Set Invisible Text Over Image in PDF - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Set Invisible Text Over Image in PDF’
Program.vb
Imports Bytescout.PDF
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to create PDF document from scanned document image and add invisible text over it. 
''' </summary>
Class Program
    Shared Sub Main()
        ' Create new PDF document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
        pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
        ' If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below And comment the Add page section instead
        ' pdfDocument.Load(".\existing_document.pdf")
        ' Load image from file to System.Drawing.Image object (we need it to get the image resolution)
        Dim sysImage As System.Drawing.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(".\scanned-invoice.png")
        ' Compute image size in PDF units (Points)
        Dim widthInPoints As Single = sysImage.Width / sysImage.HorizontalResolution * 72.0F
        Dim heightInPoints As Single = sysImage.Height / sysImage.VerticalResolution * 72.0F
        ' Create page of computed size
        Dim page = New Page(widthInPoints, heightInPoints)
        ' Add page to the document
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)
        Dim canvas = page.Canvas
        ' Create Bytescout.PDF.Image object from loaded image
        Dim pdfImage = New Image(sysImage)
        ' Draw the image
        canvas.DrawImage(pdfImage, 0, 0, widthInPoints, heightInPoints)
        ' Dispose the System.Drawing.Image object to free resources
        sysImage.Dispose()
        ' Create brush
        Dim transparentBrush As SolidBrush = New SolidBrush(New ColorGray(0))
        ' ... and make it transparent
        transparentBrush.Opacity = 0
        ' Draw text with transparent brush
        Dim font16 As Font = New Font(StandardFonts.Helvetica, 16)
        canvas.DrawString("Your Company Name", font16, transparentBrush, 40, 40)
        ' Draw another text
        Dim font10 As Font = New Font(StandardFonts.Helvetica, 10)
        canvas.DrawString("Your Address", font10, transparentBrush, 40, 80)
        ' Save document to file
        pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")
        ' Cleanup 
		pdfDocument.Dispose()
        ' Open document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")
    End Sub
End Class
Resources.Designer.vb
��' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 
 '   <