/// <summary>
/// Performs default encoding behaviour.. if the property is typed as 'prop_type_string' it's decoded with Encoding.Default, otherwise it uses Unicode (UCS16 LE)...
/// <para>This is not always desired, but works most of the time.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="propBag"></param>
/// <param name="propID"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetStringProperty(IPropertyObject propBag, PropId propID)
{
var propType = propBag.GetPropertyType(propID);
byte[] bytes = propBag.ReadProperty(propID);
if (propType != PropertyType.KnownValue.prop_type_wstring &&
propType != PropertyType.KnownValue.prop_type_string)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid Property Type");
}
return
(propType == PropertyType.KnownValue.prop_type_string
? PropertyHelper.GetEncodedStringProperty(bytes, Encoding.UTF8)
: PropertyHelper.GetUnicodeStringProperty(bytes));
}
public PropertyType GetPropertyType(PropId id)
{
return(_propBag.GetPropertyType(id));
}