Not sure if this is something others here would be interested in, but I came across
this thread over at AUGI, and thought I'd share here given the intent to develop something that can be used across platforms, and used by many.
Basically, DWGPROPS are useful for storing easy to access information within a drawing, but as stated in the thread linked above, often times users in other departments, etc. need to view/consume this information via Windows Explorer.
In my limited testing, only the Summary Tab's Author Property is viewable in Windows Explorer, and not in the Author Column, only when hovering the cursor over a drawing. Not exactly intuitive, if you're trying to make things like 'Revision' etc. viewable.
I know (from Googling the topic) that Tony developed something for this some time ago, however, this initiative (if it's accepted/voted for) would support WinXP, Win7 (, and Win8? Ok, maybe later) in 32 & 64bit, and as I understand it having only given this some thought, and frankly being new to .NET in general... would need to include an Event Monitor that would sync the DWGPROPS fields with those of the Extended File Properties, no?
This could be a great learning experience for what I'd imagine is a relatively small task, in terms of complexity. Document has changes, check for DWGPROPS, if they exist, sync to Extended Properties prior to Close (and/or Save).
Just an idea, as I was contemplating if I could tackle this on my own, and thought others may enjoy the challenge too. Refinement(s), and other suggestions welcome!