DocumentProperties.Category Property

Gets or sets metadata used for categorization of the document content, e.g. Resume, Letter, Financial Forecast, Proposal, Technical Presentation, and so on.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

string Category { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Category As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string of text that specifies the category name.

Remarks

This value is intended to facilitate navigation of a large set of documents.

The Category property allows you to specify one of the core document properties, a full set of which is available with the Document.DocumentProperties property. To specify a custom document property, use the Document.CustomProperties property.

End-users can edit the Category value in the Document Properties Dialog.

Use the DOCPROPERTY field to insert the Category value in the document.

Note

The Category property is not supported in ODT and HTML documents.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentPropertiesActions.cs#L20

document.DocumentProperties.Title = "Inserting Custom Properties";
document.DocumentProperties.Category = "TestDoc";
document.DocumentProperties.Description = "This code demonstrates API to modify and display standard document properties.";

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentProperties.cs#L17

document.DocumentProperties.Title = "Inserting Custom Properties";
document.DocumentProperties.Category = "TestDoc";
document.DocumentProperties.Description = "This code demonstrates API to modify and display standard document properties.";

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/DocumentPropertiesActions.cs#L22

document.DocumentProperties.Title = "Inserting Custom Properties";
document.DocumentProperties.Category = "TestDoc";
document.DocumentProperties.Description = "This code demonstrates API to modify and display standard document properties.";

VB.NET

wpf-richedit-document-api-t213968/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentPropertiesActions.vb#L17

document.DocumentProperties.Title = "Inserting Custom Properties"
document.DocumentProperties.Category = "TestDoc"
document.DocumentProperties.Description = "This code demonstrates API to modify and display standard document properties."

winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/DocumentProperties.vb#L16

document.DocumentProperties.Title = "Inserting Custom Properties"
document.DocumentProperties.Category = "TestDoc"
document.DocumentProperties.Description = "This code demonstrates API to modify and display standard document properties."

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/DocumentPropertiesActions.vb#L23

document.DocumentProperties.Title = "Inserting Custom Properties"
document.DocumentProperties.Category = "TestDoc"
document.DocumentProperties.Description = "This code demonstrates API to modify and display standard document properties."