NAME

Document::Info v0.01 - determine file type for Office documents

SYNOPSIS

use Document::Info;

if ( $Info=Document::Info->new($fileName) ) {;
    # $Info constructed, that means something has been determined.

    # Fetch the currently supported properties.
    $type = $Info -> getType ( );
    $rev  = $Info -> getRevision ( );
    $os   = $Info -> getOS ( );

    if ( $type eq $Info->cMSExcel() ) {
       # Do something. Note: when checking a type or an operating System
       # always use the string constants like cMSExcel().
    }
    if ( !$revision ) {
        # revision not determined.
    }
} else {
    # Document type could not be determined.
}

DESCRIPTION

The module tries to figure out the document type of Office files. It utilizes OLE::Storage to determine the file type of Windows-documents. The module is in a very early state.

AUTHOR

Martin Schwartz, schwartz@cs.tu-berlin.de

SEE ALSO

file(1), lfile(1), OLE::Storage.