FileManagerItem.Metadata Property

Provides access to an item’s metadata.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public FileManagerItemMetadata Metadata { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Metadata As FileManagerItemMetadata

Property Value

Type	Description
FileManagerItemMetadata	A FileManagerItemMetadata object.

Remarks

An item’s metadata are key-value pairs of string and object types, respectively. Use the FileManagerItemProperties.Metadata property to specify the item’s metadata using an appropriate FileManagerFile or FileManagerFolder constructor. To access the item’s metadata, use the Metadata property.

To obtain the item’s metadata, use the following methods:

• the FileManagerItemMetadata.GetAllKeys and FileManagerItemMetadata.GetValueByKey methods (on the server side);
• the ASPxClientFileManagerItem.GetMetadata method (on the client side if the FileManagerSettings.EnableClientSideItemMetadata property is set to true).

The list of allowed types of the metadata:

• System.String
• System.Guid
• System.Byte
• System.Int16
• System.Int32
• System.Int64
• System.Double
• System.Boolean
• System.Single
• System.Decimal
• System.Char
• System.DateTime