AddReply

Comment.AddReply method

Adds a reply to this comment.

public Comment AddReply(string author, string initial, DateTime dateTime, string text)

Parameter	Type	Description
author	String	The author name for the reply.
initial	String	The author initials for the reply.
dateTime	DateTime	The date and time for the reply.
text	String	The reply text.

Return Value

The created Comment node for the reply.

Exceptions

exception	condition
InvalidOperationException	Throws if this method is called on the existing Reply comment.

Remarks

Due to the existing MS Office limitations only 1 level of replies is allowed in the document.

Examples

Shows how to add a comment to a document, and then reply to it.

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

Comment comment = new Comment(doc, "John Doe", "J.D.", DateTime.Now);
comment.SetText("My comment.");

// Place the comment at a node in the document's body.
// This comment will show up at the location of its paragraph,
// outside the right-side margin of the page, and with a dotted line connecting it to its paragraph.
builder.CurrentParagraph.AppendChild(comment);

// Add a reply, which will show up under its parent comment.
comment.AddReply("Joe Bloggs", "J.B.", DateTime.Now, "New reply");

// Comments and replies are both Comment nodes.
Assert.AreEqual(2, doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Comment, true).Count);

// Comments that do not reply to other comments are "top-level". They have no ancestor comments.
Assert.Null(comment.Ancestor);

// Replies have an ancestor top-level comment.
Assert.AreEqual(comment, comment.Replies[0].Ancestor);

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Comment.AddCommentWithReply.docx");