Use Markup for Annotations in PDF - VB.NET
PDF SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Use Markup for Annotations in PDF’
Program.vb
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDF
''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to add markup annotations.
''' </summary>
Class Program
Shared Sub Main()
' Create new 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")
' Add page
Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)
' Draw sample markup annotations
Dim squareAnnotation = New SquareAnnotation(20, 20, 80, 80)
squareAnnotation.BackgroundColor = New ColorRGB(255, 240, 240)
squareAnnotation.BorderStyle.Style = BorderStyle.Dashed
squareAnnotation.BorderStyle.DashPattern = New DashPattern(New Single() {3, 1, 3})
page.Annotations.Add(squareAnnotation)
Dim circleAnnotation = New CircleAnnotation(120, 20, 80, 80)
circleAnnotation.BackgroundColor = New ColorRGB(240, 250, 240)
circleAnnotation.Color = New ColorRGB(128, 0, 128)
circleAnnotation.BorderEffect.Effect = BorderEffect.Cloudy
circleAnnotation.BorderEffect.Intensity = 2
page.Annotations.Add(circleAnnotation)
Dim lineAnnotation = New LineAnnotation(20, 180, 100, 120)
lineAnnotation.Color = New ColorRGB(255, 0, 0)
lineAnnotation.StartLineStyle = LineEndingStyle.Butt
lineAnnotation.EndLineStyle = LineEndingStyle.OpenArrow
page.Annotations.Add(lineAnnotation)
Dim pp = {New PointF(120, 120), New PointF(130, 130), New PointF(140, 120), New PointF(150, 130), New PointF(160, 120), New PointF(170, 130)}
Dim points = New PointsArray(pp)
Dim polylineAnnotation = New PolylineAnnotation(points)
polylineAnnotation.BorderStyle.Width = 2
page.Annotations.Add(polylineAnnotation)
' 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
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