Revision.Author Property

Returns the author of the revision.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

string Author { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property Author As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string value that is the author’s name.

Remarks

Use the Author property to obtain an author of a current revision.

The code sample below shows how to retrieve all revision authors:

C#

using System.Linq;

//Get all revision authors
var authors = documentRevisions.Select(x => x.Author).Distinct();

VB.NET

Imports System.Linq

'Get all revision authors
Private authors = documentRevisions.Select(Function(x) x.Author).Distinct()

Tip

Call the Document.GetAuthors() method to retrieve all annotation authors (including comment authors).

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-use-track-changes/CS/word-processing-document-api-track-changes/Program.cs#L42

//Reject all revisions from the specific author on the first section:
var sectionRevisions = documentRevisions.Get(documentProcessor.Document.Sections[0].Range).Where(x => x.Author == "Janet Leverling");

wpf-richedit-manage-tracked-changes/CS/DXRichEdit_TrackChanges/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L36

//Reject all revisions from the specific author on the first section:
var sectionRevisions = documentRevisions.Get(richEditControl1.Document.Sections[0].Range).Where(x => x.Author == "Janet Leverling");

winforms-rich-edit-manage-tracked-changes/CS/XtraRichEdit_TrackChanges/Form1.cs#L53

//Reject all revisions from the specific author on the first section:
var sectionRevisions = documentRevisions.Get(richEditControl1.Document.Sections[0].Range).Where(x => x.Author == "Janet Leverling");

VB.NET

word-document-api-use-track-changes/VB/word-processing-document-api-track-changes/Program.vb#L39

'Reject all revisions from the specific author on the first section:
Dim sectionRevisions = documentRevisions.Get(documentProcessor.Document.Sections(0).Range).Where(Function(x) x.Author = "Janet Leverling")

wpf-richedit-manage-tracked-changes/VB/DXRichEdit_TrackChanges/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L29

'Reject all revisions from the specific author on the first section:
Dim sectionRevisions = documentRevisions.Get(Me.richEditControl1.Document.Sections(CInt(0)).Range).Where(Function(x) Equals(x.Author, "Janet Leverling"))
For Each revision As Revision In sectionRevisions

winforms-rich-edit-manage-tracked-changes/VB/XtraRichEdit_TrackChanges/Form1.vb#L44

'Reject all revisions from the specific author on the first section:
Dim sectionRevisions = documentRevisions.Get(richEditControl1.Document.Sections(0).Range).Where(Function(x) Equals(x.Author, "Janet Leverling"))
For Each revision As Revision In sectionRevisions