File Function Attribute

[Anonymous]

I am trying to find what is the use of Attribute (filename, attributename) Function. But I am not getting a clear idea from the Manual.

Can some one please explain this function?

Thanks in advance

[Chanty4u]

Hi,

File Functions in Script

The file functions (only available in script expressions) return information about the table file which is currently being read. These functions will return NULL for all data sources except table files (Exception: ConnectString( )).

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Attribute(filename, attributename)

Returns the value of the meta tags of different file formats, e.g. MP3, WMA, WMV and JPG files, as text.

Filename is the name of a media file including path, if needed.

Attributename is the name of a meta tag.

If the file filename does not exist, is not a supported file format or does not contain a meta tag named attributename, null will be returned.

A large number of meta tags can be used, e.g. ‘Artist’ or ‘Date Picture Taken’. The supported tags can automatically be generated in the script. The keyboard shortcut for this generation is Ctrl + Q,J,P,G for jpg files (keep the Ctrl key pressed while typing the QJPG combination), Ctrl + Q,M,P,3 for mp3 files and Ctrl + Q,W,M,A for wma files.

Note!
You can only read meta tags saved in the file according to the relevant specification, for example ID2v3 for MP3 files or EXIF for JPG files, not meta information saved in the Windows File Explorer.

Example:

Attribute('File', 'Title') as X,

returns the mp3 tag 'title' in field X in each record

[Anonymous]

Thanks Chanty

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