Custom document properties accessible via Javascript?

I don't see any method in the Document Javascript object model to read custom properties that have been added to a document.
Is this not accessible to Javascript? I will resort to using a field in the document to store information about the file that I'd like to access if not, but I would prefer to put this info (which will not change, btw) into the custom properties if possible.

Under 'Document Properties' (where you can enter an Author, Subject, Keywords, etc.) there is an additional tab which allows you to define custom properties. What I want to do is store info (stuff like version, a document ID#, etc) in a common place that can be accessed by my script.
Edit - in Acrobat 7 the menu is 'Document Properties', in Acrobat 8, the menu is 'Properties'.

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I want to create a template using Microsoft Word 2010 that has fields similar to the Standard Document Property "Title" that can be used as a fillable form that repeats data throughout the document. I need a custom document property field
that you can fill out on the title page and will simultaneously change the same field that is in the header, footer, and file -> info -> properties page.
For example, I want to create a document property field called "Product ID #" that shows the title of the property on the file -> info -> properties page as "Product ID #" and the content to show up as the information
a user entered into the field on the first page.
Right now I have a standard document property that I am using as a field on the front page for the Title which has user defined content on the front page. This field has default content I set up to be "Product Specification Template".
I inserted this field by using quick parts. I want to be able to create a field that behaves like this called "Product ID #". I understand you can create custom form fields that repeat using legacy fields, but I need a way for them
to show changes instantly after you click away from the field, without having to "update field" where necessary.
Anyone have any idea how to create custom document properties like this? Or even how to rename standard properties such as "Status" or "Subject"?
Thanks

What you're asking can't all be done without a macro. You can easily enough get body content to show in the header & footer via the judicious use of Styles and STYLEREF fields (and the changes are dynamic), but getting that info into the custom
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Linking Custom Document Properties to SharePoint

We currently have a Microsoft Office Add-in that, among other things, reads and writes Custom Document Properties. Our add-in includes a user-dialogue through which these values are captured and subsequently displayed within the document.
We now have a requirement to integrate this functionality with SharePoint 2010. In particular, we want our Office custom document properties to be co-ordinated with equivalent SharePoint server properties (i.e. site columns in Document Libraries) so that,
when a given SharePoint property value is changed the equivalent custom document property is also changed.
Users must be able to set the properties in either SharePoint or in an Office App (Word for example) and the changes be reflected in both places.
Our solution must work with the desktop versions of Office 2010/13 and the non-Office365 versions of SharePoint 2010/13.
During our initial prototyping we have looked at a number of possible approaches (including Document Property Promotion and Demotion) but are still not sure which appropriate to use.
With regard to Document Property Promotion and Demotion for example, we found that, if we create a document outside SharePoint, then invoke our add-in to set document properties, then upload the document to SharePoint; the SharePoint properties and the
Office Custom Document Properties are initially in step, any subsequent changes cause problems.
If we now change the SharePoint properties by editing them in SharePoint and then open the document in Word, the Custom Document Properties are unchanged. Similarly, any change we make in Word is not reflected in the
SharePoint properties when the document is saved back to the SharePoint library.
Our properties are all of type string in Word and type Choice in SharePoint.
For various reasons, our solution must not depend in any way on Office templates.
We would like to know what would be the recommended approach to implementing this functionality.
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Hi,
According to your description, you might want to sync the custom document properties between document and SharePoint Library.
A solution can be like this: We can add an Event Receiver to this library, it will be triggered when there is a file is checked in or the item of list is updated, then we can
read/write the specific document properties and sync between document and SharePoint Library.
The whole scenario would be like this: When a document is uploaded and checked in, the method put in the Event Receiver will be triggered and update the related columns of library.
When we updated these columns in library, we can capture the ItemUpdated event and update the corresponding properties of this document.
Here is a step by step sample on creating a simple Item added event receiver:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff398052.aspx
More information on Event Receiver for your reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg749858(v=office.14).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff408183(v=office.14).aspx
For about how to update the custom properties of an Office Document, it is recommended you post another question to the Microsoft Office for Developers forum, you will get more
help and confirmed answers from there.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?category=officedev
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Custom Document Properties Don't Transer to Document Information

I've got an MS Word 2003 document that I've added a number of custom document properties to. I converted the document to PDF using Acrobat Pro 8.1.2. The standard properties that were included in the Word file were transferred to the PDF file but none of the custom properties were transferred. I used the Standard conversion setting and the "Convert Document Information" checkbox was checked. Am I doing something wrong or does Acrobat only transfer the standard properties by design?
Thanks
Greg

Thanks for the response. The properties I'm referring to in the Word file are those found under File > Properties. The dialog box that opens has a "Summary" tab that includes a set of standard properties (e.g. Author, Title, etc.). The dialog box also has a "Custom" tab where you can add custom properties in the form of name/value pairs. So if I want to add a custom property I enter the property name (i.e. "File Number") and the value (i.e. "VTD0123456789"). I am using PDF Maker and not printing to the Adobe PDF printer (although I tried that too this morning and the properties still didn't transfer).

How to manage custom document properties (e.g., company name, project name)

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How to manage custom document properties (e.g., company name, project name, event date...) in Apple iWork Pages like it is possible in Microsoft Office Word ?
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Thanks for your help Peter.
Search-Replace and Auto-Substitution are not requivalent for me since I'm looking for something more complex.
Suppose you have a document about an Event which occur on a specific date (e.g., 11-09-2003).
In your document, you may be interested in...
- sometimes display the date as '11-09-2003',
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With a document property, you would be able to define the EventDate as 11-09-2003, and then define different specific format (e.g., 'mm-dd-yyyy', 'mmmm, yyyy'...) for each reference to the EventDate document property.
Using Search-Replace of Auto-Substitution, it will be painful since you will have to define as one token per format of a document property (e.g., EventDateAsMMDDYYY, EventDateAsMMMMYYYY...).
More than that, suppose you have a Numbers table inserted in your Pages document.
You may be interested in using some document properties in formulas.
This can't be solved using Search-Replace.
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Win Server 2008 R2 - FSRM is not able to view Office Word 2010 custom document properties

Hi,
how to view custom document properties for office 2010 files on Win Server 2008 R2 - FSRM.
Word 2003 custom document properties are reportable and also visible after: Right click on file/Properties/Custom
Word 2010 there is no Custom menu after: Right click on file/Properties/Custom
Any suggestion ?
TH

Hi Tomas,
To view custom properties in Office 2010:
1. Click the File tab.
2. Click Info.
3. Click Properties, and then select Advanced Properties
4. Click the Custom tab
Regarding this point, the following article can be referred to for more information.
View or change the properties for an Office file
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/word-help/view-or-change-the-properties-for-an-office-file-HA010354245.aspx
In addition, for this is more related to Office, in order to get better, we can also ask for suggestions in the following forum.
Office Forum
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home
Best regards,
Frank Shen

How can i add custom document properties in Content Services?

Hello guys.
I have question. I need to add custom attributes of document uploaded in CS.
I know about categories, and it will help me.
But i need it on the properties page? in main tab, where docname, creationdate, etc. appears. Is it possible?
Ideally it should appears in main window of CS, without any additional clicks.
Is there any way organize it without development new Web Services?
Thank you.

One possible way of doing this would be to use the $A mapping in the send_access mapping table. see http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/messaging/ims52/ag/filter.htm#15965
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You can use channel level filters on the send_access or orig_send_access mapping table to control at which point the header is added but without knowing more about what you wish to do and which conditions you wish to use to add the header it is difficult to say more. It is possible to use a "customer supplied routine (in the form of a shared object call) from the mapping process, but during the mapping process the only information available to the routine is the sender and recipient info so that probably isnt suitable for your purposes.
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The conversion channel does have access to the original message headers http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/messaging/ims52/rm/mta_conf.htm#1044412
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Also have you looked at the ENS service available with IMS?
Sorry I cant offer anything more than that but without knowing what functions your previous SMTP plugin performed its a bit difficult.
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How to upload a document with values related to document properties in to document set at same time using Javascript object model

Hi,
Problem Description: Need to upload a document with values related to document properties using custom form in to document set using JavaScript Object Model.
Kindly let me know any solutions.
Thanks
Razvi444

The following code shows how to use REST/Ajax to upload a document to a document set.
function uploadToDocumentSet(filename, content) {
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hostweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter('SPHostUrl'));
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'method': 'POST',
'data': content,
processData: false,
timeout:1000000,
'headers': {
'accept': 'application/json;odata=verbose',
'X-RequestDigest': $('#__REQUESTDIGEST').val(),
"content-length": content.byteLength
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dfd.resolve(d);
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'method': 'POST',
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'X-RequestDigest': $('#__REQUESTDIGEST').val()
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