Naomi --

Following Thread #700704, as you directed, allowed me to create this little PRG

Lparameters lcPictureFileName
Local lcResult

Local loImage As GpImage Of ffc/_gdiplus.vcx
loImage = Newobject("GpImage", Home() + "ffc/_gdiplus.vcx")
loImage.CreateFromFile(lcPictureFileName)
lcResult = loImage.GetPropertyItem(306)

Return Ctot( "^" + Strtran(Left(lcResult,10), ":", "/") + Right(lcResult,9))

Which returns "Date Picture Taken" for a JPG file ... Thanks

>>Naomi --
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>>My question doesn't have to do with optimization -- it has to do with the field "picture taken on", which is not returned by ADIR. (This field may be made visible in Explorer, but the problem is that I want the icons to be sorted by this field -- and the option is not available).
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>>>>Is there some alternative to ADIR that allows me to get the "date picture taken" for all pictures in a folder?
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>Re: ADIR optimization Thread #542818 Message #542840 (searched by the wrong word again <g>)
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>Re: File Properties Thread #700704 Message #700707
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