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Adding metadata properties is the most sophisticated feature of the GroupDocs.Metadata search engine. When you call the AddProperties method it examines all available metadata packages and tries to pick up a known property that would satisfy the specified predicate. Note that the property will be added to metadata packages that fit the following criteria: 

1. Only existing metadata packages will be affected. No new packages are added during this operation
2. There should be a known metadata property in the package structure that fits the search condition but is actually missing in the package. All properties supported by a certain package are usually defined in the specification of a particular metadata standard

AdvancedUsage.AddingMetadata

foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(Constants.InputPath))
{
	using (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(file))
	{
		if (metadata.FileFormat != FileFormat.Unknown && !metadata.GetDocumentInfo().IsEncrypted)
		{
			Console.WriteLine();
			Console.WriteLine(file);

			// Add a property containing the file last printing date
			var affected = metadata.AddProperties(p => p.Tags.Contains(Tags.Time.Printed), new PropertyValue(DateTime.Now));
			Console.WriteLine("Affected properties: {0}", affected);

			metadata.Save(Path.Combine(Constants.OutputPath, "output" + Path.GetExtension(file)));
		}
	}
}

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

• GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET examples
• GroupDocs.Metadata for Java examples

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