Re: File Author

"Ian Spencer" <ids53@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Is it possible to obtain the 'File Author' information from a file using

> PC/CC ? I would be grateful for any tips.

Depends on what format the file uses to store "File Author".

e.g I think Microsoft Word(r) do***ents have an 'author'  property. That's

probably available thru the COM interface, but you'd have to check the 
Microsoft Word do***entation. Assuming it is available, certainly the COM 
facilities built into the PB/CC compiler can get it.

I think all files have available a "file properties"  thru the Windows 
Explorer software; this sounds like a place where one might keep "File 
Author."

While I have no clue where that might be stored, I'd guess it's either in 
the registry or somewhere in the Shell Extensions, both of which are 
accessible programatically using the PB/CC compiler by calling the 
appropriate Windows' API functions.

MCM