Author Property

Summary

Author value to be used in the resulting PDF document.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

Java

Python

public string Author { get; set; }

@property (nonatomic, copy, nullable) NSString *author;

public String getAuthor() 
public void setAuthor(String author)

public: 
property String^ Author { 
   String^ get(); 
   void set (    String^ ); 
}

Author # get and set (PdfDocumentOptions)

Property Value

A String which contains the PDF document author (the name of the person who created the document) to be used. To reset the author value, use either an empty string or null. Default value is null.

Remarks

The author for any PDF document can be retrieved by PDF viewers. Note that many search and indexing engines use the author in the resulting list or as metadata.

LEADTOOLS Document writers supports the following PDF properties:

Example

Java

using Leadtools.Document.Writer; 
using Leadtools.Ocr; 
using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
 
 
public void PdfDocumentOptionsExample() 
{ 
   var inputFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "test.docx"); 
   var outputFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Example.pdf"); 
 
   // Setup a new RasterCodecs object 
   var codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
   codecs.Options.RasterizeDocument.Load.Resolution = 300; 
 
   // Get the number of pages in the input document 
   var pageCount = codecs.GetTotalPages(inputFileName); 
 
   // Create a new instance of the LEADTOOLS Document Writer 
   var docWriter = new DocumentWriter(); 
 
   // Change the PDF options 
   var pdfOptions = docWriter.GetOptions(DocumentFormat.Pdf) as PdfDocumentOptions; 
   pdfOptions.DocumentType = PdfDocumentType.Pdf; 
   pdfOptions.FontEmbedMode = DocumentFontEmbedMode.None; 
   pdfOptions.ImageOverText = false; 
   pdfOptions.Linearized = false; 
   pdfOptions.Title = "Add your title here"; 
   pdfOptions.Subject = "Add your subject here"; 
   pdfOptions.Keywords = "Add your keywords here"; 
   pdfOptions.Author = "Add author name here"; 
   pdfOptions.Protected = true; 
   pdfOptions.UserPassword = "User password"; 
   pdfOptions.OwnerPassword = "Owner password"; 
   pdfOptions.EncryptionMode = PdfDocumentEncryptionMode.RC128Bit; 
   pdfOptions.PrintEnabled = false; 
   pdfOptions.HighQualityPrintEnabled = true; 
   pdfOptions.CopyEnabled = false; 
   pdfOptions.EditEnabled = true; 
   pdfOptions.AnnotationsEnabled = true; 
   pdfOptions.AssemblyEnabled = false; 
   pdfOptions.OneBitImageCompression = OneBitImageCompressionType.Flate; 
   pdfOptions.ColoredImageCompression = ColoredImageCompressionType.FlateJpeg; 
   pdfOptions.QualityFactor = 2; 
 
   // Use default resolution 
   pdfOptions.DocumentResolution = 0; 
   pdfOptions.PageRestriction = DocumentPageRestriction.Relaxed; 
 
   // Setup empty page size (Letter size) 
   pdfOptions.EmptyPageWidth = 8.5; 
   pdfOptions.EmptyPageHeight = 11; 
   pdfOptions.EmptyPageResolution = 300; 
 
   docWriter.SetOptions(DocumentFormat.Pdf, pdfOptions); 
 
   // Create a new PDF document 
   Debug.WriteLine("Creating new PDF document: {0}", outputFileName); 
   docWriter.BeginDocument(outputFileName, DocumentFormat.Pdf); 
 
   // Loop through all the pages 
   for (var pageNumber = 1; pageNumber <= pageCount; pageNumber++) 
   { 
      // Get the page as SVG 
      Debug.WriteLine("Loading page {0}", pageNumber); 
      var page = new DocumentWriterSvgPage(); 
      page.SvgDocument = codecs.LoadSvg(inputFileName, pageNumber, null); 
 
      // Add the page 
      Debug.WriteLine("Adding page {0}", pageNumber); 
      docWriter.AddPage(page); 
 
      page.SvgDocument.Dispose(); 
   } 
 
   // Finally finish writing the PDF file on disk 
   docWriter.EndDocument(); 
   codecs.Dispose(); 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images"; 
}

 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.IOException; 
 
import org.junit.*; 
import org.junit.runner.JUnitCore; 
import org.junit.runner.Result; 
import org.junit.runner.notification.Failure; 
import static org.junit.Assert.*; 
 
import leadtools.*; 
import leadtools.codecs.*; 
import leadtools.document.writer.*; 
import leadtools.ocr.*; 
 
 
public void pdfDocumentOptionsExample() { 
   final String LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR = "C:\\LEADTOOLS23\\Resources\\Images"; 
 
   String inputFileName = combine(LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR, "LEADTOOLSEditor.docx"); 
   String outputFileName = combine(LEAD_VARS_IMAGES_DIR, "Example.pdf"); 
 
   // Setup a new RasterCodecs object 
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
   codecs.getOptions().getRasterizeDocument().getLoad().setResolution(300); 
 
   // Get the number of pages in the input document 
   int pageCount = codecs.getTotalPages(inputFileName); 
 
   // Create a new instance of the LEADTOOLS Document Writer 
   DocumentWriter docWriter = new DocumentWriter(); 
 
   // Change the PDF options 
   PdfDocumentOptions pdfOptions = (PdfDocumentOptions) docWriter.getOptions(DocumentFormat.PDF); 
   pdfOptions.setDocumentType(PdfDocumentType.PDF); 
   pdfOptions.setFontEmbedMode(DocumentFontEmbedMode.NONE); 
   pdfOptions.setImageOverText(false); 
   pdfOptions.setLinearized(false); 
   pdfOptions.setTitle("Add your title here"); 
   pdfOptions.setSubject("Add your subject here"); 
   pdfOptions.setKeywords("Add your keywords here"); 
   pdfOptions.setAuthor("Add author name here"); 
   pdfOptions.setProtected(true); 
   pdfOptions.setUserPassword("User password"); 
   pdfOptions.setOwnerPassword("Owner password"); 
   pdfOptions.setEncryptionMode(PdfDocumentEncryptionMode.RC128BIT); 
   pdfOptions.setPrintEnabled(false); 
   pdfOptions.setHighQualityPrintEnabled(true); 
   pdfOptions.setCopyEnabled(false); 
   pdfOptions.setEditEnabled(true); 
   pdfOptions.setAnnotationsEnabled(true); 
   pdfOptions.setAssemblyEnabled(false); 
   pdfOptions.setOneBitImageCompression(OneBitImageCompressionType.FLATE); 
   pdfOptions.setColoredImageCompression(ColoredImageCompressionType.FLATE_JPEG); 
   pdfOptions.setQualityFactor(2); 
 
   // Use default resolution 
   pdfOptions.setDocumentResolution(0); 
   pdfOptions.setPageRestriction(DocumentPageRestriction.RELAXED); 
 
   // Setup empty page size (Letter size) 
   pdfOptions.setEmptyPageWidth(8.5); 
   pdfOptions.setEmptyPageHeight(11); 
   pdfOptions.setEmptyPageResolution(300); 
 
   docWriter.setOptions(DocumentFormat.PDF, pdfOptions); 
 
   // Create a new PDF document 
   System.out.printf("Creating new PDF document: %s%n", outputFileName); 
   docWriter.beginDocument(outputFileName, DocumentFormat.PDF); 
 
   // Loop through all the pages 
   for (int pageNumber = 1; pageNumber <= pageCount; pageNumber++) { 
 
      // Get the page as SVG 
      System.out.printf("Loading page %s%n", pageNumber); 
      DocumentWriterSvgPage page = new DocumentWriterSvgPage(); 
      page.setSvgDocument(codecs.loadSvg(inputFileName, pageNumber, null)); 
 
      // Add the page 
      System.out.printf("Adding page %s%n", pageNumber); 
      docWriter.addPage(page); 
 
      page.getSvgDocument().dispose(); 
   } 
 
   // Finally finish writing the PDF file on disk 
   docWriter.endDocument(); 
   codecs.dispose(); 
   System.out.println("no exceptions or errors. Program run successfully"); 
}