Reading Document Properties
Muhimbi’s software comes with a function to read document information. At the time of writing it can read this information from MS-Word and PDF files. Regardless of the front-end used (Nintex Workflow, SharePoint Designer, Power Automate or API) the input parameters are always the same.
The following Category Names can be specified.
| Category name | Description |
|---|---|
| BuiltIn | Category for built-in properties. Covers both Office and PDF. |
| OfficeBuiltInProperties | Category for built-in Office properties. |
| OfficeCustomProperties | Category for custom Office properties. |
| PdfBuiltInProperties | Category for built-in PDF properties. |
| PdfCustomProperties | Category for custom PDF properties. |
| PdfXmp | Category to request all XMP metadata in XML format. No property name is required when this category is used. |
Depending on the selected category, different properties can be read.
MS-Word built-in properties
| Property name | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Title of the document. |
| Subject | The subject of the document. |
| Author | Semicolon separated list of authors of the document. |
| Keywords | Keywords in the document. |
| Comments | Comments in the document. |
| Template | The name of the template file of the document. |
| LastAuthor | The person who last edited the document. |
| Revision | The revision number of the document. |
| AppName | The application used to create the document. |
| TimeLastPrinted | The date and time the document was last printed. |
| TimeCreated | The date and time the document was created. |
| TimeLastSaved | The date and time the document was last saved. |
| VBATotalEdit | The number of edits to VBA project. |
| Pages | The number of pages in the document (when last saved). |
| Words | The number of words in the document (when last saved). |
| Characters | The number of characters in the document (when last saved). |
| Security | Security settings of the document (Details here). |
| Category | The category of the document. |
| Manager | The manager associated with the document. |
| Company | The company. |
| Bytes | The file size in bytes. |
| Lines | The number of lines in the document (when last saved). |
| Paras | The number of paragraphs in the document (when last saved). |
| Notas | Notes in the document. |
| CharsWSpaces | The number of characters with spaces in the document (when last saved). |
PDF built-in properties
| Property name | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Title of the document. |
| Author | The author of the document. |
| Subject | The subject of the document. |
| Keywords | Keywords in the document. |
| Semicolon | separated list. |
| CreationDate | The date and time the document was created. |
| ModificationDate | The date and time the document was last changed. |
| Creator | The application which created the document. |
| Producer | The converter which created the document. |
| PdfVersion | The PDF version. For example “1.6”. |
| PageSize | The size of the first page in inches. For example “8.50 x 11 in”. |
| TaggedPdfFlag | indicating if the PDF document is tagged. |
| Pages | The number of pages in the PDF document. |
| FastWebView | Flag indicating if the document is optimised for Fast Web View or not. |
Regional Settings
Regional settings are automatically applied to all date and number formats. This works as expected, but is worth remembering:
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SOAP API: This returns a DateTime object that can be used as expected by the language that consumes the web service.
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Workflows: The regional settings of the account the workflow service runs under are used.
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Online: The regional settings associated with the SharePoint / Power Automate account are used.