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Jam.Shell.Types.IMetaDataFormatter.GetPlainValue

Query numeric meta data information of the current object.

Syntax
Pascal
function GetPlainValue(const pMetaData: TShellColumnId): Int64; stdcall;
Parameters 
Description 
const pMetaData: TShellColumnId 
Identifies the meta data / property that should retrieved. 

Int64: Numberic value of the requested meta data property: Size values are returned in bytes. Date values and timestamp are returned in Windows FILETIME format. Relative value are returned in ppm (parts per millions). File attribute flags are returned in their numeric representation. Low(Int64) if a value cannot be provided or the value is unknown.

Only numeric view types are allowed. We decided not to use percent as result value for relative value, because the granularity of 0..100 is to small.