Wrong tag names for Office files (DOC, XLS)

Started by Funbit, May 23, 2014, 07:10:15 AM

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Funbit

Hello!

For some reason exiftool outputs FlashPix tag for office documents.
The actual property names seem to be correct (like Author, AppVersion, etc), but FlashPix does not have anything common with Office, does it?
I have attached a sample Excel document just in case.

We get XML something like this:

<ExifTool:ExifToolVersion>9.57</ExifTool:ExifToolVersion>
<FlashPix:CodePage>Windows Japanese (Shift-JIS)</FlashPix:CodePage>
<FlashPix:Software>Microsoft Excel</FlashPix:Software>
<FlashPix:LastPrinted>2012:12:26 01:40:34</FlashPix:LastPrinted>
... other properties ...


Just in case, this is the command line we're using:

exiftool.exe -X -m -e -w! xml --System:Directory* --System:File* --XMP-xmpTPg:SwatchGroups* --XMP-xmpTPg:Font* --XMP-xmpTPg:PlateNames --ZIP:* --File:FileType --File:MIMEType --ICC-header:* --ICC_Profile:* --ICC-view:* --ICC-meas:* --PDF:EmbeddedImage* --XMP-xmpMM:History* --QuickTime:CompatibleBrands* --H264:DateTime* --H264:Make* c:\TEMP\InputFiles

But it shouldn't be related to the problem though.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Anton

Phil Harvey

Hi Anton,

Quote from: Funbit on May 23, 2014, 07:10:15 AM
For some reason exiftool outputs FlashPix tag for office documents.
The actual property names seem to be correct (like Author, AppVersion, etc), but FlashPix does not have anything common with Office, does it?

I think that reading the FlashPix Tags documentation may help you to understand this.

- Phil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux/PowerShell, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).

Funbit

Thank you for the clarification... Sorry that I've missed that in the FAQ.