Setting name of annotation?

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I can query the name of an annotation with GetAnnotStrProperty(103) but it's always empty, and calling SetAnnotStrProperty(103) doesn't work (it returns zero and the annotation name is unchanged0.
Is this just a shortcoming of the library, or am I missing something?

Thanks!
Chris

p.s. I have the same question about setting the author name for an annotation (which is not the same as setting the author of the document) and the 'lock' property as well ...

[QuickPDF library version 8.14]
[64-bit Windows 7, C# in Visual Studio 2010]

Edited by cscooper - 13 Apr 12 at 4:46PM

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cscooper Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 06 Apr 12 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote cscooper Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Setting name of annotation? Posted: 13 Apr 12 at 2:55PM
	I can query the name of an annotation with GetAnnotStrProperty(103) but it's always empty, and calling SetAnnotStrProperty(103) doesn't work (it returns zero and the annotation name is unchanged0. Is this just a shortcoming of the library, or am I missing something? Thanks! Chris p.s. I have the same question about setting the author name for an annotation (which is not the same as setting the author of the document) and the 'lock' property as well ... [QuickPDF library version 8.14] [64-bit Windows 7, C# in Visual Studio 2010] Edited by cscooper - 13 Apr 12 at 4:46PM

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Apr 12 at 12:44PM
	I have checked a few PDF's with annotations and not all annotations have a name and many of them don't have a name that is not meaningful. Can you post a link to a PDF that you are trying to extract names from and I can tell you what is going on. Andrew.

cscooper Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 06 Apr 12 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote cscooper Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Apr 12 at 1:15PM
	Thanks for looking into this Andrew, this for an annotation that I am creating. I call AddTextMarkupAnnotation() to create an annotation, and then in order to access that annotation from JavaScript I need to give it a name. There's a JavaScript function "doc.getAnnot()" that takes the annotation name as its argument and returns the Annot object - so the name doesn't have to make any sense to us humans as long as it's unique. For this same annotation that I am creating, I would like to set the 'author' property because Adobe Reader displays the popup for this annotation as a box split into two sections; the bottom section is the contents I specify with the SetAnnotContents() function so that's good, but the top section is for the author's name and it's always empty since I have no way to set it with QuickPDF. Finally, when the user views this annotation I've created, it's too easy for them to accidentally modify the text in the popup box, so I'd like to set the 'locked' property. Thanks! Chris