---
title: "How to: Read Metadata from a Bitmap"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
  - "cpp"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "bitmaps [WPF], reading metadata from"
  - "image metadata [WPF]"
  - "metadata [WPF], in images"
  - "metadata [WPF], reading from a bitmap"
ms.assetid: 920784ed-d96b-43e6-92d4-5dea5228f628
---
# How to: Read Metadata from a Bitmap
This example shows how to read bitmap metadata using the metadata query language.  
  
## Example  
 [!code-cpp[BitmapMetadata#GetQuery](~/samples/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BitMapMetadata/CPP/BitmapMetadata.cpp#getquery)]
 [!code-csharp[BitmapMetadata#GetQuery](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BitMapMetadata/CSharp/BitmapMetadata.cs#getquery)]
 [!code-vb[BitmapMetadata#GetQuery](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/BitMapMetadata/VB/BitmapMetadata.vb#getquery)]