Accessing Image from Library

Hello -

        Dim manager As LibrariesManager = LibrariesManager.GetManager()
        Dim album = manager.GetAlbums().Where(Function(a) a.Title.Value = "Ads").FirstOrDefault()

Everywhere I look - this should work, however it always returns the following error...
Property 'System.String Value' is not defined for type 'System.String'

any help would be much appreciated.

Hi Robert,

The problem is that Title is of type Lstring, and "Ads" is of type string. VB.NET has a problem with that, even if you use the Value property which is a string. I don't know the details, but you can try this:

Hi Robert,

Arno is given the correct solutions. This is a VB.NET thing. While C# allows the comparing of LString with string directly, in VB.NET you have to explicitly complare the Value property of the LString type with the parameter. But that isn't enough apparently.

Try this code, it works on my side :)

Thanks - that was it!

[quote]Daniel Plomp said:Hi Robert,

Arno is given the correct solutions. This is a VB.NET thing. While C# allows the comparing of LString with string directly, in VB.NET you have to explicitly complare the Value property of the LString type with the parameter. But that isn't enough apparently.
[/quote]

Hi Daniel,

It's apparently not just a VB.NET thing - I'm trying to do the same sort of thing in C#, and having no luck.

I try Title=="name", I get an error about comparing LString to String.

I try Title.Value=="name", I get an error about String not having a Value method. 

I try Title.Equals("name"), I get no match (even though there is an album with that name).

I've also tried both GetAlbums().Where(...).FirstOrDefault() and GetAlbums().FirstOrDefault(...) - no difference.

Here's the current version of my function: