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Retrieving User defined File Properties without opening the file using VBScript

Asked by ETC-Staff in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

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I am working on a vb script (.vbs) for a user to open a Microsoft Access project file (.adp) on their desktop.  It checks to see if there is a newer version of the file on the server.  If there is, it asks the user if they want to overwrite their file or not.  If they say yes, it copies the file from the network to the local file and runs it.  I am comparing the creation dates of the two files to see if the file is newer on the network.  What I would like to do is compare version numbers.  The Access project files  don't come with a version number, but you can add a property to them by right-clicking on the file name, click properties, and then click the custom tab.  I can create a version property and set its value, but I can't figure out how to get VBScript to read the value of the property.  Can this be done in VBScript or anything else?  I am using Windows XP service pack 2.

It looks like your solution below works for previously defined propterties and I might be able to use one of them for this problem.  Is it possible to read a user defined property.






Hi Experts.

The path for the file is here:

C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\System\010136282P.xls

I want to access its properties like Title Author and Comments without opening it...

The reason I don´t want to open it, is because I plan to report lists of the properties of many files and it would be too slow if we have to open each file separately, read properties and then close it....


Any views?

Alex
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