Extend StorageFile class to add a custom property

Question

In my windows store app i sync with a Server and save files in this way:

StorageFile file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(fileName.Replace('/', '_'),
                CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName);
var downloader = new BackgroundDownloader();
DownloadOperation download = downloader.CreateDownload(uri, file);

Now i want to add a metadata to the file such as the modificationDate of the file on the Server.

How can i store this information in order to retrieve the value if i close and re-open the app? Maybe the perfect solution is to extend the StorageFile class but it is sealed

My goal is to be synchronized with the Server of course...

Answer 1

A possible solution is to add the metadata in the field Comment of a file:

List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> extraProperties = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();
extraProperties.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, object>("System.Comment", modificationDate));
await file.Properties.SavePropertiesAsync(extraProperties);

But this returns me an error: "Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component"....

Answer 2

To set a Comment property use DocumentProperties.Comment

Get the DocumentProperties object from file.Properties.GetDocumentPropertiesAsync(). There is a full code snippet in the DocumentProperties.Comment documentation.

--Rob