PdfFileAttachment.Description Property

Specifies the description for the attached file shown in the Attachments panel of a PDF Viewer.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v21.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public string Description { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Description As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string that is an attached file description.

Remarks

Use the Description property to specify a description for the attached file, which helps to differentiate between similar files in the Attachments panel of the PDF Viewer.

Example

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Program.cs

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System;
using System.IO;

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    // Load a document.
    processor.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Document.pdf");

    // Attach a file to the PDF document. 
    processor.AttachFile(new PdfFileAttachment() {
        CreationDate = DateTime.Now,
        Description = "This is my attach file.",
        FileName = "MyAttach.txt",
        Data = File.ReadAllBytes("..\\..\\FileToAttach.txt")
    });

    // The attached document.
    processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
}

Program.vb

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports System
Imports System.IO

Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

    Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
        ' Load a document.
        processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")

        ' Attach a file to the PDF document. 
        processor.AttachFile(New PdfFileAttachment() With { _
            .CreationDate = Date.Now, _
            .Description = "This is my attach file.", _
            .FileName = "MyAttach.txt", _
            .Data = File.ReadAllBytes("..\..\FileToAttach.txt") _
        })

        ' The attached document.
        processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
    End Using
End Sub