Get file Author from FilePath without opening document

[R Avery]

I have a list of paths to Excel and Text files. i want to retrieve the
MSOffice builtin property Author from the file. I would like to know if
it is possible to retrieve this information without actually opening the
file. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[R Avery]

Nevermind, I found the answer at:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/docprop.htm