Updated Wiki: FAQ
I will add entries to this section as questions arise.What will change in Explorer when I install your software?Nothing. You will see changes in Explorer only when you use the File Association Manager...
View ArticleNew Post: File folders
Appreciate this software greatly. I've been searching for an in-house option that allows for handling of PDF metadata within explorer. This is working well! That said, is this software able to also...
View ArticleNew Post: File folders
Thanks, I'm glad you're finding the software useful. I did look at metadata for folders when I wrote this, because I would like to have it too, but could not find a way to make it work. The way File...
View ArticleNew Post: File folders
I can only speak for myself, but I think it would be useful. It's a lot less time consuming than having to create a desktop.ini file for each and every folder, then open up the file and edit it one at...
View ArticleReviewed: File Meta 1.0 (Aug 03, 2013)
Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - Does what it claims to do and does it well. Very simple, easily-customized solution to handling file properties.
View ArticleNew Post: File folders
There being at least one enthusiast, I've been thinking in more detail about how this could be done. It turns out that it would be almost completely technically disjoint from File Meta as it is now, so...
View ArticleNew Post: 3 major problems
Hello! Thank you for a wonderful program! There are 3 major problems:Properties are removed when writing files to the flash drive with FAT32Inability to read / write properties from/to txt in batch...
View ArticleNew Post: 3 major problems
Hi Hunter23071985 I’m glad you're finding the program useful, and thank you for this feedback. Feedback is always good! Taking each of your points in turn: 1) Properties are removed when writing files...
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New Post: 3 major problems
Thanks for answers! 1) Got it. 2) Meant the ability to read and write metadata with CMD/BAT/VBS. That is, the ability to read metadata from the specified files and records in the specified files from...
View ArticleNew Post: 3 major problems
Hi Hunter23071985 2) Because File Metadata just plugs into the Windows property system, anything that will access properties on Office documents or JPEGs, whose metadata is handled entirely by Windows...
View ArticleNew Post: 3 major problems
2) >> I round trip more than 600 different writable Windows metadata properties through DSOFile and File Metadata. OK, sounds good. 3) >> Could you tell me what the value is? The problem...
View ArticleNew Post: 3 major problems
The problem only with Cyrillic characters, with numbers and Latin characters - all right. OK, thanks. I'll take a look and see if I can reproduce the problem Dijji
View ArticleNew Post: 3 major problems
I can confirm that metadata export does not handle Cyrillic or other non-Latin character sets correctly. The problem does not affect property editing. I will open a work item for a fix. Dijji
View ArticleCreated Issue: Metadata export does not handle Cyrillic or other non-Latin...
If properties contain 16-bit Unicode characters, the exported XML metadata file is truncated at the property value.
View ArticleEdited Issue: Metadata export does not handle Cyrillic or other non-Latin...
If properties contain 16-bit Unicode characters, the exported XML metadata file is truncated at the property value.
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New Post: Error with Some Extensions
Set html for "office DSOfile". Tried to set a comment or a category or a title (...) shows an unexpexted error. I have full access to the file and it seems to be a problem with "html", because pdf is...
View ArticleNew Post: Error with Some Extensions
Hi Gerd This can occur when you've only just added the File Meta Property Handler for a particular extension (using the File Association Manager), because Explorer holds prior state in memory to...
View ArticleNew Post: Error with Some Extensions
Hi Dijji, yes - it works! After reboot I was able to edit ihe comment and other properties. Many thanks for your fast reply. Gerd
View ArticleSource code checked in, #79784
Work item 8958: Metadata export does not handle Cyrillic or other non-Latin character sets correctly There were problems both in reading non-Latin properties for export, and serializing them to and...
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