Win32 file properties The code under the https://github.com/tjguk/winshell was very helpful, I'm able to retrieve the values. You are correct delving into how it all works it is very complicated.
Thanks Damien. On 29 May 2012 20:00, <python-win32-requ...@python.org> wrote: > Send python-win32 mailing list submissions to > python-win32@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-win32-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-win32-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-win32 digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Retrieve file property values (Tim Golden) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 15:19:14 +0100 > From: Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> > Cc: python-win32@python.org > Subject: Re: [python-win32] Retrieve file property values > Message-ID: <4fc38962.5070...@timgolden.me.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 27/05/2012 11:54, damien moloney wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Have been unable to retrieve the windows file properties/attributes > > under "Subject", and "Description". for .msi files on a Win XP c using > > win32api. Have been able to get version type info, > > but unable to get much more. I came across the following "fromwin32com > > importstoragecon # constants related to storage functions." which looked > > promising but fell over as the .msi files I was looking at are not > > "storage files". Any ides on where next. > > This is a bit more complicated than you might like. I have > a half-hearted example here: > > > http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/get-document-summary-info.html > > and the in-dev version of my winshell module includes some more > general-purpose code which you might at least want to look at > even though it's not 100% at the moment: > > https://github.com/tjguk/winshell > > Part of the difficulty is that Windows has switched between two > approaches to this area which doesn't help when trying to get > examples. > > TJG > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > > > End of python-win32 Digest, Vol 110, Issue 30 > ********************************************* >
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