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Workbook.Author Property (2007 System)

Gets or sets the author of the workbook.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Property Author As String
'Usage
Dim instance As Workbook 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.Author

instance.Author = value
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public string Author { get; set; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property String^ Author {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
public function get Author () : String 
public function set Author (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
The author of the workbook.

Remarks

This property corresponds to the Author field of the workbook's Properties dialog.

Examples

The following code example uses the Author property to set the author of the document to the current user, and then displays the author name.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub DisplayWorkbookAuthor()
    Me.Author = System.Environment.UserName
    MsgBox("The creator of this workbook is: " & _
        Me.Author)
End Sub
private void DisplayWorkbookAuthor()
{
    this.Author = System.Environment.UserName;
    MessageBox.Show("The creator of this workbook is: " +
        this.Author);
}

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See Also

Reference

Workbook Class

Workbook Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace