Question Adding metadata to a file?

[Administrator]

Hello,

I have a system that allows other programmers to create plug-ins. When installing a plug-in I want to read attributes (metadata) of that file that outline items I want compiled into the file such as plug-in name, author, web site, etc. Because I want to prompt the end-user of the app with whether they want to install this plug-in or not I need to get the metadata off the file, custom metadata, to prompt the end-user.

Anyone know how to add custom metadata to a file and then read it?

Thanks.

 

[jmcilhinney]

I've never actually done it so I'm not 100% sure but I think you have to define custom attributes and then add them to the AssemblyInfo.vb file.

 

[JohnH]

There is a working code sample for jmcilhinneys suggestion here: Coding Horror: Custom AssemblyInfo Attributes

 

[Administrator]

Awesome, thanks guys!