# Public Function SetCustomMetadata(CustomMetadata As Variant, CustomMetadataOnly As Boolean) As Boole

**Defined in**

 `SwPDFSettings`

**Syntax**

 `swPDFCreator.PDFSettings`**`.`**`SetCustomMetadata(customMetadata, true)`

**Parameters**

 `CustomMetadata`

 Variant. User defined `"Name|Value"` String array.`Dim customMetadata(2) As String`

       `customMetadata(0) = "Name|Value"`\
       `customMetadata(1) = "Other name|Other value"`

 `CustomMetadataOnly`

 Boolean. Defines if custom metadata only will be store in PDF.\
               Otherwise Lotus Notes field/value pairs are also stored as metadata. 

**Return value**

True on success.


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