use Win32::OLE;
 
use File::Spec;
 
my $PropertyReader = Win32::OLE->new('DSOleFile.PropertyReader', 'Quit');
 
my $directory = "c:\\temp";
 
opendir(DNAME, $directory) || die "Unable to open the requested directory: $directory\n"; 
 
while( my $filename = readdir( DNAME ) ) {
 
next if ($filename eq '.' or $filename eq '..');
 
my $fullfilename = File::Spec->catdir($directory,$filename);
 
my $properties = $PropertyReader->GetDocumentProperties($fullfilename) || die("Unable read file properties for '$fullfilename' ", Win32::OLE->LastError());
 
if (0 == 0) #ok i was playing
# if ( !$properties->{title} || length($properties->{title}) == 0)
{
  
$properties->SetProperty('title', "this one"; #why does this not work???
  
print $properties->title;
 
} else {
 
 
print "File '$filename' --- Title property is set to '" . $properties->{title} ."'\n";
 
 
} }
 
closedir(DNAME);