Windows Explorer File Properties- ATL
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Okay, I have been working on this forever, but I have a file properties dialog in our application. I also have Windows Explorer using my DLL. I need to research the following things, and I hope y'all can help a confused gal: (1) How can I have the Windows Explorer provided General Tab Property page show up in my application? I have created my own, but I prefer using the system's. (2) Where in the world is the data persisted? Stuff like Comments, Author and other data located on the Summary Tab- where is this saved? On the registry? How can I obtain and save it myself? I have been just persisting and reading from an XML file, but I have no idea what's going on with the system stuff. Please Help :confused: Thanks, Lilian
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Okay, I have been working on this forever, but I have a file properties dialog in our application. I also have Windows Explorer using my DLL. I need to research the following things, and I hope y'all can help a confused gal: (1) How can I have the Windows Explorer provided General Tab Property page show up in my application? I have created my own, but I prefer using the system's. (2) Where in the world is the data persisted? Stuff like Comments, Author and other data located on the Summary Tab- where is this saved? On the registry? How can I obtain and save it myself? I have been just persisting and reading from an XML file, but I have no idea what's going on with the system stuff. Please Help :confused: Thanks, Lilian
Where in the world is the data persisted? If you're using W2K, it's stored in a 'Document Summary Info' stream. Alternate file streams are a NTFS-only feature. Write something at a 'Summary' page, then drag the file to A: - you'll see the warning about data loss; only the main stream will be copied to floppy. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
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Where in the world is the data persisted? If you're using W2K, it's stored in a 'Document Summary Info' stream. Alternate file streams are a NTFS-only feature. Write something at a 'Summary' page, then drag the file to A: - you'll see the warning about data loss; only the main stream will be copied to floppy. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com