reading the xmp in a jpeg

[ChrisPhotoClimb]

So I want to do something very simple

I load a jpeg into a bitmapdata instance

somewhere in the jpeg is an embedded xmp packet with useful info like image title, caption, copyright info etc...

how to read the xmp data from inside a bitmapdata instance???

I have found the xmp library for actionsscript but it is absolutely no help

I create actionscript by just creating as3 files in flash and attach my main class to my (empty)  .fla file  I do NOT use the IDE, FLEX, Flash builder or anything fancy. These are pure custom as3 classes everything is created from code

thanks

Chris

[moccamaximum]

I believe you are wrong. The xmp-Library will definitively do what you need. From the programmer`s guide: "The ActionScript XMP Library is intended to be used with Adobe Flash and Flex technology, to read, modify and create XMP packets in the RDF/XML format." It´s for Flash, too and there is even a compiled swc you can easily add to your project. "The library is deployed as a compiled Flash library (SWC), XMPCore.swc, which you can add to Flex projects
and Flash Authoring projects."

http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/xmp/pdfs/ActionScriptAccessToXMP.pdf

[ChrisPhotoClimb]

Thanks for your reply. I really do hope you are correct.

That is the document I was looking at. Many code fragments. No example. And where exactly do you find the xmpcore.swc? I have tried searching adobe, google, my mac all I do is go round in circles back to the same cryptic set of documents.

How to include in an AS3 file? there is an example for Flex but not for a simple AS3 file

my AS3 file would be something like

package

{

import flash.display.Sprite;

import flash.display.Stage;

import flash.events.*;

import flash.text.*;

import flash.events.TimerEvent;

import flash.utils.Timer;

public class CSGFcode extends Sprite

{

public var somevar:String

public function CSGFcode():void

{

//code here where I load an image file, put it into a bitmapdata instance, put that in an bitmap and do an addchild to display the image

}

do I use an import statement? Do I have to make sure this swc file is in a particular folder???

I dont need to be spoon fed but the documentation could be a little clearer

[moccamaximum]

Look here:

http://www.designscripting.com/2010/02/to-use-flex-swc-files-in-flash-cs4/