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DS.Documents.Pdf Assembly / GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf Namespace / Metadata Class
Properties Methods

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    Metadata Class Members
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    The following tables list the members exposed by Metadata.

    Public Constructors
     NameDescription
    Public ConstructorMetadata ConstructorInitializes a new instance of the Metadata class.  
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    Public Properties
     NameDescription
    Public PropertyContributorsGets the list of document contributors. Maps to Dublin Core 'contributor' property.  
    Public PropertyCopyrightGets or sets the document copyright. Maps to Dublin Core 'rights' property.  
    Public PropertyCoverageGets or sets the document coverage. Maps to Dublin Core 'coverage' property.  
    Public PropertyCreateDateGets or sets the creation date. Maps to XMP 'CreateDate' property. If null, the current date/time is used.  
    Public PropertyCreatorsGets the list of document creators. Maps to Dublin Core 'creator' property.  
    Public PropertyCreatorToolGets or sets the creator tool, in PDF/A compatible documents this value should be the same as DocumentInfo.Creator.  
    Public PropertyDatesGets the list of document dates. Maps to Dublin Core 'date' property.  
    Public PropertyDescriptionGets or sets the document description. Maps to Dublin Core 'description' property.  
    Public PropertyDocGets the GcPdfDocument owning this object.  
    Public PropertyIdentifierGets or sets the document identifier. Maps to Dublin Core 'identifier' property.  
    Public PropertyKeywordsGets the list of document keywords, or subjects. Maps to Dublin Core 'subject' property.  
    Public PropertyLanguagesGets the list of document languages. Maps to Dublin Core 'language' property.  
    Public PropertyMetadataDateGets or sets the metadata date. Maps to XMP 'MetadataDate' property. If null, the current date/time is used.  
    Public PropertyModifyDateGets or sets the modification date. Maps to XMP 'ModifyDate' property. If null, the current date/time is used.  
    Public PropertyObjIDGets the PDF object ID. (Inherited from GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Wrappers.PdfWrapperBase)
    Public PropertyPdfAGets or sets the PDF/A conformance version.  
    Public PropertyPdfDictGets the underlying GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Spec.IPdfDict. (Inherited from GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Wrappers.PdfDictWrapper)
    Public PropertyPdfObjectGets the underlying GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Spec.IPdfObject. (Inherited from GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Wrappers.PdfWrapper<IPdfDict>)
    Public PropertyPdfUaGets or sets the PDF/UA conformance version. Null indicates that the document is not PDF/UA compliant.  
    Public PropertyProducerGets or sets the document's producer. Maps to PDF 'Producer' property. The default is the versioned name of the GcPdf library.  
    Public PropertyPublishersGets the list of document publishers. Maps to Dublin Core 'publisher' property.  
    Public PropertyReadOnlyGets or sets a value indicating whether the metadata is marked as read-only.  
    Public PropertyRelationsGets the list of document relations. Maps to Dublin Core 'relation' property.  
    Public PropertySourceGets or sets the document source. Maps to Dublin Core 'source' property.  
    Public PropertyTitleGets or sets the document's title. Maps to Dublin Core 'title' property.  
    Public PropertyTypesGets the list of document types. Maps to Dublin Core 'type' property.  
    Public PropertyUserPropsGets the list of document custom properties.

    Note that the order of elements in the collection may change after saving and loading the document, this is due to the specifics of how properties are stored in the document, see the PDF specification for details.

     
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    Public Methods
     NameDescription
    Public MethodAddPropertyAdds a property to metadata. Note that only allowed namespaces are:

    "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" (Dublin Core Properties)

    "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/" (XMP Core Properties)

    "http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/" (PDF Properties)

    Trying to add a property with another namespace will throw an exception.  
    Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)FormatUTCFormats a DateTime value for writing to metadata.  
    Public MethodGetPdfStreamGets the System.IO.Stream object containing the data of GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Spec.PdfStreamObjectBase owned by this wrapper. Note! The stream should be disposed after usage. (Inherited from GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Wrappers.PdfWrapperBase)
    Public MethodGetPdfStreamDataGets the data of GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Spec.PdfStreamObjectBase owned by this wrapper. (Inherited from GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Wrappers.PdfWrapperBase)
    Public MethodGetPdfStreamInfoGets the GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Spec.PdfStreamInfo object containing the data of GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Spec.PdfStreamObjectBase owned by this wrapper. Note! The stream should be disposed after usage. (Inherited from GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Wrappers.PdfWrapperBase)
    Public MethodGetStreamGets the content of the current metadata as a System.IO.Stream.  
    Public MethodGetXmlDocumentGets the content of the current metadata as a System.Xml.XmlDocument.  
    Public MethodResetResets values of this Metadata object to default values.  
    Public MethodSetStreamSets the content of the current metadata.  
    Public MethodSetXmlDocumentSets the content of the current metadata.  
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    Reference

    Metadata Class
    GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf Namespace