How to update a Comment date

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

Hi,

Just wondering if there’s anything special that needs to happen for changes to the Comment date to stick. If I use:

Aspose.Words.NodeCollection comments = wordDocument.GetChildNodes(Aspose.Words.NodeType.Comment, true);
foreach (Aspose.Words.Comment comment in comments)
{
    comment.Initial = "A";
    comment.Author = "Author";
    comment.DateTime = DateTime.Now;
}

The Initial and Author get updated, but the DateTime remains the original after saving (during debug it is changed, upon save it reverts to the original).

I note in the comments.xml the information looks correct:

<w:comment w:id="0" w:author="Author" w:date="2023-09-26T05:40:05Z" w:initials="A">

but in the commentsExtensible.xml it has the old date

<w16cex:commentExtensible w16cex:durableId="22CD74CC" w16cex:dateUtc="2020-07-30T06:33:00Z" />

Is there an extra command that needs to run to make it appear with the new DateTime?

2

Just for clarity, it looks like Aspose is reading the new date, but Word shows the old date in the comments pane.

3

@GaryO
We have opened the following new ticket(s) in our internal issue tracking system and will deliver their fixes according to the terms mentioned in Free Support Policies.

Issue ID(s): WORDSNET-25975

You can obtain Paid Support Services if you need support on a priority basis, along with the direct access to our Paid Support management team.

4

The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSNET-25975) have been fixed in this Aspose.Words for .NET 23.11 update also available on NuGet.

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