updating file custom properties

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updating file custom properties

i.campbell

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July 6, 2012 at 5:00 am

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Hi All,
i have an SSIS package that loops round a recordset, it takes a file name and path and copies it into other directories, updates a DB entry and a few other things.
this is working great.
however, there is one more thing that i have to do to the file within the package.
this is to update a custom propery of the file.
the file has a custom property of 'DateApproved' and i need to set this to todays date.
i have looked at the filesystemtask and the attributes you can update there are minimal.
does anyone have any advice/ideas on how to do this?
thanks
Ian.

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 247180 More actions · Answer 1

i.campbell (7/6/2012)
Hi All,
i have an SSIS package that loops round a recordset, it takes a file name and path and copies it into other directories, updates a DB entry and a few other things.
this is working great.
however, there is one more thing that i have to do to the file within the package.
this is to update a custom propery of the file.
the file has a custom property of 'DateApproved' and i need to set this to todays date.
i have looked at the filesystemtask and the attributes you can update there are minimal.
does anyone have any advice/ideas on how to do this?
thanks
Ian.

I think you'll have to use a script task to do this - I've done similar in the past (though not with custom properties, I'll admit).

i.campbell Grasshopper Points: 23 More actions · Answer 2

Ah ok... do you have any script code i could look at to fathom how to do this?

thanks

Ian.

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 247180 More actions · Answer 3

i.campbell (7/6/2012)
Ah ok... do you have any script code i could look at to fathom how to do this?
thanks
Ian.

It was in a previous role and I don't still have the code.

But you can do stuff like this in your (C#) Script Task:

string path = @"c:\temp\Test.txt";

File.SetAttributes(path, FileAttributes.Normal);

Good look.

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323546 More actions · Answer 4

this was an interesting article on setting custom file attributes;

http://blog.rodhowarth.com/2008/06/how-to-set-custom-attributes-file.html

i found it interesting that you can set attributes on non- MS Office files, and the attribute stays as long as the file is on an NTFS system; read the comments in the blog.

you need the DSOFile.dll to do this, I guess.

Lowell

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i.campbell Grasshopper Points: 23 More actions · Answer 5

Thanks, i will give this a good read next week, but it sounds like just the job.