# EmbeddedFile.Description Property

> Gets the file's optional description. If no description is set, this property returns null.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 33.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.PDF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.PDF > EmbeddedFile.Description Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-pdf/embeddedfile/description-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-pdf/embeddedfile/description-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-pdf/embeddedfile/description-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets the file's optional description. If no description is set, this property returns null.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string Description { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property Description As String
```

### Examples

The following example includes the description value in application diagnostics. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
Console.WriteLine($"Description: {embeddedFile.Description}");
Console.WriteLine("Embedded File is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
Console.WriteLine($"Description: {embeddedFile.Description}")
Console.WriteLine("Embedded File is ready for use.")
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

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