PropertiesList.Add("File/Folder Name", fi.Name) Replace the FillPropertiesListView stub with the following code:ĭim propertiesList As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)ĭim fi As New IO.FileInfo(FileNameTextBox.Text)ĭim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo(FileNameTextBox.Text)
For this we will use the System.IO.FileInfo and System.IO.DirectoryInfo classes. Next we will get the standard file properties and populate our FilePropertiesLV with that data. Of course the ListViews won’t display anything as we haven’t added any code for that yet. Click the browse buttons and select file/folder. Private Sub FillExtendedPropertiesListView() 'TODO: Add code here to get file properties and populate the ListView '' populate the Extended File Properties ListView Private Sub ShowPropertiesButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(fbd.SelectedPath) Then Private Sub BrowseFolderButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(ofd.FileName) Then Private Sub BrowseButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ Open the form’s code window and add the following code: Now your form should look like that shown in the screenshot above. Set the following properties for both the ListView controls:Īdd two columns and set their Text property to Property Name and Value respectively. Name these controls Label1, Label2, Label3, BrowseFileButton, BrowseFolderButton, ShowPropertiesButton, FileNameTextBox, FilePropertiesLV, ExtendedPropertiesLV respectively.Īrrange the controls as shown in the screenshot below and set the control captions (Text property) as shown. Add 3 labels, 3 buttons, 1 textbox and two ListView controls to the form. You will need to browse for the file and choose it from the location where you installed the downloaded setup.Īdd a form to your application. The Solutionĭownload the Dsofile.dll setup from and extract the files to any folder of your choice.Īdd a reference to the DsoFile.dll to your project. The viewer should be able to display the extended properties along with the general properties too. You can use this in your custom applications to read and to edit the OLE document properties that are associated with Microsoft Office files The Problemīuild an advanced file/folder properties viewer. The Dsofile.dll sample file is an in-process ActiveX component for programmers that use Microsoft Visual Basic. So we will use the DsoFile.dll provided by Microsoft for this task.The Dsofile.dll files lets you view and edit Office document properties when you do not have Office installed. But there is none for the extended properties. If you are not sure, what I’m talking about, have a look at the screenshots below.įor simple file/folder properties. We will also display the the extended file properties along with the general properties too. Today we will see what it takes to display the file/folder properties in VB.NET.
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