Extracting "Last updated by" property of a word file

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I am making an application in which I need to keep a check on all the properties of a word file like Last Updated,Name etc I also need Last Updated by, i.e the user who made changes in the file. How can I get this information?

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This is what I am doing: FileInfo[] wordFiles = dirInfo.GetFiles("*.doc"); I am extracting other properties like this:

wordFiles. (and all the properties are listed but not the one i am looking for) I am looking for some code in C# which can help me.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '11 at 13:36

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You can use OpenXML SDK. Here is a good example on how to get the properties of a document.

answered Jul 26 '11 at 13:36

Svetlin Panayotov

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He mentions *.DOC in the question, which would tend to indicate that he's trying to pull the info from a DOC file, which you can't open with the OPENXML SDK. But it's a bit unclear. – DarinH Jul 26 '11 at 22:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '11 at 22:42

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If you're talking about DOC files, those are OLE compound documents, and you can read the properties directly via the OLE Compound document functions.

Here's a page that details opening and reading properties in C++

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186898

answered Jul 26 '11 at 22:42

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I want the code in C#. I am sorry I didn't get the code in that link – Neha Jul 27 '11 at 14:16

Extracting "Last updated by" property of a word file

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