[RESOLVED] Trying to read into ID3 Tag

[VBNewbieReady2Learn]

i am reading a tutorial that is telling me to dim a variable as taginfo

Dim CurrentTag As TagInfo

the compiler doesnt like this comment, and causes it to crash.

[DigiRev]

Crash? Or an error something like "User-Defined type not defined"? (forgot what the actual error is).

The tutorial should have a declaration of that type.

Type taginfo
   'members here
End Type

You will need to paste this into the general declarations of your code. What is the link to the tutorial you are reading?

[VBNewbieReady2Learn]

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/62/3/

but I see now how the code works, but it is the first time that I have seen a user defined type used. What is the purpose?

[DigiRev]

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/62/3/

but I see now how the code works, but it is the first time that I have seen a user defined type used. What is the purpose?

To create your own data type...sometimes string, integer, double, etc. is not what we need. Sometimes we need more values:

Type Person
   strFirstName As String
   strLastName As String
   strEmail As String
   strPhoneNumber As String
   'etc...
End Type
 
Private udtPerson As Person
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    With udtPerson
        .strFirstName = "Billy"
        .strLastName = "Bob"
        .strEmail = "[email protected]"
        .strPhoneNumber = "1-555-555-5555"
    End With
End Sub

There are a lot of things you can do with UDTs...create arrays of them, save them directly to disk, etc.