[02/03] Read properties PDF (VB.NET)

[anna7]

Hi,

How I can read the properties of a PDF file? (author, created date , etc)

regards

[gaccettola]

have you taken a look at http://www.ujihara.jp/iTextdotNET/en/ ?

[anna7]

Thank you for the link, but there would be some another way of doing it without having to use libraries of the others?

regards

[gaccettola]

System.IO.FileInfo has some of the properties you're looking for, but it's author that I think you'll need a pdf library for.

you don't like other people's libraries? odd.
Without using someone else's library... you could always write your own? (no, don't ask I'm fresh outta links)

I like when I find that someone has already gone thru the trouble of writing something that would be tedious for me to create. Now sometimes I don't like their implementation and I would rewrite, but an initial peice of source goes a long way..

[Ken B]

Open the file and search for the following "/Author" "/Title" "/Creator" "/Producer" "/CreationDate" "/Subject" and "/Keywords" to get the corresponding information. The values will apear in side () to the right of each key word.

For example:

/Title ( PostScript Language Reference, Third Edition )
/Author ( Adobe Systems Incorporated )
/Creator ( Adobe FrameMaker 5 . 5 . 3 for Power Macintosh® )
/Producer ( Acrobat Distiller 3 . 01 for Power Macintosh )
/CreationDate ( D : 19970915110347 - 08 ' 00 ' )
/ModDate ( D : 19990209153925 - 08 ' 00 ' )

None of the above are required, so a document may not have any.

You can open a pdf document in write, just right click on the document and select write from the open with menu, to see what inside of it.