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JamItemIdList.TJamItemIdList.GetPropertyValue
JamItemIdList.TJamItemIdList  Example

Returns meta information on the item identified by this ItemIdList.

Syntax
Pascal
function GetPropertyValue(const pShellColumnId: TShellColumnId): TShellPropertyValue;
Parameters
Parameters 
Description 
const pShellColumnId: TShellColumnId 
A TShellColumnId identifying the shell property for which to retrieve the value. 
Returns

TShellPropertyValue: The requested property value. If the property is not available or not set for the ItemIdList TShellPropertyValue.IsEmpty will return true.

Remarks

Method only works as expected on Windows Vista and later.

Example

The following example reads the element type value of a file and converts it to a string. 

var
lItemIdList: IItemIdList;
lValue: TShellPropertyValue;
lElementType: string;
begin
   lItemIdList := TJamItemIdList.Create('c:image.jpg');
   lValue := lItemIdList.GetPropertyValue(TShellColumns.ElementType);
   lElementType := string(lValue); //TShellPropertyValue is compatible with OleVariant
end;
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