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title: "Pidl Properties "
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product: "Graphics Mill 5.5 for .NET"
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# Pidl Properties 
 
The [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) type exposes the following members.
 
## Properties

|   |  Name |  Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Files](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Files.htm.md) |  Gets an array of files contained in this [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object. |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Folders](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Folders.htm.md) |  Gets an array of subfolders of the [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object. |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Handle](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Handle.htm.md) |  Gets a handle to the shell PIDL object. |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [IsRoot](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_IsRoot.htm.md) |  Gets a value indicating whether the [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object represents the [Desktop](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_StandardFolder.htm.md) folder (i.e. root of the file system). |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Items](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Items.htm.md) |  Gets an array of all subitems of the [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object (includes both files and folders). |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Parent](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Parent.htm.md) |  Gets a PIDL of the parent file system object. |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Path](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Path.htm.md) |  Gets file system path of the [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object (if available). |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Stream](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Stream.htm.md) |  Gets a binary content of a file system item represented by this [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object. |
 |  ![Public property](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/icons/pubproperty.gif) |  [Type](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl_Type.htm.md) |  Gets a type of the file system item object represented by this [Pidl](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md) object. |
   
## See Also

### Reference

- [Pidl Class](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls_Pidl.htm.md)
- [Aurigma.GraphicsMill.WinControls Namespace](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/N_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_WinControls.htm.md)