Document Metadata

[Davey P]

When you right click on a document file on the desktop and select properties
you are presented with a multi tab properties dialog. I am wanting to get
hold of all the information located on the summary tab for a document via
automation. Is there a method to do this other than loading the document into
a word application object and checking them? (i.e. like the ShellApi function
SHGetFileInfo which retrieves the file size, location, last modified, etc...)

 

[Cindy M.]

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When you right click on a document file on the desktop and select properties
you are presented with a multi tab properties dialog. I am wanting to get
hold of all the information located on the summary tab for a document via
automation. Is there a method to do this other than loading the document into
a word application object and checking them? (i.e. like the ShellApi function
SHGetFileInfo which retrieves the file size, location, last modified, etc...)

DSOFile.dll

Search this on the msdn website. There's also a (VBA-related) article about
using it on word.mvps.org

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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