How to retrieve File Summary Property.

[Simon Teng]

Hello all,

I'm just wondering if it is possible to retrieve more information on a file.
For example a word file property contains a summary tab when you right-click
on it in the file explorer; and there are other informations like "Title",
"Subject", and "Author".

Thks,
Simon

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Simon Teng" <wi**********@h otmail.com> schrieb:

I'm just wondering if it is possible to retrieve more information on a
file. For example a word file property contains a summary tab when you
right-click on it in the file explorer; and there are other informations
like "Title", "Subject", and "Author".

<URL:http://mvps.org/emorcillo/en/code/grl/storage.shtml>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
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[Simon Teng]

Thanks Herfried. It sure looks quite complicated. I'll need some time to
look thru your source. However, if there are some other pointers, pls do
advice.

--Simon

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
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"Simon Teng" <wi**********@h otmail.com> schrieb:

I'm just wondering if it is possible to retrieve more information on a
file. For example a word file property contains a summary tab when you
right-click on it in the file explorer; and there are other informations
like "Title", "Subject", and "Author".

<URL:http://mvps.org/emorcillo/en/code/grl/storage.shtml>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Simon,

You ask directly about the information in a file, not the information in the
filesystem.

That will be almost fore every file type different. For Office you can have
a look at Office automation integrated in VS 2005 in Net.

I hope this helps,

Cor

[Paul Clement]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:26:12 +0800, "Simon Teng" <wi**********@h otmail.com> wrote:

¤ Thanks Herfried. It sure looks quite complicated. I'll need some time to
¤ look thru your source. However, if there are some other pointers, pls do
¤ advice.
¤

See if the following works for you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;224351
Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

[Simon Teng]

Thanks all. Guess that there is no easy way of doing this. I think I'll just
leave this feature out of my program. Hopefully VS2005 has an easier way of
doing it.
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Hello all,

I'm just wondering if it is possible to retrieve more information on a
file. For example a word file property contains a summary tab when you
right-click on it in the file explorer; and there are other informations
like "Title", "Subject", and "Author".

Thks,
Simon