This function returns the text value of the first matching field found. If no matching field is found an empty string is returned.

For details of the way in which IPTC items can be referred to by name see Add.

Item[Int32]

Item[String]

Values

[C#]

XImageLoadOptions loadOptions = new XImageLoadOptions();
loadOptions.ReadIPTC = true;
XImage image = XImage.FromFile(Server.MapPath("rez/iptc.tif"), loadOptions);
if (image.IPTC != null) {
  Response.Write(image.IPTC.Value("Headline"));
  Response.Write("<br>");
  Response.Write(image.IPTC.Value("Caption"));
  Response.Write("<br>");
}

[Visual Basic]

Dim loadOptions As New XImageLoadOptions()
loadOptions.ReadIPTC = True
Dim image As XImage = XImage.FromFile(Server.MapPath("rez/iptc.tif"), loadOptions)
If image.IPTC IsNot Nothing Then
  Response.Write(image.IPTC.Value("Headline"))
  Response.Write("<br>")
  Response.Write(image.IPTC.Value("Caption"))
  Response.Write("<br>")
End If

This example writes the Headline and Caption from a TIFF file. No error will be raised if the IPTC data does not contain a headline or caption.