From the Word MVP site here:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DSOFile.htm
Using VBA, how can I get access to the Document Properties of a Word
file without opening the document?
Article contributed by Jonathan West
Microsoft makes an ActiveX DLL available called dsofile.dll, which
allows you to read & write the document properties of an Office file
without opening the file in a document editing window. To obtain it, go
to
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224351
The download includes the DLL itself, plus the source code for a small
VB5/VB6 project that demonstrates its use. While the VB code can't be
used unmodified in VBA, looking at it should give you a pretty good idea
of how to use the DLL.
In addition, you can download a template called ListProps.dot (by
clicking on the link) that will use dsofile to list all the Office
documents in a folder, including whichever of the built-in document
properties you want to have.
To run it, proceed as follows.
1.
Download and register dsofile.dll using regsvr32.
2.
Copy the ListProps template into your Word startup folder.
3.
Start Word. A new entry will appear in the Tools menu.
4.
Select the entry. In the dialog that appears, select the properties you
want to include in your list, select the folder you want to have listed,
and select the template you want to use as the document type for the
list.
ListProps then uses dsofile to open each file in turn, get the
properties, and puts the list into a table. Works with available
properties of Word, Excel & PowerPoint files.
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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
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Can anyone tell me how to retrieve the embedded document data (author,
owner, status, etc) from a Word file.
Thanks!
Steve
