Re: MS Word properties manipulation

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On the server, you could probably update the latest name as one of the
default properties for the document. When the document opens, the footer
could reference that text as the filename.

You need to use dsofile.dll to get at the properties.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;253338

Ken

"darrel" <notreal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is probably more of an MS Word question than .net, but let me try to
> explain what I want to do:
>
> We have a bunch of forms in MS word format. We want to come up with a
> standard naming convention that integrates a bunch of meta information
> about
> the file into something like this:
>
> SHC-EN-4-Form_for_divorce-042005.doc
>
> Having everyone name the file manually will likely lead to mistakes, so
> I'm
> suggesting that as they upload the document to our server via our Document
> Management app, I'll rename the file programatically via .net using the
> information they provide when they upload.
>
> The catch is that every document has a footer (in word) that will also
> list
> the filename.
>
> My question is if there is any type of word tag or special object that
> could
> be put into the footer of the file that would automatically update itself
> whenever the filename is changed?
>
> -Darrel
>
>


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