Re: Accessing file metadata on windows XP

wrote in news:1164704134.100569.101270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in
comp.lang.python:

When rightclicking a, for example, pdf file on windows, one normally
gets a screen with three or four tags. Clicking on one of the summary
tag one can get some info like "title", "Author", "category", "keyword"
etc..

My question is how can I programmatically read and change these data
with python. I know I should use Hammond's win32 extension, somehow
involving the pythoncom, storagecon of win32com etc.. Unfortunately,
so far I cannot get anything useful. Instead of trying blindly, would
somebody please points me to the correct direction. A little snippet
would help. I am particular interested in pdf files.


This looks like it might be useful:

<url:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/objects/shellfolderitem/shellfolderit
em.asp>

Thats:

MSDN Home > MSDN Library > Win32 and COM Development > User Interface
Windows Shell > Windows Shell > Shell Objects for Scripting and
Microsoft Visual Basic > ShellFolderItem >

Rob.
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