# DocumentSettings.CreatorApplication Property

> Gets or sets the application, which has created the current document. It is an empty string, if a creator application is not contained in the current document.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 29.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > DocumentSettings.CreatorApplication Property
- **578 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/documentsettings/creatorapplication-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/documentsettings/creatorapplication-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/documentsettings/creatorapplication-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the application, which has created the current document. It is an empty string, if a creator application is not contained in the current document.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string CreatorApplication { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property CreatorApplication As String
```

### Examples

The following example configures document settings for the current document by using `DocumentSettings.CreatorApplication`.

```csharp
DocumentSettings documentSettings = textControl.DocumentSettings;

documentSettings.CreatorApplication = "Quarterly report";
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(documentSettings.CreatorApplication))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Creator Application: {documentSettings.CreatorApplication}");
}

documentSettings.DocumentTitle = "Quarterly results";
documentSettings.Author = "Finance team";
```

```vbnet
Dim documentSettings As DocumentSettings = textControl.DocumentSettings

documentSettings.CreatorApplication = "Quarterly report"
If Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(documentSettings.CreatorApplication) Then
    Console.WriteLine($"Creator Application: {documentSettings.CreatorApplication}")
End If

documentSettings.DocumentTitle = "Quarterly results"
documentSettings.Author = "Finance team"
```

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## Nearby

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