Invoking a file's property dialog

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Vince C.

Hi.

Is there a way to show a file's property dialog on the command line?

Thanks in advance,
Vince C.
 
The graphical property sheet or its content presented as text? If the
latter, which properties are you interested in?
 
Is there a way to show a file's property dialog on the command line?
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To show the GUI property sheet, I use
PropsFor v1.0 -- (c) 1998 Matt Ginzton, MaDdoG Software

To show individual properies, I use 4NT's @VERINFO and other functions.

Which property in particular are you interested in, and do you want to
see the GUI property sheet or extract it within the CLI environment?
 
I mean display the File Property Dialog box (hence the GUI) from a command
that is typed the command line. Typically some property sheet are invoked
using something like rundll function,args.

And if there is a text equivalent, why not :-) .

Vince C.

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I mean display the File Property Dialog box (hence the GUI) from a command
that is typed the command line. Typically some property sheet are invoked
using something like rundll function,args.

And if there is a text equivalent, why not :-) .

Vince C.

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Dean Wells said:
The graphical property sheet or its content presented as text? If the
latter, which properties are you interested in?

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Hi.

Is there a way to show a file's property dialog on the command line?

Thanks in advance,
Vince C.
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I mean display the File Property Dialog box (hence the GUI) from a command
that is typed the command line. Typically some property sheet are invoked
using something like rundll function,args.

And if there is a text equivalent, why not :-) .
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See below (4NT's @VERINFO).
 
In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Michael Bednarek
wrote:
Doesn't PropsFor (<http://www.maddogsw.com/cmdutils/>) work for
you then?
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PropsFor is not something I would use much, but am happy to hear of
it. Downloaded and saved. Thanks.
See below (4NT's @VERINFO).
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Just to add that there is a CL util named verinfo.exe that may not
be associated with 4NT. This does not display all the Properties
but may display Version Tab data (YMMV)
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/winmem/

And there is FVER.EXE (again just Version infomation),
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/wast.html
 
Michael Bednarek said:
Doesn't PropsFor (<http://www.maddogsw.com/cmdutils/>) work for you
then?
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Well, I don't know; I expected Windows to have built-in tools for doing
that, just like what I wrote about rundll.exe. Since it's not built-in I
think I'll use scripting as usual.

There are many ways to go: either use the API ShellExecuteEx() (but it's not
scriptable) or the "Shell.Application" object. Folder items should have a
FolderItemVerb, which name is "properties". That should do the trick since a
script can always be run from the command line with either wscript.exe or
cscript.exe.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Vince C.
 
Well, I don't know; I expected Windows to have built-in tools for
doing that, just like what I wrote about rundll.exe. Since it's not
built-in I think I'll use scripting as usual.

There are many ways to go: either use the API ShellExecuteEx() (but
it's not scriptable) or the "Shell.Application" object. Folder items
should have a FolderItemVerb, which name is "properties". That should
do the trick since a script can always be run from the command line
with either wscript.exe or cscript.exe.

Thanks for your suggestions.
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If you're into using free 3rd party utilities...

runmenu
http://www.eluent.com/runmenu.htm
 
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