Got Server 2008 or Vista?
Check out all of the extended file properties now available in the new Operating Systems from Microsoft.
267 to be exact as compared to 38 in XP, W2K and S2K3.
This simple HTA will help you get acquainted with the names of all the extended file properties available on your system.
It works on Vista and Server 2008 as well as XP, W2K and S2K3.
Copy source code below into a text file and save with an .hta extension.
<html>
<head>
<title>Extended File Properties Listing</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
ID="XFList"
APPLICATIONNAME="ExtendedFilePropertiesList"
SCROLL="no"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="minimize"
>
<style>
BODY
{
background-color: buttonface;
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 8pt;
margin-top: 8px;
margin-left: 8px;
margin-right: 8px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
}
.style1
{
text-align: center;
}
</style>
<Script type="text/vbscript">
Sub Window_OnLoad
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace("C:\")
For index = 0 to 266
If objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolder.Items,index) <> "" Then
Set objOption = Document.createElement("OPTION")
PropertyHeader = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolder.Items,index)
objOption.Text = SpacePad(index) & space(3) & PropertyHeader
objOption.Value = index
Select1.Add(objOption)
End If
Next
self.focus
self.ResizeTo 500,590 'w,h
End sub
Function SpacePad(indx)
If indx < 10 Then
SpacePad = space(2) & cstr(indx)
ElseIf indx < 100 Then
SpacePad = space(1) & cstr(indx)
Else
SpacePad = cstr(indx)
End If
End Function
</Script>
</head>
<BODY STYLE="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColorStr='#ffffff', EndColorStr='#d3d3d3')">
<table style="width: 44%; height: 243px;">
<tr>
<td></td>
<td class="style1">
<span>Extended File<br/>
Properties</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center">
Index Number and Property Name</td>
<td>
<select multiple size="3" id="Select1" name="D1"
style="height: 461px; width: 372px; text-align: center; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td style="text-align: center">
<input type="button" name="ExitButton" value="Exit" onclick=self.close></td>
</tr>
</table>
</BODY>
</html>