## FieldAuthor class

Implements the AUTHOR field.

To learn more, visit the [Working with Fields](https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/working-with-fields/) documentation article.

```csharp
public class FieldAuthor : Field
```

## Constructors

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [FieldAuthor](fieldauthor/)() | The default constructor. |

## Properties

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [AuthorName](../../aspose.words.fields/fieldauthor/authorname/) { get; set; } | Gets or sets the document author's name. |
| [DisplayResult](../../aspose.words.fields/field/displayresult/) { get; } | Gets the text that represents the displayed field result. |
| [End](../../aspose.words.fields/field/end/) { get; } | Gets the node that represents the field end. |
| [Format](../../aspose.words.fields/field/format/) { get; } | Gets a [`FieldFormat`](../fieldformat/) object that provides typed access to field's formatting. |
| [IsDirty](../../aspose.words.fields/field/isdirty/) { get; set; } | Gets or sets whether the current result of the field is no longer correct (stale) due to other modifications made to the document. |
| [IsLocked](../../aspose.words.fields/field/islocked/) { get; set; } | Gets or sets whether the field is locked (should not recalculate its result). |
| [LocaleId](../../aspose.words.fields/field/localeid/) { get; set; } | Gets or sets the LCID of the field. |
| [Result](../../aspose.words.fields/field/result/) { get; set; } | Gets or sets text that is between the field separator and field end. |
| [Separator](../../aspose.words.fields/field/separator/) { get; } | Gets the node that represents the field separator. Can be `null`. |
| [Start](../../aspose.words.fields/field/start/) { get; } | Gets the node that represents the start of the field. |
| virtual [Type](../../aspose.words.fields/field/type/) { get; } | Gets the Microsoft Word field type. |

## Methods

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [GetFieldCode](../../aspose.words.fields/field/getfieldcode/)() | Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator). Both field code and field result of child fields are included. |
| [GetFieldCode](../../aspose.words.fields/field/getfieldcode/)(*bool*) | Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator). |
| virtual [Remove](../../aspose.words.fields/field/remove/)() | Removes the field from the document. Returns a node right after the field. If the field's end is the last child of its parent node, returns its parent paragraph. If the field is already removed, returns `null`. |
| [Unlink](../../aspose.words.fields/field/unlink/)() | Performs the field unlink. |
| [Update](../../aspose.words.fields/field/update/)() | Performs the field update. Throws if the field is being updated already. |
| [Update](../../aspose.words.fields/field/update/)(*bool*) | Performs a field update. Throws if the field is being updated already. |

## Remarks

Retrieves, and optionally sets, the document author's name, as recorded in the **Author** property of the built-in document properties.

## Examples

Shows how to use an AUTHOR field to display a document creator's name.

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

// AUTHOR fields source their results from the built-in document property called "Author".
// If we create and save a document in Microsoft Word,
// it will have our username in that property.
// However, if we create a document programmatically using Aspose.Words,
// the "Author" property, by default, will be an empty string. 
Assert.That(doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Author, Is.EqualTo(string.Empty));

// Set a backup author name for AUTHOR fields to use
// if the "Author" property contains an empty string.
doc.FieldOptions.DefaultDocumentAuthor = "Joe Bloggs";

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

Assert.That(field.GetFieldCode(), Is.EqualTo(" AUTHOR "));
Assert.That(field.Result, Is.EqualTo("Joe Bloggs"));

// Updating an AUTHOR field that contains a value
// will apply that value to the "Author" built-in property.
Assert.That(doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Author, Is.EqualTo("Joe Bloggs"));

// Changing this property, then updating the AUTHOR field will apply this value to the field.
doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Author = "John Doe";
field.Update();

Assert.That(field.GetFieldCode(), Is.EqualTo(" AUTHOR "));
Assert.That(field.Result, Is.EqualTo("John Doe"));

// If we update an AUTHOR field after changing its "Name" property,
// then the field will display the new name and apply the new name to the built-in property.
field.AuthorName = "Jane Doe";
field.Update();

Assert.That(field.GetFieldCode(), Is.EqualTo(" AUTHOR  \"Jane Doe\""));
Assert.That(field.Result, Is.EqualTo("Jane Doe"));

// AUTHOR fields do not affect the DefaultDocumentAuthor property.
Assert.That(doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Author, Is.EqualTo("Jane Doe"));
Assert.That(doc.FieldOptions.DefaultDocumentAuthor, Is.EqualTo("Joe Bloggs"));

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

### See Also

* class [Field](../field/)
* namespace [Aspose.Words.Fields](../../aspose.words.fields/)
* assembly [Aspose.Words](../../)