Vista - Assign a Comment

I can manually assign a comment to a file (say a Word doc) by:

1. right-clicking the icon
2. selecting properties
3. selecting the Summary tab
4. typing in the comment

Can I do the same thing with a script??
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Gary''s Student - gsnu2007xx

"Gary''s Student" <GarysStudent@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:99A634DF-BB32-4992-A7C1-0FE1FD6E62C1@xxxxxxAn MS Word file is in essence a binary file composed of a
mixture of text and binary code that controls how the text
should appear on the screen.

A VB Script file is a pure text file. There is no room for binary
control code in it. However, you can add comments by inserting
a single quote like so:

wscript.echo "My Name is Gary" 'Console output

First, thanks for responding.
Second, let me apologize for my mis-leading query.

Here is an manual example of what I want the script to do

1. I created a script called "search.vbs"
2. the script contained the following two lines:

Set wshshell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
wshshell.findfiles

3. I opened the folder containing the file, right-clicked the file, selected
properties, selected the Summary tab, and entered this comment:

"This script will bring up Windows Desktop Search"

If I now mouse-over the icon, the comment pops up.
If I select Comments in the Details view of the folder, the comment is
displayed.

The filetype, how I created it, or its contents are not important. I am
only concerned with the assignment of the comment. The assignment of the
comment was manual. I had to manually enter it thru Properties.

I want to know if I can assign a comment to a file with a script ( the step
3 part).

b.t.w your previous assistance with my mapped drive problem worked very well!


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Gary''s Student - gsnu2007xx


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

If you have Word installed, you can use it's object model to acces
Document.BuiltInDocumentProperties collection and assign a value to it's
members.


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urkec

"Gary''s Student" <GarysStudent@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news:F3E988CA-3708-4ADF-9B74-42812F79CDE9@xxxxxx
....You want dsofile: see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224351. Chip
Pearson has some typically thorough code (much of it specifically
designed for XL workbooks) for download at
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DocProp.aspx

I'm not sure, but I think that any file type that has a Summary tab
on its Properties sheet in Explorer can have its properties read and
written using dsofile.dll.
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Noel

Great idea!!

This actually works. I use DIR to get the list of files. Then I can use
the extensions to get the right application. Then I use CreateObject and Set
to get to the appropriate application's Object Model for the file in
question.

A nearly perfect blend of WSH and VBA.

I am still having some problems with some non-Office filetypes, but the end
is in sight.

Thanks again.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200799


"urkec" wrote:

Thank you very much. i am going to experiment with this tomorrow. It looks
like I may be able to set the comment without even opening the file.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu2007xx


"Ildhund" wrote: