Description

Informs whether the document's text and/or formatting attributes can be changed. The property's value depends on the DocumentPermissions.ReadOnly property and the currently set edit mode.

Syntax

public bool CanEdit { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property CanEdit As Boolean

Examples

The following example applies bold formatting through the text view generator's selection by using TextViewGenerator.CanEdit.

Selection formattedSelection = textViewGenerator.Selection;
formattedSelection.Bold = true;
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection;

if (textViewGenerator.CanEdit)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator is ready for this operation.");
}

Dim formattedSelection As Selection = textViewGenerator.Selection
formattedSelection.Bold = True
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection

If textViewGenerator.CanEdit Then
    Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator is ready for this operation.")
End If

Limitations

Runtime only.

Read only.