'Declaration
 
Public NativeType As Object

'Usage
 
Dim instance As ImGearMetadataLeaf
Dim value As Object
 
value = instance.NativeType
 
instance.NativeType = value

public object NativeType

public: Object* NativeType

public:
Object^ NativeType

Field Value

When metadata is loaded from a file, all leaves have this field set to explicit values.

When the application creates a leaf, it can either specify an explicit NativeType value or use the default value ImageGear.Formats.ImGearNativeDataTypes.UNKNOWN.

At the time of image saving, most file formats ignore this field and use the file format's standard types for metadata tags. Two file formats take NativeType field into account:

• TIFF format filter saves tags according to the value specified by the NativeType field. If NativeType of a tag is ImageGear.Formats.ImGearNativeDataTypes.UNKNOWN, TIFF filter skips the tag.
• DICOM format filter saves tags according to the value specified by the NativeType field. If NativeType of a tag is ImageGear.Formats.ImGearNativeDataTypes.UNKNOWN, DICOM filter looks up the native type from its Data Dictionary. If the value is not found, it saves the tag as ImageGear.Formats.DICOM.ImGearDICOMValueRepresentations.Unknown.

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