Summary 1.10

Summary is a Content plug-in for the file manager Total Commander.

Content

  1. Plug-in description
  2. Field descriptions
  3. System requirements
  4. Summary information
  5. Use
  6. Beta software
  7. Author contact
  8. License

1. Plug-in description

Summary allows you to read and write the Summary information known from Explorers' file properties dialog.

2. Field descriptions

General summary information:

Title, Subject, Autor, Keywords, Comments, Category.

Music summary information:

Artist, Album, Year, Genre.

3. System requirements

Total Commander 6.50 or higher is required for this plug-in. For editing values Total Commander 7.00 is required. The plug-in currently requires Windows XP. For many file types the NTFS file system is required.

Summary information

This plug-in handles summary information in the same way as Explorer does. Windows handles summary information file type specific. That means the information isn't stored in the same way for all file types. For some files the summary information is stored inside the file. For all other file types alternate file streams are used. Explorer also decides which fields are supported by a certain file type. In some cases not all fields are supported, sometimes all fields are deactivated for a certain file type. For all other file types all fields should be supported. You can find a detailed report on how Windows handels file type specific summary information in the table below. The behavior can differ if so called shell extension are installed.

Please also note that file properties may not be confused with columns in Explorers' detail view. They might be identical in many but not all cases. To use this information in Total Commander please use the ShellDetails content plug-in.

Extension Title Subject Author Keywords Comments Category Artist Album Year Genre
ASF
AVI
BMP
DIB
DOC
EMF
EPS
FPX
GIF
HTM
HTML
ICO
JPEG
JPG
LNK
MP3
PCD
PCX
PICT
PNG
PPT
TGA
TIF
TIFF
URL
WAV
WMA
WMF
WMV
XLS
XML

 

Legend

Meaning Color
Read and write support
Not supported
Untested

5. Use

The plug-in can be used in all places where content plug-ins are supported. You can add summary fields to a custom column view, create a custom tooltip, search for a specific summary field and much more.

Summary information is displayed in a custom column view.

If you have Total Commander 7 you can also edit summary information. This can be done in the "Change attributes" dialog.

Edit summary information
in the "Change attributes" dialog .

Pressing the >> button beside each attribute opens a dialog which can be used to enter multi-line text. Press Ctrl+Enter to create a line-break. The dialog can be resized. Please note that you can't enter more then about 1000 characters currently.

Dialog to edit summary information
more comfortable.

6. Beta software

This plug-in is currently in beta state. This means it should be used only for files where a backup exists.

7. Author contact

There is a thread in the Total Commander forum which can be used to discuss problems, bug and suggestions.

8. License and liability

Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Lefteous.
Any liability for damage of any sort is hereby denied.
All rights reserved. This Total Commander plug-in is copyrighted freeware.