current_user property

FieldOptions.current_user property

Gets or sets the current user information.

@property
def current_user(self) -> aspose.words.fields.UserInformation:
    ...

@current_user.setter
def current_user(self, value: aspose.words.fields.UserInformation):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to set user details, and display them using fields.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Create a UserInformation object and set it as the data source for fields that display user information.
user_information = aw.fields.UserInformation()
user_information.name = 'John Doe'
user_information.initials = 'J. D.'
user_information.address = '123 Main Street'
doc.field_options.current_user = user_information
# Insert USERNAME, USERINITIALS, and USERADDRESS fields, which display values of
# the respective properties of the UserInformation object that we have created above.
self.assertEqual(user_information.name, builder.insert_field(field_code=' USERNAME ').result)
self.assertEqual(user_information.initials, builder.insert_field(field_code=' USERINITIALS ').result)
self.assertEqual(user_information.address, builder.insert_field(field_code=' USERADDRESS ').result)
# The field options object also has a static default user that fields from all documents can refer to.
aw.fields.UserInformation.default_user.name = 'Default User'
aw.fields.UserInformation.default_user.initials = 'D. U.'
aw.fields.UserInformation.default_user.address = 'One Microsoft Way'
doc.field_options.current_user = aw.fields.UserInformation.default_user
self.assertEqual('Default User', builder.insert_field(field_code=' USERNAME ').result)
self.assertEqual('D. U.', builder.insert_field(field_code=' USERINITIALS ').result)
self.assertEqual('One Microsoft Way', builder.insert_field(field_code=' USERADDRESS ').result)
doc.update_fields()
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'FieldOptions.CurrentUser.docx')

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