0000593: The default type of Array element tags is incorrect

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0000593

[exiv2] exif

minor

always

2008-12-19 21:43

Reporter

ahuggel

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public

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normal

Resolution

open

Status

new

Product Version

0.18

Summary

0000593: The default type of Array element tags is incorrect

Description

It defaults to Ascii, which doesn't work when writing to an image:

ahuggel@mowgli> ./exiv2 -v -M'set Exif.CanonCs.0x002b 255' exiv2-empty.jpg
File 1/1: exiv2-empty.jpg
Set Exif.CanonCs.0x002b "255" (Ascii)
Exiv2 exception in modify action for file exiv2-empty.jpg:
TIFF array element tag 43 has wrong type

See http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/exiv2/message/1472 [^] for a discussion in a larger context.

PS: The error message could be more useful too...

Additional Information

ExifTags::tagType uses the global unknownTag to derive the type of an unknown tag.
Instead, that information should be taken from an group-specific unknown tag, eg, the end-of-list marker of each taglist.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2008-12-19 21:43	ahuggel	New Issue

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