PdfPageFacade.AddLineAnnotation(PdfPoint, PdfPoint) Method

Creates a line annotation between the specified points.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public PdfLineAnnotationFacade AddLineAnnotation(
    PdfPoint start,
    PdfPoint end
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddLineAnnotation(
    start As PdfPoint,
    end As PdfPoint
) As PdfLineAnnotationFacade

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
start	PdfPoint	The start point of the annotation.
end	PdfPoint	The end point of the annotation.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfLineAnnotationFacade	An object that contains the line annotation properties.

Example

The code sample below creates a red line annotation:

C#

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    // Load a document
    processor.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Document.pdf");

    // Access the first page properties
    PdfPageFacade pageFacade = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages[0];

    // Define an annotation's start and end points
    PdfPoint start = new PdfPoint(100, 100);
    PdfPoint end = new PdfPoint(150, 100);

    // Add a line annotation
    PdfLineAnnotationFacade lineAnnotation = pageFacade.AddLineAnnotation(start, end);

    // Specify the annotation parameters
    lineAnnotation.Author = "Brian Zetc";
    lineAnnotation.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.DashDot;
    lineAnnotation.BorderWidth = 3;
    lineAnnotation.Color = new PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.2, 0.1);
    lineAnnotation.Contents = "Made in PDF Document API";

    // Save the result
    processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
}

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  ' Load a document
  processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")

  ' Access the first page properties
  Dim pageFacade As PdfPageFacade = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages(0)

  ' Define an annotation's start and end points
  Dim start As New PdfPoint(100, 100)
  Dim [end] As New PdfPoint(150, 100)

  ' Add a line annotation
  Dim lineAnnotation As PdfLineAnnotationFacade = pageFacade.AddLineAnnotation(start, [end])

  ' Specify the annotation parameters
  lineAnnotation.Author = "Brian Zetc"
  lineAnnotation.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.DashDot
  lineAnnotation.BorderWidth = 3
  lineAnnotation.Color = New PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.2, 0.1)
  lineAnnotation.Contents = "Made in PDF Document API"

  ' Save the result
  processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
End Using