How to: Create a Text Markup Annotation Programmatically

• Mar 27, 2019

Note

The complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-text-markup-annotation-programmatically-t551899

This example shows how to create a text markup annotation that highlights a selected text.

C#

using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace CreateMarkupAnnotation {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Load a document.
            pdfViewer1.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Demo.pdf");

            // Select the document area where the markup annotation will be created.
            pdfViewer1.Select(new RectangleF(-230, 420, 1240, 150));

            // Highlight a selected text.
            pdfViewer1.HighlightSelectedText();
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace CreateMarkupAnnotation
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            pdfViewer1.LoadDocument("..\..\Demo.pdf")
            pdfViewer1.[Select](New RectangleF(-230, 420, 1240, 150))
            pdfViewer1.HighlightSelectedText()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace