Overriding the machinename when saving a note annotation

[JGForwick]

Hi there.

Currently when you place a note annotation on a PDF, the note displays the machine name as the creator of the annotation (along with the date and time the annotation was added). Is there any way we can override the machine name and use a passed in value there instead? We have the pdf viewer embedded in a custom application which has its own application userid's. Ideally we'd like to have those application userid's displayed in the sticky note credentials instead of the machine name. Is that possible or are we out of luck?

Thanks in advance!

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

HI JGForwick,

I know that in the end user version the "Name" field in the Identity section of the Viewer will override the login name. Have you tried setting that field programatically?

[JGForwick]

HI JGForwick,

I know that in the end user version the "Name" field in the Identity section of the Viewer will override the login name. Have you tried setting that field programatically?

Hi Paul, sorry for the late response. It does not appear that the Identity is overrideable as far as I can see. The SDK documentation is a little sparse on the Identity object (actually the sdk infers that the identity object is only relevant for Javascript?)

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, JGForwick.

You may use undocumented property before annotation creation:

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ctrl.SetProperty("Identity.Name", "<CustomName>", 0);

HTH.

[JGForwick]

That worked, thnx very much!

[John - Tracker Supp]