PdfMarkupAnnotationData.AddReply(String, String) Method

Adds a comment to the document annotation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public PdfMarkupAnnotationComment AddReply(
    string author,
    string contents
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddReply(
    author As String,
    contents As String
) As PdfMarkupAnnotationComment

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
author	String	The comment’s author.
contents	String	The comment’s text.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfMarkupAnnotationComment	The annotation comment.

Remarks

The code sample below creates two nested comments and adds a review to the second comment (the document is opened in DevExpress WinForms PDF Viewer):

C#

private static void AddAnnotationComments(PdfMarkupAnnotationData annotation)
{
    PdfMarkupAnnotationComment comment =
    annotation.AddReply("Reviewer", "Done");
    comment.Subject = "Proofread";

    PdfMarkupAnnotationComment nestedComment =
    comment.AddReply(annotation.Author, "Thanks");
    nestedComment.Subject = "Reviewed";
}

VB.NET

Private Shared Sub AddAnnotationComments(ByVal annotation As PdfMarkupAnnotationData)
    Dim comment As PdfMarkupAnnotationComment = annotation.AddReply("Reviewer", "Done")
    comment.Subject = "Proofread"

    Dim nestedComment As PdfMarkupAnnotationComment = comment.AddReply(annotation.Author, "Thanks")
    nestedComment.Subject = "Reviewed"
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the AddReply(String, String) method.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#

pdf-document-api-manage-annotations-in-document/CS/CreateMarkupAnnotation/Program.cs#L88

//Add a comment for the specified annotation:
PdfMarkupAnnotationComment comment = annotation.AddReply("Reviewer", "Done");
comment.Subject = "Proofread";

VB.NET

pdf-document-api-manage-annotations-in-document/VB/CreateMarkupAnnotation/Program.vb#L69

'Add a comment for the specified annotation:
Dim comment As PdfMarkupAnnotationComment = annotation.AddReply("Reviewer", "Done")
comment.Subject = "Proofread"