FieldOptionsDefaultDocumentAuthor Property

public string DefaultDocumentAuthor { get; set; }

Public Property DefaultDocumentAuthor As String
	Get
	Set

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

member DefaultDocumentAuthor : string with get, set

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// If we open an existing document, the document's author's full name will be displayed by the field
// If we create a document programmatically, we need to set this attribute to the author's name so our field has something to display
doc.FieldOptions.DefaultDocumentAuthor = "Joe Bloggs";

builder.Write("This document was created by ");
FieldAuthor field = (FieldAuthor)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldAuthor, true);
field.Update();

Assert.AreEqual(" AUTHOR ", field.GetFieldCode());
Assert.AreEqual("Joe Bloggs", field.Result);

// If this property has a value, it will supersede the one we set above 
doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Author = "John Doe";      
field.Update();

Assert.AreEqual(" AUTHOR ", field.GetFieldCode());
Assert.AreEqual("John Doe", field.Result);

// Our field can also override the document's built in author name like this
field.AuthorName = "Jane Doe";
field.Update();

Assert.AreEqual(" AUTHOR  \"Jane Doe\"", field.GetFieldCode());
Assert.AreEqual("Jane Doe", field.Result);

// The author name in the built in properties was changed by the field, but the default document author stays the same
Assert.AreEqual("Jane Doe", doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Author);
Assert.AreEqual("Joe Bloggs", doc.FieldOptions.DefaultDocumentAuthor);

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Field.AUTHOR.docx");