File Properties

Is there a way in Java to read the Summary part of the file that we can see by right clicking on a file in Windows and clicking on the Summary tab? The File class does not seem to offer that functionality. The Properties class tells us the System Properties. Can someone point me in the right direction with this?
Thanks in Advance.

This is very Windows-specific, and hence there's no way to do this in pure Java. You'd have to use JNI.

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File Properties: Document Kind... Where Does it Come From?

In Bridge's metadata subsection "File Properties", what exactly
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I've read through Adobe's XMP specification document (http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/xmp/sdk/index.html) and I've seen many of Adobe's XMP schemas and data elements defined there, but I can't find where "Document Kind" is defined.
The closest I come is page 39 where the XMP specification notes that the dublin core schema has a property called "format" with a value of "MIMEType". Is "dc:format" synonymous with "file properties: document kind"?
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// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
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[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0227")]
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Hi Sarah,
We can't see the screenshot. Do you mean you use Windows Explorer to browse to the AssemblyInfo.cs file and check the property?
If you change the product version or the file version from the AssemblyInfo.cs file, you need to firstly rebuild the assembly, then if you go to the debug/release folder, check the property of the assembly file, the Details tab will show you the corresponding
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File properties: mysterious dates for created, modified and last opened

I've seen this ever since I started using my Mac - I am a relatively new Mac user (a year or more vs. well, decades on Win/PC).
Finder: click on a file and it will show its properties. It will have a "More info" button.
The dates displayed between the 2 above are different.
1) In the "immediate" display it would say something like:
Last opened: Today at 10PM
- this wrong day, "correct" time
- considering that it will display this at say 7AM "today"...well, it's a "future" date/time
2) If you click the More info button, the "truth" comes out
Last opened: Yesterday at 10PM (accurate)
Never really cared, but thought I'd ask here. At some point, if I start some development on the Mac, and filesystems, file properties are involved, this will obviously be an issue. I don't even know if this affects file searching based on these properties - again, new user, using Mac for very specific purpose, but usage is definitely on the rise, so I'd like to get some direction on very basic OS behavior like this fully understood.
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EdSF wrote:
Thanks VK. I'm the only user.
Can you please clarify on what user accounts have to do with this behavior?
I've seen many times when corrupt date settings in the global user preference file cause wrong modified dates to be displayed in finder. in that case if you make a different user they will be displayed correctly. the file in question is ~/library/preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist.
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SSIS 2012 Script Task to Get File Properties

Hello,
I researched on how to grab a file properties such as file size, file modified date, etc and I came across the following
link:
I followed exact steps and when I went to execute the package, I got the following error:
Below is the code:
// C# code
// Fill SSIS variables with file properties
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.IO; // Added to get file properties
using System.Security.Principal; // Added to get file owner
using System.Security.AccessControl; // Added to get file owner
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
using System.Windows.Forms;
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#region VSTA generated code
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Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success,
Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
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Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::FileExists");
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::FileInUse");
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::FileIsReadOnly");
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Eventually I am looking to just grab the Modified Date from the Windows Explorer folder and insert into table. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!
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Hi SSISJoost,
I am so glad you responded to this thread. You are absolutely right. I copied the entire code including the project name (guid) and that solved the error problem.
Now, what did you do to get the message box? I added the watch and I could see the values but how do I get these values in a table? If I remember correctly, in your blog, you mentioned something about using derived columns. I am familiar with Derived Columns
but how do I do that? I appreciate your response.
Thank you.
Sanjeev
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I used a second script task to show all variable values. It has a
MessageBox in it and between all
variables I added a
newline to make it more readable...
But with an Execute SQL Task and parameters you can also put these values in a Table... or you can read the file in a Data Flow Task and add those variables (as metadata) to each record with a Derived Column
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Windows File Properties vs. Content Services Properties

Hi.
On behalf of a customer I am evaluating Windows file properties vs. CS file properties.
Client Environment: Windows XP SP2, O-Drive.
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properties among others the following:
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- Checkboxes Write protected* / Archive* / Hidden*
Do these correspond to any cs file property? Do these have any effect?
(I tried write protected, but it did not work as expected, I was able
to overwrite the file) Bug or Feature?
If these checkboxes do not work, could these be disabled through O-Drive,
otherwise users might get confused...
Regards, Tom
* (I don't know the exact english labels as I am working on a german client... so
I translated the german labels - sorry)

Hi. Sure, here's some collateral information:
We are evaluating Content Services for several customer projects.
During a presentation I held 2 weeks ago a customer asked exactly
those questions and I had to admit I could not answer.
So I retried on our test instance and checked the docu and still
could not get a clue how windows attributes and cs attributes correspond.
Then I asked MJS during last weeks workshop he did not know exactly either.
Hence I am asking on the forum.
Regards, Tom
(PS. If you require further background information you may contact me via email
or ask E. Neuwirth on Tom Gansor / OPITZ Consulting).

Editing metadata in the file properties window

Hi,
I’m using Win XP SP3 on a “normal” Desktop-PC. Since my problem is not connected to hardware I think that description is enough but I do not know which software information is required. So you may ask. Important is maybe that I am running Adobe Acrobat and Reader simultaneously on the same machine.
The problem: I always changed and edited some of the metadata of my PDF files by bringing up the file properties window of the PDF (right click - properties). Next to the “General”-Tab is the “PDF”-Tab. You can see the title, author, topic, dates and PDF-Version of the document. The first four fields where always editable textboxes. I get used to put in some comments and other important information because I didn’t want to use any tool. Now the complete window is locked. Is this because of the new 9.3.3 Reader update? I updated so many times and never anything like this happened. How can I turn back to the old behavior?
I do not want to edit those information in Acrobat by choosing File and then propertis because it takes much more time because i have to open the file (if it is one its fine) but if there are more where the same info shall be in I'd like to use the built in function of the properties sheet in windows.
With kind regards
DragJo

At first I asked that question by mistake in the wrong forum so I put in it here. But it has been answered there http://forums.adobe.com/message/2973589
so I mark this as answered, too.

Editing metadata in the file properties

Hi,
I’m using Win XP SP3 on a “normal” Desktop-PC. Since my problem is not connected to hardware I think that description is enough but I do not know which software information is required. So you may ask.
The problem: I always changed and edited some of the metadata of my PDF files by bringing up the file properties window of the PDF (right click - properties). Next to the “General”-Tab is the “PDF”-Tab. You can see the title, author, topic, dates and PDF-Version of the document. The first four fields where always editable textboxes. I get used to put in some comments and other important information because I didn’t want to use any tool. Now the complete window is locked. So my question is why did this happen? Shall this be a Feature of the new 9.3.3 update? If yes I just can say it isn’t. And my question would then be: How I can turn back to the old behavior?
With kind regards
DragJo

Thanks,
I just ran the Acrobat repair installation and I got the expected function back. In addition it does not matter any longer which icon I click (reader or acrobat) to open Acrobat. The reason for having both installed is just that I needed a "pdf viewer" from the first minute after having installed the OS and installing Acrobat needs much more configuration in my case then just the "tiny" Reader equivalent. The best thing: I did not realize any other problem.
Kind regards,
DragJo

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I tried all of the above to no avail. I saved a copy in another folder and the file still had the diminished thumbnail and missing data. I added another layer (the files contain many layers and adjustment layers) to the file, cropped and re-saved and it picked up the missing data on the new version. I made some benign changes on my original, but alas it didn't work.
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Author metadata separated by semi-colons truncated in file properties and "Get Info"

I'm using Acrobat Professional 9.0 (CS3) for Mac to edit the metadata for a collection of PDFs to be made available on the web. When I enter the data, I am inputting a list of authors separated by commas, like this: Smith J, Watson C, Brown J. If I click on "Additional metadata", the data I've already entered is transposed into the various XMP fields. And the commas separating the author names are changed to semi-colons. I gather that this happens because XMP wants to separate multiple authors with semi-colons, and Acrobat wants the metadata in XMP fields to match the metadata stored for the file properties. Fine.
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I would like to preserve XMP/Dublin Core/etc metadata in the proper format in the XMP code, but would also like users of standard, popular file viewers to be able to access the full list of authors. Is there a way to do this with Acrobat 9?
Also, once I've saved a file and the XMP metadata has been altered, Acrobat seems to permanently change the way that the authors are listed in the file properties. I cannot manually change those settings any longer without Acrobat overriding my changes and converting commas to semi-colons, or surrounding the entire list of authors in quotation marks. Is there a way to get around these Acrobat overrides and manually take control of my metadata again?
Does Windows Vista read the authors list correctly in the file properties if it is separated by semi-colons?
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The best solution for my case though appears to be to use Acrobat 9 and to do the double-edit process for each file. I should be able to just cut-and-paste the metadata from the Excel file, and then if I save the Authors list to the end, I can simply paste it once into the XMP field (through the Advanced metadata button) and then return to the regular file properties page and paste it again in there, where Acrobat will add quotes around it.
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Script to enumerate, and interactively modify File Properties (eg. meta-data)

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In SharePoint the "library" or other container manages a set or properties defined by SharePoint. For MS documents we may be able to use "shell" methods to tattoo the SharePoint library with this information.
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Outside of serverside code or using a custom library I do not see how you can do this.
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Well that message is a Finder error.
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Thank you for your answer !
I think my problem will be more explicit with this :
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Hi,
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You should always, whenever possible, rip fro the
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>> Fair enough... but nevertheless, it was a feature of iTunes to convert my Mp3s which had all their file properties in Windows, and then after being converted, they lost them.
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>> itunes
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>> ic... well.. sigh

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