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If you right-click a MSWord .doc file in Windows Explorer and go to Properties\Summary you get to see all kinds of information (Author's Name, Company, Title, etc.).
When I do the same on one of the files that my application saves I see the same fields.
How do I get my application to put data into these?
I've looked at FileVersionInfo, but this only provides read methods, not writes.
Search this forum for thread by Edneeis . It sounds tough one but it may give you a clue .
Thanks Pirate, I've done that.
It looks like the answer is that I must use DSOleFile.dll and run my application on Win2000 using NTFS. Otherwise I don't think I can write properties to non-OLE documents.
Shame.
Well you definately have to target an NTFS system for any files other than Doc or Word files, because that info is only kept on NTFS systems (in a seperate stream) for other files.
Have a look in your project's AssemblyInfo.vb file :D
I don't think that is the Summary Info he means:
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...postid=1490927
I have seen these fields in a deployment project. Perhaps that is what fills the fields in for the deployed files?????
http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...postid=1490937
But how can you edit them afterwards. Through the OS you can just right click the file and edit them whenever but how can you do that through code?
Anyone of you guys know if this involves any secuirty issues . They make everything hard to work with . I'm much concerned since I'll get into this after I finish my current proj :(.