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12/05/2008 10:05:28
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
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Thread ID:
01316303
Message ID:
01316383
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>Hi Dragan,
>
>I added Custom properties for my doc file and sent it to myself by gmail. All custom properties were preserved.

And just how does that help with the OP's original problem?



>
>>>OK
>>>I mean FILE prperty (attribute) that you see in windows explorer.
>>
>>I don't. I mean, I don't use WE, and haven't for years. Then, when I did, I didn't use the default view. Even with today's large monitors, that thing is a waste of space and time.
>>
>>Ah, I see what you mean, the properties of the file - I can see them when I want. I wish I knew why Scripting.FileSystemObject won't access those, not helpful at all, and I thought it (with its contained objects) can do anything with files. Maybe there's a Windows API which would do that?
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>>But then, I just had to run a little experiment. I set the comment on a little file, emailed the file to my other email address, and checked the received file. As I suspected, the comment wasn't there.
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>>IOW, even if you find a way to set the file properties, there's still no guarantee that they would survive sending via email. The properties, AFAIK, are not part of the file itself, they are stored somewhere in its directory entry - which does not travel with it. I tried zipping the file and unzipping it elsewhere, the properties are gone just the same. Not actually gone, just didn't travel with the file.
>>
>>So you better try to send the extra information by some other means.
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