Provides information about the first instance of a tag that matches the metadata model.
            
    Namespace: 
   FreeImageAPIAssembly: FreeImageNET (in FreeImageNET.dll)
Syntax
| C# | 
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public static FIMETADATA FindFirstMetadata( FREE_IMAGE_MDMODEL model, FIBITMAP dib, out MetadataTag tag )  | 
| Visual Basic (Declaration) | 
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Public Shared Function FindFirstMetadata ( _ model As FREE_IMAGE_MDMODEL, _ dib As FIBITMAP, _ <OutAttribute> ByRef tag As MetadataTag _ ) As FIMETADATA  | 
| Visual C++ | 
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public: static FIMETADATA FindFirstMetadata( FREE_IMAGE_MDMODEL model, FIBITMAP dib, [OutAttribute] MetadataTag^% tag )  | 
Parameters
- model
 - Type: FreeImageAPI..::.FREE_IMAGE_MDMODEL
The model to match. 
- dib
 - Type: FreeImageAPI..::.FIBITMAP
Handle to a FreeImage bitmap. 
- tag
 - Type: 
            FreeImageAPI.Metadata..::.MetadataTag
          %
Tag that matches the metadata model. 
Return Value
Unique search handle that can be used to call FindNextMetadata or FindCloseMetadata. Null if the metadata model does not exist.
Exceptions
| Exception | Condition | 
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| System..::.ArgumentNullException | dib is null. |