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SetAuthorName

Sets annotation author name.

Syntax

expression.SetAuthorName(name);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiBaseAnnotation class.

Parameters

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
nameRequiredstringNo description provided.

Returns

boolean

Example

Create a square annotation and set author name to it in a PDF document.

// How to set author name for an annotation in a PDF document?

// Set author name and display the result in a PDF document.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let squareAnnot = Api.CreateSquareAnnot([10, 10, 160, 32]);
let page = doc.GetPage(0);
page.AddObject(squareAnnot);
squareAnnot.SetAuthorName("John Smith");