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<p align="justify">A Microsoft Office document is internally organized like a filesystem
with directory and files. Microsoft calls these files
<em>streams</em>. A document can have properties attached to it,
like author, title, number of words etc. These metadata are not stored in
the main stream of, say, a Word document, but instead in a dedicated
stream with a special format. Usually this stream's name is
<code>\005SummaryInformation</code>, where <code>\005</code> represents
the character with a decimal value of 5.</p>
<p align="justify">A single piece of information in the stream is called a
<em>property</em>, for example the document title. Each property
has an integral <em>ID</em> (e.g. 2 for title), a
<em>type</em> (telling that the title is a string of bytes) and a
<em>value</em> (what this is should be obvious). A stream
containing properties is called a
<em>property set stream</em>.</p>
<p align="justify">This document describes the internal structure of a property set stream,
i.e. the <em>Horrible Property Set Format (HDF)</em>. It does not
describe how a Microsoft Office document is organized internally and how
to retrieve a stream from it. See the <a href="../poifs/index.html">POIFS documentation</a> for that kind of
stuff.</p>
<p align="justify">The Horrible Property Set Format is not only used in the Summary
Information stream in the top-level document of a Microsoft Office
document. Often there is also a property set stream named
<code>\005DocumentSummaryInformation</code> with additional properties.
Embedded documents may have their own property set streams. You cannot
tell by a stream's name whether it is a property set stream or not.
Instead you have to open the stream and look at its bytes.</p>
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<p align="justify">Before delving into the details of the property set stream format we
have to have a short look at data types. Integral values are stored in the
so-called <em>little endian</em> format. In this format the bytes
that make out an integral value are stored in the "wrong" order. For
example, the decimal value 4660 is 0x1234 in the hexadecimal notation. If
you think this should be represented by a byte 0x12 followed by another
byte 0x34, you are right. This is called the <em>big endian</em>
format. In the little endian format, however, this order is reversed and
the low-value byte comes first: 0x3412.
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<p align="justify">The following table gives an overview about some important data
types:</p>
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<p align="justify">Name</p>
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<p align="justify">Length</p>
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<p align="justify">Example (Little Endian)</p>
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<p align="justify">Example (Big Endian)</p>
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<em>Bytes</em>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">1 byte</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
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<code>0x12</code>
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<code>0x12</code>
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<em>Word</em>
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<p align="justify">2 bytes</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
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<code>0x1234</code>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
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<code>0x3412</code>
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<em>DWord</em>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4 bytes</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
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<code>0x12345678</code>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
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<code>0x78563412</code>
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<em>ClassID</em>
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<p align="justify">A sequence of one DWord, two Words and eight Bytes</p>
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<code>0xE0859FF2F94F6810AB9108002B27B3D9</code> resp.
<code>E0859FF2-F94F-6810-AB-91-08-00-2B-27-B3-D9</code>
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<code>0xF29F85E04FF91068AB9108002B27B3D9</code> resp.
<code>F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB-91-08-00-2B-27-B3-D9</code>
</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">The ClassID examples are given here in two different notations. The
second notation without the "0x" at the beginning and with dashes
inside shows the internal grouping into one DWord, two Words and eight
Bytes.</p>
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<em>Watch out:</em> Microsoft documentation and tools show class IDs
a little bit differently like
<code>F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9</code>.
However, that representation is (intentionally?) misleading with
respect to endianess.</p>
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<p align="justify">A property set stream consists of three main parts:</p>
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<li>
<p align="justify">The <em>header</em> and</p>
</li>
<li>
<p align="justify">the <em>section(s)</em> containing the properties.</p>
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<p align="justify">The first bytes in a property set stream is the <em>header</em>.
It has a fixed length and looks like this:</p>
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<p align="justify">Offset</p>
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<tr>
<p align="justify">Type</p>
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<tr>
<p align="justify">Contents</p>
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<p align="justify">Remarks</p>
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<p align="justify">0</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Word</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<code>0xFFFE</code>
</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">If the first four bytes of a stream do not contain these values, the
stream is not a property set stream.</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">2</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Word</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<code>0x0000</code>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Denotes the operating system and the OS version under which this
stream was created. The operating system ID is in the DWord's higher
word (after little endian decoding): <code>0x0000</code> for Win16,
<code>0x0001</code> for Macintosh and <code>0x0002</code> for Win32 - that's
all. The reader is most likely aware of the fact that there are some
more operating systems. However, Microsoft does not seem to know.</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">ClassID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<code>0x00000000000000000000000000000000</code>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Most property set streams have this value but this is not
required.</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">24</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<code>0x01000000</code> or greater</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Section count. This field's value should be equal to 1 or greater.
Microsoft claims that this is a "reserved" field, but it seems to tell
how many sections (see below) are following in the stream. This would
really make sense because otherwise you could not know where and how
far you should read section data.</p>
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<p align="justify">Following the header is the section list. This is an array of pairs each
consisting of a section format ID and an offset. This array has as many
pairs of ClassID and and DWord fields as the section count field in the
header says. The Summary Information stream contains a single section, the
Document Summary Information stream contains two.</p>
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<tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Type</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Contents</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Remarks</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">ClassID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Section format ID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<code>0xF29F85E04FF91068AB9108002B27B3D9</code> for the single section
in the Summary Information stream.</p>
<p align="justify">
<code>0xD5CDD5022E9C101B939708002B2CF9AE</code> for the first
section in the Document Summary Information stream.</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Offset</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">The number of bytes between the beginning of the stream and the
beginning of the section within the stream.</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">ClassID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Section format ID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Offset</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
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<p align="justify">A section is divided into three parts: the section header (with the
section length and the number of properties in the section), the
properties list (with type and offset of each property), and the
properties themselves. Here are the details:</p>
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<p align="justify">Type</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Contents</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Remarks</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Section header</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Length</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">The length of the section in bytes.</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Property count</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">The number of properties in the section.</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Properties list</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Property ID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">The property ID tells what the property means. For example, an ID of
<code>0x0002</code> in the Summary Information stands for the document's
title. See the <a href="#property_ids">Property IDs</a>
chapter below for more details.</p>
</font></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Offset</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">The number of bytes between the beginning of the section and the
property.</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Properties</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">DWord</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Property type ("variant")</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">This is the property's data type, e.g. an integer value, a byte
string or a Unicode string. See the
<a href="#property_types"><em>Property Types</em></a> chapter for
details!</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<em>Field length depends on the property type
("variant")</em>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Property value</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">This field's length depends on the property's type. These are the
bytes that make out the DWord, the byte string or some other data of
fixed or variable length.</p>
<p align="justify">The property value's length is always stored in an area which is a
multiple of 4 in length. If the property is shorter, e.g. a byte
string of 13 bytes, the remaining bytes are padded with <code>0x00</code>
bytes.</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000"></font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">...</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<br>
<div align="right">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" width="99%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" size="+0"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>Property IDs</b></font></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<br>
<anchor id="property_ids"></anchor>
<p align="justify">As seen above, a section holds a property list: an array with property
IDs and offsets. The property ID gives each property a meaning. For
example, in the Summary Information stream the property ID 2 says that
this property is the document's title.</p>
<p align="justify">If you want to know a property ID's meaning, it is not sufficient to
know the ID itself. You must also know the
<em>section format ID</em>. For example, in the Document Summary
Information stream the property ID 2 means not the document's title but
its category. Due to Microsoft's infinite wisdom the section format ID is
not part of the section. Thus if you have only a section without the
stream it is in, you cannot make any sense of the properties because you
do not know what they mean.</p>
<p align="justify">So each section format ID has its own name space of property IDs.
Microsoft defined some "well-known" property IDs for the Summary
Information and the Document Summary Information streams. You can extend
them by your own additional IDs. This will be described below.</p>
<div align="right">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" width="98%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" size="-1"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>Property IDs in The Summary Information Stream</b></font></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<br>
<p align="justify">The Summary Information stream has a single section with a section
format ID of <code>0xF29F85E04FF91068AB9108002B27B3D9</code>. The following
table defines the meaning of its property IDs. Each row associates a
property ID with a <em>name</em> and an <em>ID string</em>. (The property
<em>type</em> is just for informational purposes given here. As we have
seen above, the type is always given along with the value.)</p>
<p align="justify">The property <em>name</em> is a readable string which could be
displayed to the user. However, this string is useful only for users who
understand English. The property name does not help with other
languages.</p>
<p align="justify">The property <em>ID string</em> is about the same but looks more
technically and is nothing a user should bother with. You could the ID
string and map it to an appropriate display string in a particular
language. Of course you could do that with the property ID as well and
with less overhead, but people (including software developers) tend to be
better in remembering symbolic constants than remembering numbers.</p>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property ID</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property Name</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property ID String</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property Type</p>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">2</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Title</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_TITLE</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">3</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Subject</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_SUBJECT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Author</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_AUTHOR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">5</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Keywords</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_KEYWORDS</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">6</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Comments</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_COMMENTS</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">7</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Template</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_TEMPLATE</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Last Saved By</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_LASTAUTHOR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">9</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Revision Number</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_REVNUMBER</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">10</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Total Editing Time</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_EDITTIME</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_FILETIME</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">11</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Last Printed</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_LASTPRINTED</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_FILETIME</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">12</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Create Time/Date</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_CREATE_DTM</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_FILETIME</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">13</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Last Saved Time/Date</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_LASTSAVE_DTM</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_FILETIME</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">14</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Number of Pages</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_PAGECOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">15</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Number of Words</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_WORDCOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">16</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Number of Characters</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_CHARCOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">17</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Thumbnail</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_THUMBNAIL</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_CF</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">18</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Name of Creating Application</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_APPNAME</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">19</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Security</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_SECURITY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<br>
<div align="right">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" width="98%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" size="-1"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>Property IDs in The Document Summary Information Stream</b></font></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<br>
<p align="justify">The Document Summary Information stream has two sections with a section
format ID of <code>0xD5CDD5022E9C101B939708002B2CF9AE</code> for the first
one. The following table defines the meaning of the property IDs in the
first section. See the preceeding section for interpreting the table.</p>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property ID</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property name</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Property ID string</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">VT type</p>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">2</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Category</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_CATEGORY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">3</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PresentationTarget</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_PRESFORMAT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Bytes</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_BYTECOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">5</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Lines</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_LINECOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">6</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Paragraphs</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_PARCOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">7</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Slides</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_SLIDECOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Notes</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_NOTECOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">9</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">HiddenSlides</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_HIDDENCOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">10</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">MMClips</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_MMCLIPCOUNT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">11</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">ScaleCrop</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_SCALE</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BOOL</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">12</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">HeadingPairs</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_HEADINGPAIR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_VARIANT | VT_VECTOR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">13</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">TitlesofParts</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_DOCPARTS</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR | VT_VECTOR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">14</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Manager</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_MANAGER</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">15</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Company</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_COMPANY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">16</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">LinksUpTo Date</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">PID_LINKSDIRTY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BOOL</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<br>
<div align="right">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" width="99%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" size="+0"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><b>Property Types</b></font></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<br>
<anchor id="property_types"></anchor>
<p align="justify">A property consists of a DWord <em>type field</em> followed by the
property value. The property type is an integer value and tells how the
data byte following it are to be interpreted. In the Microsoft world it is
also known as the <em>variant</em>.</p>
<p align="justify">The <em>Usage</em> column says where a variant type may occur. Not all
of them are allowed in a property set but just those marked with a [P].
<em>[V]</em> - may appear in a VARIANT, <em>[T]</em> - may
appear in a TYPEDESC, <em>[P]</em> - may appear in an OLE property
set, <em>[S]</em> - may appear in a Safe Array.</p>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Variant ID</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Variant Type</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Usage</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<p align="justify">Description</p>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_EMPTY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">nothing</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">1</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_NULL</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">SQL style Null</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">2</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I2</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">2 byte signed int</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">3</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I4</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4 byte signed int</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_R4</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">4 byte real</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">5</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_R8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">8 byte real</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">6</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_CY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">currency</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">7</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_DATE</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">date</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BSTR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">OLE Automation string</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">9</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_DISPATCH</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">IDispatch *</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">10</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_ERROR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">SCODE</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">11</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BOOL</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">True=-1, False=0</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">12</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_VARIANT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VARIANT *</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">13</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_UNKNOWN</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">IUnknown *</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">14</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_DECIMAL</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">16 byte fixed point</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">16</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I1</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">signed char</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">17</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_UI1</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V] [T] [P] [S]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">unsigned char</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">18</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_UI2</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">unsigned short</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">19</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_UI4</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">unsigned short</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">20</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_I8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">signed 64-bit int</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">21</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_UI8</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">unsigned 64-bit int</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">22</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_INT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">signed machine int</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">23</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_UINT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">unsigned machine int</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">24</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_VOID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">C style void</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">25</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_HRESULT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Standard return type</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">26</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_PTR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">pointer type</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">27</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_SAFEARRAY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">(use VT_ARRAY in VARIANT)</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">28</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_CARRAY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">C style array</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">29</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_USERDEFINED</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">user defined type</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">30</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPSTR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">null terminated string</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">31</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_LPWSTR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[T] [P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">wide null terminated string</p>
</font></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">64</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_FILETIME</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">FILETIME</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">65</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BLOB</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Length prefixed bytes</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">66</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_STREAM</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Name of the stream follows</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">67</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_STORAGE</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Name of the storage follows</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">68</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_STREAMED_OBJECT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Stream contains an object</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">69</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_STORED_OBJECT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Storage contains an object</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">70</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BLOB_OBJECT</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Blob contains an object</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">71</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_CF</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">Clipboard format</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">72</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_CLSID</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">A Class ID</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0x1000</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_VECTOR</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[P]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">simple counted array</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0x2000</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_ARRAY</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">SAFEARRAY*</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0x4000</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_BYREF</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">[V]</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">void* for local use</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0x8000</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_RESERVED</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0xFFFF</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_ILLEGAL</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0xFFF</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_ILLEGALMASKED</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">0xFFF</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">VT_TYPEMASK</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#a0ddf0" align="left"><font size="-1" color="#000000">
<p align="justify">
<p align="justify"></p>
</p>
</font></td>
</tr>
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<p align="justify">In order to assemble the HPSF description I used information publically
available on the Internet only. The references given below have been very
helpful. If you have any amendments or corrections, please let us know!
Thank you!</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p align="justify">In
<a href="http://www.kyler.com/pubs/ddj9894.html"><em>Understanding OLE
documents</em></a>, Ken Kyler gives an introduction to OLE2
documents
and especially to property sets. He names the property names, types, and
IDs of the Summary Information and Document Summary Information
stream.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p align="justify">The
<a href="http://www.dwam.net/docs/oleref/"><em>ActiveX Programmer's
Reference</em></a> at
<a href="http://www.dwam.net/docs/oleref/">http://www.dwam.net/docs/oleref/</a>
seems a little outdated, but that's what I have found.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p align="justify">An overview of the <code>VT_</code> types is in
<a href="http://www.marin.clara.net/COM/variant_type_definitions.htm"><em>Variant
Type Definitions</em></a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p align="justify">What is a <code>FILETIME</code>? The answer can be found for example under
<a href="http://www.vbapi.com/ref/f/filetime.html">http://www.vbapi.com/ref/f/filetime.html</a>
or
<a href="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/courses/fall01/os/FILETIME.html">http://www.cs.rpi.edu/courses/fall01/os/FILETIME.html</a>. In
short:
<em>The FILETIME structure holds a date and time associated with a file.
The structure identifies a 64-bit integer specifying the number of
100-nanosecond intervals which have passed since January 1, 1601. This
64-bit value is split into the two dwords stored in the
structure.</em>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p align="justify">This documentation origins from the <a href="http://www.rainer-klute.de/~klute/Software/poibrowser/doc/HPSF-Description.html">HPSF description</a> available at <a href="http://www.rainer-klute.de/~klute/Software/poibrowser/doc/HPSF-Description.html">http://www.rainer-klute.de/~klute/Software/poibrowser/doc/HPSF-Description.html</a>.</p>
</li>
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