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I just wrote the attached UDF to solve a need I had to be able to return the property of a file given the property name.

If a property name is not specified or blank, a 2 dimensional array is returned listing all valid properties and their values.

Some examples:

$bitrate = _GetFileProperty("C:\WINDOWS\clock.avi", "Bit Rate") ;gives "00:00:12"

$size = _GetFileProperty("C:\WINDOWS\Gone Fishing.bmp", "Dimensions") ;gives "128 x 128"

$company = _GetFileProperty("C:\WINDOWS\Notepad.exe", "Company") ;gives "Microsoft Corporation"

$all_props = _GetFileProperty("C:\WINDOWS\Notepad.exe")

; $all_props[3][1] = "Type"

; $all_props[3][2] = "Application"

Enjoy!

GetFileProperty.au3

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It's similar but a little more user friendly and robust. Using Simucal's UDF on my system gave the wrong results (for example my Company property was at index 33 instead of 30). My script pulls the property names directly from the directory object and doesn't rely on the index numbers. The property names also match with what you would see in explorer or other apps, thus it's easier to plug them in to the function instead of looking up the index number.

I gave Simucal credit in my UDF for inspiring it though.

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$file_name = _GetFileProperty("C:\WINDOWS\Notepad.exe","Original File Name")

I tried to retrieve the Original File name property, but it returned a 0. Could you tell me what I did wrong?

Nevermind! I found the answer....It pays to RTFM! :P

FileGetVersion("c:\windows\notepad.exe","OriginalFilename")

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Hi seanhart

Thanks for this it has been very useful however i can not get this to work with winpe2.0. Do you know what dll's it requires or is there another way to do this using the autoit defaults (what in the autoit helpfile).

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Hi,

any reason why you did $aProps[1][3] instead of $aProps[1][2] ?

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Hi,

I think this UDF is very useful, but there were a few glitches within the code. I fixed them and this is the result:

;===============================================================================
; Function Name.....: _FileGetProperty
; Description.......: Returns a property or all properties for a file.
; Version...........: 1.0.2
; Change Date.......: 2008-07-28
; AutoIt Version....: 3.2.12.1
;
; Parameter(s)......: $S_PATH - String containing the file path to return the property from.
;                     $S_PROPERTY - [optional] String containing the name of the property to return. (default = "")
; Requirements(s)...: None
; Return Value(s)...: Success: Returns a string containing the property value.
;                       If $S_PROPERTY is empty, an two-dimensional array is returned:
;                         $av_array[0][0] = Number of properties.
;                         $av_array[1][0] = 1st property name.
;                         $as_array[1][1] = 1st property value.
;                         $av_array[n][0] = nth property name.
;                         $as_array[n][1] = nth property value.
;                     Failure: Returns 0 and sets @error to:
;                       1 = The folder $S_PATH does not exist.
;                       2 = The property $S_PROPERTY does not exist or the array could not be created.
;                       3 = Unable to create the "Shell.Application" object $objShell.
;
; Author(s).........: - Simucal <Simucal@gmail.com>
;                     - Modified by: Sean Hart <autoit@hartmail.ca>
;                     - Modified by: teh_hahn <sPiTsHiT@gmx.de>
; Company...........: None
; URL...............: None
; Note(s)...........: None
;===============================================================================
Func _FileGetProperty(Const $S_PATH, Const $S_PROPERTY = "")
    If Not FileExists($S_PATH) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)

    Local Const $S_FILE = StringTrimLeft($S_PATH, StringInStr($S_PATH, "\", 0, -1))
    Local Const $S_DIR = StringTrimRight($S_PATH, StringLen($S_FILE) + 1)

    Local Const $objShell = ObjCreate("Shell.Application")
    If @error Then Return SetError(3, 0, 0)

    Local Const $objFolder = $objShell.NameSpace($S_DIR)
    Local Const $objFolderItem = $objFolder.Parsename($S_FILE)

    If $S_PROPERTY Then
        For $i = 0 To 99
            If $objFolder.GetDetailsOf($objFolder.Items, $i) = $S_PROPERTY Then Return $objFolder.GetDetailsOf($objFolderItem, $i)
        Next
        Return SetError(2, 0, 0)
    EndIf

    Local $av_ret[1][2] = [[1]]
    For $i = 0 To 99
        If $objFolder.GetDetailsOf($objFolder.Items, $i) Then
            ReDim $av_ret[$av_ret[0][0] + 1][2]
            $av_ret[$av_ret[0][0]][0] = $objFolder.GetDetailsOf($objFolder.Items, $i)
            $av_ret[$av_ret[0][0]][1] = $objFolder.GetDetailsOf($objFolderItem, $i)
            $av_ret[0][0] += 1
        EndIf
    Next

    If Not $av_ret[1][0] Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0)
    $av_ret[0][0] -= 1

    Return $av_ret
EndFunc  ;==>_FileGetProperty
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I note that there are 267 extended file properties in Vista.

The idea of freeing the user from dependencies on the index number is a very good one, unfortunately I have discovered that even the property name can change between operating systems. A good example and the one that affected my code: Duration is called Length in Vista, and of course the index is different.

I see the possibility of expanding this UDF to provide a truly operating system independent (from the user's perspective) interface to extended file properties.

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