[FAQ's: OD] How do I read/write a document's BuiltIn properties?

[RobDog888]

The Properties dialog items can be viewed from the menu - "File > Properties > Summary tab" as displayed in Fig. 1 below.


These are the constanst for the available builtin document properties. If you are doing late binding then you can find the constant values in Word Object Browser.

• wdPropertyAppName
• wdPropertyAuthor
• wdPropertyBytes
• wdPropertyCategory
• wdPropertyCharacters
• wdPropertyCharsWSpaces
• wdPropertyComments
• wdPropertyCompany
• wdPropertyFormat
• wdPropertyHiddenSlides
• wdPropertyHyperlinkBase
• wdPropertyKeywords
• wdPropertyLastAuthor
• wdPropertyLines
• wdPropertyManager
• wdPropertyMMClips
• wdPropertyNotes
• wdPropertyPages
• wdPropertyParas
• wdPropertyRevision
• wdPropertySecurity
• wdPropertySlides
• wdPropertySubject
• wdPropertyTemplate
• wdPropertyTimeCreated
• wdPropertyTimeLastPrinted
• wdPropertyTimeLastSaved
• wdPropertyTitle
• wdPropertyVBATotalEdit
• wdPropertyWords

Word 2003 VBA Code Example:

'READ PROPERTIES
Option Explicit
 
Private Sub cmdReadProps_Click()
 
    Dim iLines As Integer
    iLines = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyLines)
    MsgBox "There are " & iLines & " lines in the current document.", vbOkOnly + vbInformation
 
    Dim lWords As Long
    lWords = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyWords)
    MsgBox "There are " & lWords & " words in the current document.", vbOkOnly
 
    Dim sWhen As String
    sWhen = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentproperties(wdPropertyTimeLastSaved)
    MsgBox "The last time the current document was saved was " & sWhen, vbOkOnly
 
    Dim sPrinted As String
    sPrinted = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTimeLastPrinted)
    MsgBox "The last time the current document was printed was " & sPrinted, vbOkOnly
 
End Sub

'WRITE PROPERTIES
Option Explicit
 
Private Sub cmdWriteProps_Click()
 
    ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTitle) = "How do I read/write a document's BuiltIn properties?"
    
    ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertySubject) = "[FAQ's: OD] Word"
    
    ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyCompany) = "VB/Office Guru™"
    
    ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyCategory) = "Office Development - Word"
    
    ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyComments) = "This is a FAQ code example of manipulating Words BuiltIn document properties."
    
    ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyHyperlinkBase) = "http://vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=37"
 
End Sub

Fig. 1