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2006.09.06 13:09 "Re: Some tags with count zero", by Joris Van Damme
Anurag, Anurag Singh wrote: > I am woking with tiff, using libtiff. I got some tags which have > count zero in the tiff file. these are tag numbers of those tags. > > 34016, 34017, 34018, 34022, 34025, 34026, 34029 > > Is ther any use of these tags when it's count zero, or simple we > should drop these tags during copying. In theory, one should never copy tags that are unknown. You may do otherwise, and many people do. But then you are open for trouble, for instance when copying a LONG value that is in fact intended to be a private IFD pointer. Joris Van Damme info@awaresystems.be http://www.awaresystems.be/ Download your free TIFF tag viewer for windows here: http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/astifftagviewer.html