Descriptors for the 5 Custom Fields
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:40 pm
I am working on some stuff using VBA/VB6 I will post soon that uses the COM interface so you can access all of the info for your tags the same as you can with a script except you don't need a script; you can use Excel, Word, the old Visual basic 6, etc.
One question I have is how to determine the descriptor for the 5 custom fields MM allows? I know that the descriptor in each file is "Songs-DB_Custom1" in the actual id3 tag and that the description of the custom field is not kept file-by-file but rather is in the database somewhere. I use Custom 1, 2 and 3 to keep track of Billboard date (date entered the charts, peak position and # of weeks charted). I know that someone else can define the custom fields the way they want and my values will be shown in their copy of MM under the same Custom 1-5 spots but with different descriptors.
It seems like the definitions of those 5 fields should be available in the database and easily accessed. I am guessing there is an SQL query required but I am not a database wizard. Does anyone have a code snippet or a pointer to the right place I can find this? Thanks.
One question I have is how to determine the descriptor for the 5 custom fields MM allows? I know that the descriptor in each file is "Songs-DB_Custom1" in the actual id3 tag and that the description of the custom field is not kept file-by-file but rather is in the database somewhere. I use Custom 1, 2 and 3 to keep track of Billboard date (date entered the charts, peak position and # of weeks charted). I know that someone else can define the custom fields the way they want and my values will be shown in their copy of MM under the same Custom 1-5 spots but with different descriptors.
It seems like the definitions of those 5 fields should be available in the database and easily accessed. I am guessing there is an SQL query required but I am not a database wizard. Does anyone have a code snippet or a pointer to the right place I can find this? Thanks.