Load a file of a specific format

This example demonstrates how to load a file of some particular format.

advanced_usage.loading_files.loading_file_of_specific_format

def run():
    # Explicitly specifying the format of a file to load can spare time on detecting the format
    load_options = gm.LoadOptions(gm.common.FileFormat.SPREADSHEET)

    # constants.input_xls is an absolute or relative path to your document. Ex: r"C:\\Docs\\source.xls"
    with gm.Metadata(constants.input_xls, load_options) as metadata:
        root = metadata.get_root_package()

        # Use format-specific properties to extract or edit metadata
        print(root.document_properties.author)

        # ...

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