iTunes 11 removed some COM API functions in Windows

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iTunes 11 removed some COM API functions in Windows

I realized that since I installed iTunes 11, all my scripts that use iTunes stopped working. Every call to ".AddArtworkFromFile" for example stopped working. I would like to verify the COM SDK documentation to update my scripts but this document "iTunes COM Windows SDK" has not been updated since 2009 (or at least, I cannot find a more up to date version). Every time I try to access to those deprecated functions, I get a "Catastrophic failure" error.

I rely intensely on those API every day. I will to go back to iTunes 10.7 that's for sure.

iTunes-OTHER, Windows XP

Posted on Dec 1, 2012 4:12 AM

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Answer 1

altery

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Dec 1, 2012 5:19 AM in response to Regis Desrosiers

Actually, I expected that day would come with iTunes 11. My aged tool iTLU also relies on the COM SDK. And even though I don't use it anymore for quite some time, there still seem to be some users that will find it broken now. Did you check if iTunes 11 registered some other, more modern component in your system (like a .net assembly or something)?

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mjcm_nl

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Dec 1, 2012 6:13 AM in response to altery

@altery

Have you tried itsfv (http://code.google.com/p/itsfv/) which is also an older program (last updated: Feb 2012)

And I think it's the succesor to ITLU.

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Answer 3

Dec 1, 2012 12:24 PM in response to Regis Desrosiers

I found this message on the TuneUp Support page.

"Some users are experiencing an issue after updating to iTunes 11 which causes the "attach" feature of TuneUp to become non-functional. We're currently working on a fix for this issue, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Updates to this issue will be posted on our support page as we receive them."

ref: http://support.tuneupmedia.com/entries/22504352-itunes-11-attach-feature-issue

I thing they might experience the same problem as me.

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