Can't append to a string?

[b3jsd73jfx]

Alright, I have a class I'm using (I did not create the class, one I found online), and for some reason whenever I try to append any string information to the .SongTitle string return of the class, it will not append the string. Here's the class:

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Text.ASCIIEncoding

Public Class ID3v1

	' Reads ID3 Version 1.1 tags

#Region " Private Members "

	Private _Tag(127) As Byte
	Private _FileName As String
	Private _Genres As String() = { _
	  "Blues", "Classic Rock", "Country", "Dance", "Disco", _
	   "Funk", "Grunge", "Hip-Hop", "Jazz", "Metal", _
	   "New Age", "Oldies", "Other", "Pop", "R&B", _
	   "Rap", "Reggae", "Rock", "Techno", "Industrial", _
	   "Alternative", "Ska", "Death Metal", "Pranks", "Soundtrack", _
	   "Euro-Techno", "Ambient", "Trip-Hop", "Vocal", "Jazz+Funk", _
	   "Fusion", "Trance", "Classical", "Instrumental", "Acid", _
	   "House", "Game", "Sound Clip", "Gospel", "Noise", _
	   "AlternRock", "Bass", "Soul", "Punk", "Space", _
	   "Meditative", "Instrumental Pop", "Instrumental Rock", "Ethnic", "Gothic", _
	   "Darkwave", "Techno-Industrial", "Electronic", "Pop-Folk", "Eurodance", _
	   "Dream", "Southern Rock", "Comedy", "Cult", "Gangsta", _
	   "Top 40", "Christian Rap", "Pop/Funk", "Jungle", "Native American", _
	   "Cabaret", "New Wave", "Psychadelic", "Rave", "Showtunes", _
	   "Trailer", "Lo-Fi", "Tribal", "Acid Punk", "Acid Jazz", _
	   "Polka", "Retro", "Musical", "Rock & Roll", "Hard Rock", _
	   "Folk", "Folk-Rock", "National Folk", "Swing", "Fast Fusion", _
	   "Bebob", "Latin", "Revival", "Celtic", "Bluegrass", _
	   "Avantgarde", "Gothic Rock", "Progressive Rock", "Psychedelic Rock", "Symphonic Rock", _
	   "Slow Rock", "Big Band", "Chorus", "Easy Listening", "Acoustic", _
	   "Humour", "Speech", "Chanson", "Opera", "Chamber Music", _
	   "Sonata", "Symphony", "Booty Bass", "Primus", "Porn Groove", _
	   "Satire", "Slow Jam", "Club", "Tango", "Samba", _
	   "Folklore", "Ballad", "Power Ballad", "Rhythmic Soul", "Freestyle", _
	   "Duet", "Punk Rock", "Drum Solo", "A capella", "Euro-House", _
	   "Dance Hall" _
	   }

#End Region

	Public Property FileName() As String
		Get
			Return _FileName
		End Get
		Set(ByVal Value As String)
			Dim Stream As FileStream
			Try

				' Read last 128 bytes of file
				Stream = New FileStream(Value, FileMode.Open)
                Stream.Seek(-128, SeekOrigin.End)
				Stream.Read(_Tag, 0, 128)

				' If tag not present, reset
				If Not ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 0, 3) = "TAG" Then ResetTag()

				_FileName = Value

			Catch ex As Exception
				_FileName = ""
				ResetTag()
			Finally
				If Not Stream Is Nothing Then Stream.Close()
			End Try
		End Set
	End Property
	Private Sub ResetTag()
		' Set all values to null
		Array.Clear(_Tag, 0, 128)
	End Sub
	Public ReadOnly Property Genre() As String
		Get
			If FileName = "" Then Return ""
			' 0 - 79 = standard genres
			' 80 - 125 = winamp genres
			If _Tag(127) < 126 Then
				Return _Genres(_Tag(127))
			Else
				Return ""
			End If
		End Get
	End Property

	Public ReadOnly Property SongTitle() As String
		Get
            Return ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 3, 30).Trim()
		End Get
	End Property
	Public ReadOnly Property Artist() As String
		Get
			Return ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 33, 30).Trim()
		End Get
	End Property
	Public ReadOnly Property Album() As String
		Get
			Return ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 63, 30).Trim()
		End Get
	End Property
	Public ReadOnly Property Year() As String
		Get
			Return ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 93, 4).Trim()
		End Get
	End Property
	Public ReadOnly Property Comment() As String
		Get
			' if last byte of comment is specified, but
			' second to last is null, then last byte = track
			If _Tag(125) = 0 And Not _Tag(126) = 0 Then
				Return ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 97, 28).Trim()
			Else
				Return ASCII.GetString(_Tag, 97, 30).Trim()
			End If
		End Get
	End Property
	Public ReadOnly Property Track() As String
		Get
			' if last byte of comment is specified, but
			' second to last is null, then last byte = track
			If _Tag(125) = 0 And Not _Tag(126) = 0 Then
				Return _Tag(126).ToString
			Else
				Return ""
			End If
		End Get
	End Property
End Class

Here's the code I'm trying to run:

    Private Sub LoadFiles(ByVal Root As String)
        For Each iFile As String In Directory.GetFiles(Root, "*.mp3")
            Dim ID3 As New ID3v1
            ID3.FileName = iFile
            If ID3.Track <> "" And ID3.SongTitle <> "" Then
                Dim Title As String = ID3.SongTitle.ToString.Trim()
                Dim Track As String = ID3.Track.ToString
                If ID3.Track.Length = 1 Then
                    Track = "0" & Track
                End If
                [COLOR="Blue"]MsgBox(Track & " - " & Title & ".mp3")[/COLOR]
            End If
        Next
        For Each Dir As String In Directory.GetDirectories(Root)
            LoadFiles(Dir)
        Next
    End Sub

The blue line describes where the error occurs. The ".mp3" extension will not show up. However, if I remove the reference to Title, then it works fine. Any ideas?

 

[rfaricy]

That's very strange; I don't see any reason why this should occur. From a work-around standpoint, can you try putting "Title" into a new StringBuilder and appending ".mp3" to it, do a StringBuilder.ToString() and see if that returns Title with the extension?

If I ran into this personally, I'd be trying strange things to see what's going on... Putting single quotes around Title, using Title.ToString.Trim() etc. The only thing I can think of - and something that is a good bet - is that there is an odd character that is being returned (from the ASCII read) in Title that is preventing any text from following it. Perhaps doing a RegEx replace (in the class just before it Returns) on all non-filesystem-compatible characters with String.Empty would prevent this.