageServer.ISClient.dll (.NET Framework), ISClient.dll (COM/C++), ISClientC.dll (C/C++)
Include	isclientc.h (ANSI C)

Example

[Visual Basic 6.0]

Private Sub Form1_Load()

Dim client As New CClientObject

Dim strConfigPath As String

strConfigPath = "c:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ImageServer10.0\XADefs\ISViewer.ISCConfig"

If client.Init(strConfigPath) = False Then

MsgBox client.Status

Exit Sub

End If

Dim cService As CImageService

Set cService = client.OpenImageService(“ImageService://hawkings:10000/Dxb_Tif”, "")

If cService Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

MsgBox cService.GetImageMetadata(“Full”)

End Sub

For a detailed example, please see the ISViewer Sample in VB 6.0 in [ArcGIS Image Server installation folder]\Developer Kit\Client Applications\Samples\ folder.