Changing Identity.Name no longer working?

[JGForwick]

I am trying to set the Identity.Name to a custom value so that any new stamps or annotations added to a document will display the custom name as the author. Searching the forums it seems that

viewtopic.php?f=66&t=25765&p=100727&hil ... me#p100783 recommends using...

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pdfCtl.Inst.Settings["Identity.Name"].v = "My Identity Name";
pdfCtl.Inst.FireAppPrefsChanged(PDFXEdit.PXV_AppPrefsChanges.PXV_AppPrefsChange_Identity);

...as the solution. However using your FullDemo sample solution this does not seem to work.

As an example I have edited the open btnOpen_Click() event in the sample to include the above code at the start, but no matter what when I add a stamp or annotation, the author name is still my windows user name, NOT the custom Identity.Name set above.

Is this a bug? This is using the current Editor SDK downloaded a few days ago.

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hello JGForwick,

Here's a code snippet that should work for your case:

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			if (e.nEventID == nIDS[(int)IDS.e_annots_inserted])
			{
				PDFXEdit.IPXV_Document Doc = (PDFXEdit.IPXV_Document)e.pFrom;
				IntPtr outPtr;
				Doc.ActiveView.Obj.QueryImpl(typeof(PDFXEdit.IUIX_ObjImpl).GUID, null, out outPtr);
				PDFXEdit.IUIX_ObjImpl uiObjImpl = (PDFXEdit.IUIX_ObjImpl)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(outPtr);
				PDFXEdit.IUIX_Obj obj = uiObjImpl.Obj;
				PDFXEdit.IPXV_AnnotsEvent ae = (PDFXEdit.IPXV_AnnotsEvent)e.pEvent;
				PDFXEdit.IPXV_AnnotsList AL = ae.Items;

				PDFXEdit.IPXS_Inst pSInt = (PDFXEdit.IPXS_Inst)pdfCtl.Inst.GetExtension("PXS");
				int nID = pdfCtl.Inst.Str2ID("op.annots.setProps", false);
				PDFXEdit.IOperation Op = pdfCtl.Inst.CreateOp(nID);
				PDFXEdit.ICabNode input = Op.Params.Root["Input"];
				for (uint i = 0; i < AL.Count; i++)
				{
					PDFXEdit.IPXC_Annotation annot = AL[i];
					input.Add().v = annot;
				}
				if (input.Count == 0)
					return;
				PDFXEdit.ICabNode options = Op.Params.Root["Options"];
				options["Subject"].v = "Test Subject";
				options["Author"].v = "Test Author";
				options["Mask"].v = PXV_OpModifyAnnotMaskFlags.OpModifyAnnot_Author | PXV_OpModifyAnnotMaskFlags.OpModifyAnnot_Subject;
				Op.Do();


			}

The event itself should be handled in the pdfCtl_OnEvent method. Do not forget to add the event to the IDS for handling it.
Cheers,
Alex

[JGForwick]

Hi Sasha,

Thanks for the reply. This seems to work in the sample app, thanks. The eventId for e_annots_inserted is 3251 correct? These Ids arent somehow dynamic are they? When I trap for the same Id in our app, that Id never seems to come up when I am adding annotations.

edit: upon further review it appears that the OnEvent event is not being triggered by the control in our application. In the following code all debug statements will be logged during the appropriate action (resizing, focusing, leaving focus etc) *except* the OnEvent debug statement.

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        private void pdfXChangeEditor_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("pdfXChangeEditor_Resize");
        }

        private void pdfXChangeEditor_VisibleChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("pdfXChangeEditor_VisibleChanged");
        }

        private void pdfXChangeEditor_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("pdfXChangeEditor_Enter");
        }

        private void pdfXChangeEditor_Leave(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("pdfXChangeEditor_Leave");
        }

        private void pdfXChangeEditor_OnEvent(object sender, AxPDFXEdit._IPXV_ControlEvents_OnEventEvent e)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("pdfXChangeEditor_OnEvent");
        }

Almost as if the event is not registered, but it is in the designer file...

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            //
            // pdfXChangeEditor
            //
            resources.ApplyResources(this.pdfXChangeEditor, "pdfXChangeEditor");
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.Name = "pdfXChangeEditor";
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.OcxState = ((System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.State)(resources.GetObject("pdfXChangeEditor.OcxState")));
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.OnEvent += new AxPDFXEdit._IPXV_ControlEvents_OnEventEventHandler(this.pdfXChangeEditor_OnEvent);
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.VisibleChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.pdfXChangeEditor_VisibleChanged);
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.Enter += new System.EventHandler(this.pdfXChangeEditor_Enter);
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.pdfXChangeEditor_Leave);
            this.pdfXChangeEditor.Resize += new System.EventHandler(this.pdfXChangeEditor_Resize);

Is there anything special about this specific event that perhaps requires more setup or configuration?

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hello JGForwick,

You should never store the numeric ID value between sessions. The IDs should be generated dynamically from their string values via the Str2ID method on the start of the program or where you needed it. The numeric values will differ from build to build so they should not be used directly.

Cheers,
Alex