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[cpv]

Is there a way to lock the comments when you save a file. Everytime I save a
file the comments I had previously entered dissappear.

Thank you

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Is there a way to lock the comments when you save a file. Everytime I save a
file the comments I had previously entered dissappear.

Thank you

Are you talking about Microsoft Word? If so then I recommend
you repost in an MS Office newsgroup. If not then you need to
state exactly what application you're asking about.

 

[cpv]

Sorry...talking about any file where you can place comments in the
properties summary...

IE
I have multiple files(with comments in the summary) that I copy from one
project folder to another project folder...no problem, comments are still
there....

As soon as I make any change to any of the copied files, the comments are no
longer in the summary...

Thank you again

 

[Gary Smith]

I have multiple files(with comments in the summary) that I copy from one
project folder to another project folder...no problem, comments are still
there....

As soon as I make any change to any of the copied files, the comments are no
longer in the summary...

This is dependent on the application used to make the changes. Many
programs will save an updated file by first writing as a new file with a
temporary name, then deleting the original version and renaming the new
version. When that is done, the comments are lost. Wordpad behaves this
way. Notepad does not.

There doesn't seem to be anything you can do about this. Comments for
non-Office programs are actually stored as part of the NTFS file system.
Applications that are unaware of NTFS data streams will not be able to
preserve this information. Copying the file to a non-NTFS medium such as
a floppy will also cause the comments to be lost.

 

[cpv]

Thank you....

This is dependent on the application used to make the changes. Many
programs will save an updated file by first writing as a new file with a
temporary name, then deleting the original version and renaming the new
version. When that is done, the comments are lost. Wordpad behaves this
way. Notepad does not.

There doesn't seem to be anything you can do about this. Comments for
non-Office programs are actually stored as part of the NTFS file system.
Applications that are unaware of NTFS data streams will not be able to
preserve this information. Copying the file to a non-NTFS medium such as
a floppy will also cause the comments to be lost.