PdfTextMarkupAnnotationCreatingEventArgs.Author Property

Specifies the author of a text markup annotation.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPdfViewer.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public string Author { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Author As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string that specifies the text markup annotation’s author.

Example

This example shows how to create a text markup annotation that highlights a selected text.

C#

using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace CreateMarkupAnnotation {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Load a document.
            pdfViewer1.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Demo.pdf");

            // Select the document area where the markup annotation will be created.
            pdfViewer1.Select(new RectangleF(-230, 420, 1240, 150));

            // Highlight a selected text.
            pdfViewer1.HighlightSelectedText();
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace CreateMarkupAnnotation
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            pdfViewer1.LoadDocument("..\..\Demo.pdf")
            pdfViewer1.[Select](New RectangleF(-230, 420, 1240, 150))
            pdfViewer1.HighlightSelectedText()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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C#

how-to-specify-text-markup-annotation/CS/SpecifyTextMarkup/Form1.cs#L18

private void pdfViewer1_TextMarkupAnnotationCreating(object sender, PdfTextMarkupAnnotationCreatingEventArgs e) {
    e.Author = "John Smith";
    e.Comment = "Note.";

VB.NET

how-to-specify-text-markup-annotation/VB/SpecifyTextMarkup/Form1.vb#L20

Private Sub pdfViewer1_TextMarkupAnnotationCreating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PdfTextMarkupAnnotationCreatingEventArgs) Handles pdfViewer1.TextMarkupAnnotationCreating
    e.Author = "John Smith"
    e.Comment = "Note."