PdfPageFacade.AddTextAnnotation(PdfPoint) Method

Adds a text annotation at the specified point on the page.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public PdfTextAnnotationFacade AddTextAnnotation(
    PdfPoint point
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddTextAnnotation(
    point As PdfPoint
) As PdfTextAnnotationFacade

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
point	PdfPoint	The point on the page to position the text annotation.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfTextAnnotationFacade	An object that contains text annotation properties.

Remarks

The code sample below creates a sticky note at the specified point on the first page:

C#

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

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

  // Add sticky note at the specified point
  PdfTextAnnotationFacade textAnnotation =
     page.AddTextAnnotation(new PdfPoint(64, 65));

  // Specify annotation parameters
  textAnnotation.Author = "Nancy Davolio";
  textAnnotation.Color = new PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.2, 0.1);
  textAnnotation.Contents = "Please proofread this document";
}

VB.NET

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

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

  ' Add sticky note at the specified point
  Dim textAnnotation As PdfTextAnnotationFacade =
     page.AddTextAnnotation(New PdfPoint(64, 65))

  ' Specify annotation parameters
  textAnnotation.Author = "Nancy Davolio"
  textAnnotation.Color = New PdfRGBColor(0.8, 0.2, 0.1)
  textAnnotation.Contents = "Please proofread this document"
End Using