How to modify any file details in C#?

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Hi all,
I want to change the details (Title, Description, Company, Product,...) of any file (e.g: txt, doc,...) with C# code. How to do this? I searched, but I found reading and getting the details of the file, not changing them. Thanks.

Posted 7-Apr-14 5:18am

Andrewpeter

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Apr-14 14:36pm

The words "any file" is really too much. It simply drives the "problem" away from any thinkable fixed scope. This is the reason why this question, as it is formulated, makes no sense.
—SA

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Solution 1

"Title,Description,Company, Product" are read from the file structure of the file and cannot be changed easily without knowing the file format for each file.

Posted 7-Apr-14 5:21am

Mehdi Gholam

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Andrewpeter 7-Apr-14 11:25am

Thanks, I saw: Resource Hacker can change every things of the file. So I think C# can write a soft to do that.

Mehdi Gholam 7-Apr-14 11:29am

Resource Hacker only works with EXE files.

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ZurdoDev · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-07T08:18:00

Solution 2

The following links show how it can be done using a dll you have to download:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/bb887b05-2018-4978-b115-c8c98e3542ce/setting-file-infoattributes-author-subject-?forum=csharpgeneral[^]

http://www.developerfusion.com/code/5093/retrieving-the-summary-properties-of-a-file/[^]

Posted 7-Apr-14 8:18am

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Andrewpeter 2-May-14 23:00pm

Thanks. It's great.

ZurdoDev 3-May-14 11:36am

You're welcome.