author_name property

FieldAuthor.author_name property

Gets or sets the document author’s name.

@property
def author_name(self) -> str:
    ...

@author_name.setter
def author_name(self, value: str):
    ...

Examples

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

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.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.
self.assertEqual('', doc.built_in_document_properties.author)
# Set a backup author name for AUTHOR fields to use
# if the "author" property contains an empty string.
doc.field_options.default_document_author = 'Joe Bloggs'
builder.write('This document was created by ')
field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_AUTHOR, True).as_field_author()
field.update()
self.assertEqual(' AUTHOR ', field.get_field_code())
self.assertEqual('Joe Bloggs', field.result)
# Updating an AUTHOR field that contains a value
# will apply that value to the "author" built-in property.
self.assertEqual('Joe Bloggs', doc.built_in_document_properties.author)
# Changing this property, then updating the AUTHOR field will apply this value to the field.
doc.built_in_document_properties.author = 'John Doe'
field.update()
self.assertEqual(' AUTHOR ', field.get_field_code())
self.assertEqual('John Doe', field.result)
# 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.author_name = 'Jane Doe'
field.update()
self.assertEqual(' AUTHOR  "Jane Doe"', field.get_field_code())
self.assertEqual('Jane Doe', field.result)
# AUTHOR fields do not affect the "default_document_author" property.
self.assertEqual('Jane Doe', doc.built_in_document_properties.author)
self.assertEqual('Joe Bloggs', doc.field_options.default_document_author)
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Field.field_author.docx')

See Also

FieldAuthor constructor