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How to add semitransparent text watermarks to existing PDF document using Bytescout.PDF library for .NET

How to add text watermarks into existing PDF document

This example demonstrates how to add backround semi-transparent text watermarks into existing PDF documents

output PDF document with semitransparent text watermarks added

Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_watermarking_pdf_documents.zip (40 KB)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.PDF;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace HelloWorld
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create main PDF Doc Engine
PDFDocEngine engine = new PDFDocEngine("", "");

// Add new document
Document document = engine.AddDocument("Document.pdf");

for (uint i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
// Append new page to the document
Page page = document.GetPage(i);

// Create new drawing
Drawing drawing = page.AddDrawing();

// Add standard font
uint font = document.AddFontStandard(StandardFontType.TimesBold, FontEncodingType.WinAnsi);

// Set Active Font
drawing.SetActiveFont(font, 200, false, false);

// Set output text
string txt = "Page " + (i+1).ToString();

// Set text color
drawing.SetColor(Drawing.RGBToColor(255, 0, 0));

// Save the current graphics state on the graphics state stack
drawing.StateStore();

// Create new graphic state
DrawingState drawingState = new DrawingState(document);

// Set fill alpha blending to 30%
drawingState.AlphaFill = 0.3f;
// Set lines alpha blending to 100%
drawingState.AlphaStroke = 1.0f;
// Set graphic state as current
drawing.SetGState(drawingState);

// Place Text
drawing.PlaceText(100.0f, 600.0f, 45.0f, txt);

// Restore previous graphics state
drawing.StateRestore();

// Closing drawing on the page
drawing.Close();
}
// Save document
document.Save("Result.pdf");

// open generated PDF document in default PDF viewer installed in Windows
Process.Start("Result.pdf");
}
}
}

Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_watermarking_pdf_documents.zip (40 KB)

Filed in: PDF SDK for .NET

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