Read document properties

The following example shows you how to read the document properties (metadata) of a Word document, such as title, subject, author, keywords and creation date.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            Console.WriteLine("Title: " + doc.Title);
            Console.WriteLine("Subject: " + doc.Subject);
            Console.WriteLine("Creator: " + doc.Creator);
            Console.WriteLine("Keywords: " + doc.Keywords);
            Console.WriteLine("Description: " + doc.Description);
            Console.WriteLine("Category: " + doc.Category);
            Console.WriteLine("Last modified by: " + doc.LastModifiedBy);
            Console.WriteLine("Created: " + doc.Created);
            Console.WriteLine("Modified: " + doc.Modified);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        Console.WriteLine("Title: " & doc.Title)
        Console.WriteLine("Subject: " & doc.Subject)
        Console.WriteLine("Creator: " & doc.Creator)
        Console.WriteLine("Keywords: " & doc.Keywords)
        Console.WriteLine("Description: " & doc.Description)
        Console.WriteLine("Category: " & doc.Category)
        Console.WriteLine("Last modified by: " & doc.LastModifiedBy)
        Console.WriteLine("Created: " & doc.Created)
        Console.WriteLine("Modified: " & doc.Modified)

    End Sub
End Module

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