How does TITLE get assigned?

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Terry Pinnell

In an XP folder containing JPG images, if I hover the mouse cursor
over most thumbnails I get a box displaying Dimensions, Type, Size.

But on a few of them, I get an additional line, 'Title'. Here's an
example:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/Title1.jpg

That's unfamiliar to me. It seems to be the entry in
Properties>Summary>Title. But what rules apply here? Why does that get
assigned for some files and not for others?

FWIW, I created that file by opening an existing JPG in IrfanView and
adding a few text captions.
 
If a Title is assigned (Properties - Summary tab) to the file, then the
Title / text would be displayed in the Infotip.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


In an XP folder containing JPG images, if I hover the mouse cursor
over most thumbnails I get a box displaying Dimensions, Type, Size.

But on a few of them, I get an additional line, 'Title'. Here's an
example:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/Title1.jpg

That's unfamiliar to me. It seems to be the entry in
Properties>Summary>Title. But what rules apply here? Why does that get
assigned for some files and not for others?

FWIW, I created that file by opening an existing JPG in IrfanView and
adding a few text captions.
 
Terry Pinnell said:
In an XP folder containing JPG images, if I hover the mouse cursor
over most thumbnails I get a box displaying Dimensions, Type, Size.

But on a few of them, I get an additional line, 'Title'. Here's an
example:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/Title1.jpg

That's unfamiliar to me. It seems to be the entry in
Properties>Summary>Title. But what rules apply here? Why does that get
assigned for some files and not for others?

FWIW, I created that file by opening an existing JPG in IrfanView and
adding a few text captions.
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It's only displayed when a file has the required tag. You can
add your own tags via Properties > Summary. This is similar
to adding ID3 tags to MP3 files. The tags themselves are
embedded in the file itself.
 
On NTFS alternate data streams are created by using the Summary tab.

Multiple Data Streams
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_xurt.

asp

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose Details,
and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the View menu, click
Details to see comments for several files at once, or select a file and
click Details in the left pane to view the comment for the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wesley Vogel said:
On NTFS alternate data streams are created by using the Summary tab.

Multiple Data Streams
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_xurt.

asp

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose Details,
and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the View menu, click
Details to see comments for several files at once, or select a file and
click Details in the left pane to view the comment for the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx
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Thanks all. Think it must be some quirk in Windows Movie Maker. That
file is just one similar JPG of 20, all created the same way: screen
capture from a map program and cropped to appropriate size in
IrfanView. All were dragged from a My Computer folder to Movie Maker,
to make components for a movie. No special treatment for Point01.jpg.
Yet somehow that's the only one to get a title. It corresponds to the
name of another component, an AVI movie clip. Bizarre, but I won't
lose sleep over it <g>.
 
jpg files can have embedded meta data, called EXIF data; see

http://www.exif.org/

it is similar to ID3 tags in mp3 files.

there are EXIF tools out there for manipulating this data.

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NTFS can store all kinds of meta data in an "alternate data stream", a
linked-to but seperate file-data area. the properties info MAY come from
there, and/or from the EXIF data. Each file type can have it's own
"properties handler", and that determines what gets displayed in the
properties dialog and the tooltip popup. Note how the mp3 handler does
display the ID3 info.
 
jpg files can have embedded meta data, called EXIF data; see

http://www.exif.org/

it is similar to ID3 tags in mp3 files.

there are EXIF tools out there for manipulating this data.
Click to expand...

Also, digital/APS cameras may fill in this data before it is downloaded
to your computer.
 
Mike Williams said:
Also, digital/APS cameras may fill in this data before it is downloaded
to your computer.
Click to expand...

Thanks both, but
- this is not an EXIF field
- file was not from a camera; "...screen
capture from a map program."
 
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