PdfDocumentOptions.Producer Property

Gets or sets the string to be added as a Producer property of the resulting PDF file.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public string Producer { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Property Producer As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String which stores a Producer name.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to Producer
PdfExportOptions	.DocumentOptions .Producer

Remarks

Use the Producer property along with the other properties of the PdfDocumentOptions class to specify Document Properties of the resulting PDF file.

When the Producer property is not specified, the PdfDocumentOptions.DefaultProducer property value is used to specify the Producer of a PDF file.

Example

This example illustrates how to use the PdfDocumentOptions.Producer and PdfDocumentOptions.DefaultProducer properties.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...

private static void ExportProducerLocal(XtraReport1 report) {
    report.ExportOptions.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Producer = "Some Producer";
    report.ExportToPdf("testProducer.pdf");

    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("testProducer.pdf");
}

private static void ExportProducerGlobal(XtraReport1 report) {
    PdfDocumentOptions.DefaultProducer = "Some Default Producer";
    report.ExportToPdf("testGlobalProducer.pdf");

    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("testGlobalProducer.pdf");
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
' ...

Private Shared Sub ExportProducerLocal(report As XtraReport1)
    report.ExportOptions.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Producer = "Some Producer"
    report.ExportToPdf("testProducer.pdf")

    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("testProducer.pdf")
End Sub

Private Shared Sub ExportProducerGlobal(report As XtraReport1)
    PdfDocumentOptions.DefaultProducer = "Some Default Producer"
    report.ExportToPdf("testGlobalProducer.pdf")

    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("testGlobalProducer.pdf")
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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VB.NET

reporting-winforms-export-pdf/VB/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.vb#L44

pdfOptions.DocumentOptions.Keywords = "DevExpress, Reporting, PDF"
pdfOptions.DocumentOptions.Producer = Environment.UserName.ToString()
pdfOptions.DocumentOptions.Subject = "Document Subject"