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-pdfauthor AuthorString

 

The -pdfauthor flag sets the Author field in a PDF file to AuthorString.  This option is only available when acquiring to PDF files.  By default, the Author string in the PDF file is "None".

 

If AuthorString has embedded spaces, the AuthorString must be surrounded with double quotes:

 

Example:

 

DTWAIN_TwainSave(" -F pdf -pdfauthor \""My Author String\"");

 

Note that in the example above, C/C++ escape sequences are used to embed double quotes in the string.  Please consult your language as to the proper way to insert double quotes within quoted strings.

 

Acquires to a PDF file and sets the PDF author string in the file to "My Author String".

 

Default Setting:

The Author field is set to "None".