Class PdfAnnotation

Represents the base class for annotation objects.

Inheritance

System.Object

PdfAnnotation

PdfAngleMeasurementAnnotation

PdfCircleAnnotation

PdfCircleMeasurementAnnotation

PdfFileAnnotation

PdfFreeTextAnnotation

PdfInkAnnotation

PdfLineAnnotation

PdfLineMeasurementAnnotation

PdfLinkAnnotation

PdfLoadedAnnotation

PdfPolygonAnnotation

PdfPolyLineAnnotation

PdfPopupAnnotation

PdfRedactionAnnotation

PdfRichMediaAnnotation

PdfRubberStampAnnotation

PdfSquareAnnotation

PdfSquareMeasurementAnnotation

PdfTextMarkupAnnotation

PdfWatermarkAnnotation

Implements

System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Syncfusion.Pdf.Interactive

Assembly: Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll

Syntax

public abstract class PdfAnnotation : IPdfWrapper, INotifyPropertyChanged

Constructors

PdfAnnotation(PdfPageBase, String)

Creates new annotation object with the specified PDF page and text.

Declaration

protected PdfAnnotation(PdfPageBase page, string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfPageBase	page	The page where annotation to be added.
System.String	text	The text.

PdfAnnotation(RectangleF)

Creates new annotation object with the specified bounds.

Declaration

protected PdfAnnotation(RectangleF bounds)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.RectangleF	bounds	Bounds of the annotation.

Properties

AnnotationFlags

Gets or sets the annotation flags.

Declaration

public virtual PdfAnnotationFlags AnnotationFlags { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfAnnotationFlags

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page .
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Set the annotation flags to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.AnnotationFlags = PdfAnnotationFlags.Print;
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
 'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a new rectangle.
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Set the annotation flags to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.AnnotationFlags = PdfAnnotationFlags.Print
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

Author

Gets or Sets the Author of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual string Author { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

Border

Gets or sets annotation's border properties like width, horizontal radius etc.

Declaration

public virtual PdfAnnotationBorder Border { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfAnnotationBorder

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new rectangle.
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Assign the border to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Border = new PdfAnnotationBorder(5);
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a new page 
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a new rectangle
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Assign the border to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Border = New PdfAnnotationBorder(5)
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

Bounds

Gets or sets annotation's bounds in the PDF page.

Declaration

public virtual RectangleF Bounds { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.RectangleF

Remarks

If this property is not set, the bounds are calculated automatically based on Location property and content of annotation.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new rectangle.
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Assign the bounds to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Bounds=new RectangleF(50, 100, 30, 30);
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
 'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a new rectangle.
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Assign the bounds to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Bounds=New RectangleF(50, 100, 30, 30)
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

Color

Gets or sets the annotation color.

Declaration

public virtual PdfColor Color { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfColor	The PdfColor which draws the outline of the annotation.

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page 
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new rectangle.
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Set the color.
soundAnnotation.Color = new PdfColor(Color.Red);
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a a new rectangle.
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Set the color.
soundAnnotation.Color = New PdfColor(Color.Red)
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

Flatten

Gets or sets the boolean flag to flatten the annotations.

Declaration

public bool Flatten { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

FlattenPopUps

Get or set flatten the Popups annotations

Declaration

public bool FlattenPopUps { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

InnerColor

Get or set the inner color of the annotation. Default color is transparent

Declaration

public virtual PdfColor InnerColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfColor

Layer

Get or set the PdfLayer to the annotation

Declaration

public PdfLayer Layer { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfLayer

Location

Gets or sets the location of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual PointF Location { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.PointF

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new rectangle
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Assign the location to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Location=new PointF(50, 100);
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a new rectangle
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Assign the location to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Location=New PointF(50, 100)
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

ModifiedDate

Gets or Sets the ModifiedDate of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual DateTime ModifiedDate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.DateTime

Name

Gets or sets the Name to the uniquely identifying annotations.

Declaration

public string Name { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page .
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create PDF font and PDF font style .
Font font = new Font("Calibri", 10, FontStyle.Bold);
PdfFont pdfFont = new PdfTrueTypeFont(font, false);
//Create a new pdf brush.
PdfBrush pdfBrush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black);
//Draw text in the new page.
page.Graphics.DrawString("Text Markup Annotation Demo", pdfFont, pdfBrush, new PointF(150, 10));
string markupText = "Text Markup";
SizeF size = pdfFont.MeasureString(markupText);
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(175, 40, size.Width, size.Height);
page.Graphics.DrawString(markupText, pdfFont, pdfBrush, rectangle);
//Create a pdf text markup annotation .
PdfTextMarkupAnnotation markupAnnotation = new PdfTextMarkupAnnotation("Markup annotation", "Markup annotation with highlight style", markupText, new PointF(175, 40), pdfFont);
markupAnnotation.TextMarkupColor = new PdfColor(Color.BlueViolet);
markupAnnotation.TextMarkupAnnotationType = PdfTextMarkupAnnotationType.Highlight;
markupAnnotation.Name = "d5daa6e7-4a7d-4e33-0168-4c4211e2c491";
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(markupAnnotation);
//Save the document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create pdf font and pdf font style .
Dim font As New Font("Calibri", 10, FontStyle.Bold)
Dim pdfFont As PdfFont = New PdfTrueTypeFont(font, False)
'Create a new PDF brush.
Dim pdfBrush As PdfBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black)
'Draw text in the new page.
page.Graphics.DrawString("Text Markup Annotation Demo", pdfFont, pdfBrush, New PointF(150, 10))
Dim markupText As String = "Text Markup"
Dim size As SizeF = pdfFont.MeasureString(markupText)
Dim rectangle As New RectangleF(175, 40, size.Width, size.Height)
page.Graphics.DrawString(markupText, pdfFont, pdfBrush, rectangle)
'Create a pdf text markup annotation .
Dim markupAnnotation As New PdfTextMarkupAnnotation("Markup annotation", "Markup annotation with highlight style", markupText, New PointF(175, 40), pdfFont)
markupAnnotation.TextMarkupColor = New PdfColor(Color.BlueViolet)
markupAnnotation.TextMarkupAnnotationType = PdfTextMarkupAnnotationType.Highlight
markupAnnotation.Name = "d5daa6e7-4a7d-4e33-0168-4c4211e2c491"
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(markupAnnotation)
'Save the document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'close the document
document.Close(True)

Opacity

Gets or Sets the Opacity of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual float Opacity { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Single

Page

Gets a page of the annotation. Read-Only.

Declaration

public PdfPage Page { get; }

Property Value

Type
PdfPage

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page .
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new rectangle
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Gets the page.
PdfPage pdfPage=soundAnnotation.Page;
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
 'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a new rectangle
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Gets the page.
Dim pdfPage As PdfPage =soundAnnotation.Page
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

PdfTag

Gets or sets the tag for annotation

Declaration

public PdfTag PdfTag { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfTag

Rotate

Gets or sets the rotation of PDF annotation

Declaration

public PdfAnnotationRotateAngle Rotate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
PdfAnnotationRotateAngle

Size

Gets or sets the size of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual SizeF Size { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.SizeF

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new rectangle
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Assign the size to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Size=new SizeF(50, 50);
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
'Create a new page.
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a new rectangle
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Assign the size to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Size=New SizeF(50, 50)
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

Subject

Gets or Sets the Subject of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual string Subject { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

Text

Gets or sets content of the annotation.

Declaration

public virtual string Text { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page .
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
RectangleF rectangle = new RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30);
//Create a new sound annotation.
PdfSoundAnnotation soundAnnotation = new PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, @"input.wav");
//Set the text to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Text="Sound Annotation";
//Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation);
//Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);

'Create a new PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument()
 'Create a new page .
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
Dim rectangle As RectangleF  = New RectangleF(10, 40, 30, 30)
'Create a new sound annotation.
Dim soundAnnotation As PdfSoundAnnotation = New PdfSoundAnnotation(rectangle, "input.wav")
'Set the text to sound annotation.
soundAnnotation.Text="Sound Annotation"
'Add this annotation to a new page.
page.Annotations.Add(soundAnnotation)
'Save the  document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)

Methods

CalculateBounds(RectangleF, PdfPage, PdfLoadedPage)

returns annotation bounds.

Declaration

protected RectangleF CalculateBounds(RectangleF Bounds, PdfPage page, PdfLoadedPage loadedpage)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.RectangleF	Bounds
PdfPage	page
PdfLoadedPage	loadedpage

Returns

Type
System.Drawing.RectangleF

CalculateTemplateBounds(RectangleF, PdfPageBase, PdfTemplate)

Declaration

protected PointF CalculateTemplateBounds(RectangleF Bounds, PdfPageBase page, PdfTemplate template)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.RectangleF	Bounds
PdfPageBase	page
PdfTemplate	template

Returns

Type
System.Drawing.PointF

CalculateTemplateBounds(RectangleF, PdfPageBase, PdfTemplate, Boolean)

Returns the annotation appearance location to be draw in page

Declaration

protected RectangleF CalculateTemplateBounds(RectangleF bounds, PdfPageBase page, PdfTemplate template, bool isNormalMatrix)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.RectangleF	bounds
PdfPageBase	page
PdfTemplate	template
System.Boolean	isNormalMatrix

Returns

Type
System.Drawing.RectangleF

CalculateTemplateBounds(RectangleF, PdfPageBase, PdfTemplate, Boolean, PdfGraphics)

Returns the annotation appearance location to be draw in page

Declaration

protected RectangleF CalculateTemplateBounds(RectangleF bounds, PdfPageBase page, PdfTemplate template, bool isNormalMatrix, PdfGraphics graphics)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.RectangleF	bounds
PdfPageBase	page
PdfTemplate	template
System.Boolean	isNormalMatrix
PdfGraphics	graphics

Returns

Type
System.Drawing.RectangleF

CheckFlatten()

Obtain annotation need flatten

Declaration

protected void CheckFlatten()

Initialize()

Initializes annotation object.

Declaration

protected virtual void Initialize()

Save()

Saves an annotation.

Declaration

protected virtual void Save()

SetAppearance(Boolean)

Specifies whether to set the default appearance for the annotation or not.

Declaration

public void SetAppearance(bool appearance)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	appearance

SetValues(String, String)

Set the values associated with the specified key.

Declaration

public void SetValues(string key, string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	key
System.String	value

Examples

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page.
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//To specify the line end points
int[] points = new int[] { 80, 420, 150, 420 };
//Create a new line annotation and set properties.
PdfLineAnnotation lineAnnotation = new PdfLineAnnotation(points);
lineAnnotation.Text = "Line Annotation";
//Create pdf line border
LineBorder lineBorder = new LineBorder();
lineBorder.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.Solid;
lineBorder.BorderWidth = 1;
lineAnnotation.lineBorder = lineBorder;
lineAnnotation.LineIntent = PdfLineIntent.LineDimension;
lineAnnotation.Author = "LineAnnotaion";
lineAnnotation.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now;
lineAnnotation.Subject = "LineAnnoataion";
lineAnnotation.SetValues("State", "CustomState");
lineAnnotation.SetValues("StateModel", "CustomStateModel");
page.Annotations.Add(lineAnnotation);
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);

Dim document As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add
Dim points() As Integer = New Integer() { 80, 420, 150, 420}
Dim lineAnnotation As PdfLineAnnotation = New PdfLineAnnotation(points)
lineAnnotation.Text = "Line Annotation"
Dim lineBorder As LineBorder = New LineBorder
lineBorder.BorderStyle = PdfBorderStyle.Solid
lineBorder.BorderWidth = 1
lineAnnotation.lineBorder = lineBorder
lineAnnotation.LineIntent = PdfLineIntent.LineDimension
lineAnnotation.Author = "LineAnnotaion"
lineAnnotation.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now
lineAnnotation.Subject = "LineAnnoataion"
lineAnnotation.SetValues("State", "CustomState")
lineAnnotation.SetValues("StateModel", "CustomStateModel")
page.Annotations.Add(lineAnnotation)
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(true)

Events

PropertyChanged

The event will rise when the annotations properties have been changed.

Declaration

public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged

Event Type

Type
System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventHandler

Implements

System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged

See Also

PdfUriAnnotation

PdfSoundAnnotation

PdfRubberStampAnnotation

PdfPopupAnnotation

PdfTextWebLink

PdfTextMarkupAnnotation

PdfLineAnnotation

PdfFileLinkAnnotation

PdfDocumentLinkAnnotation