Is there a .net/windows api way to get/set the fields of the summary 
information in the file properties window?  I know that this information is 
stored as an alternate data stream in ntfs, but I cannot find a good way of 
accessing it.  If there is not a good way of getting it via api, is there a 
good way to read/write fields in this stream?

Matt,

    Here is a page that shows how to get it calling some API functions and 
COM interfaces:

http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/properties.html

    You could access this through the P/Invoke layer and COM interop to get 
the summary.

    I could have sworn there was an object that MS provided which made this 
easier.  If I come across it, I'll post the url.


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          - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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> Is there a .net/windows api way to get/set the fields of the summary 
> information in the file properties window?  I know that this information 
> is stored as an alternate data stream in ntfs, but I cannot find a good 
> way of accessing it.  If there is not a good way of getting it via api, is 
> there a good way to read/write fields in this stream?
>