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FlexPro Documentation 2025

author

Read access to the name of a data object author. Read/write access to the name of the author of the current formula or FlexPro data.

Syntax

DataObject.author

or

Data.author

or

this.author = Name

or

Data.author = Name

The syntax of the author property consists of the following elements:

Element

Description

DataObject

The data object being accessed. Use this to access the current formula.

Data

A flexpro.Data object to which header information of the data object from which it originates is assigned.

Name

String with the name of the author.

Remarks

Write access to the header information of a data object is only permitted for the formula in which the Python code is located. Instead of using write access, you should preferably edit the attribute on the General tab of the Properties dialog box.

Available In

FlexPro Professional, Developer Suite

Examples

this.author

Returns a string with the name of the user who created the current formula.

a = flexpro.object(r'\Formula’).author

Returns a string with the name of the user who created the formula "Formula" in the root folder.