ByteScout PDF SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Set Markup Aannotation in PDF

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How to set markup aannotation in PDF in VBScript and VB6 and ByteScout PDF SDK

This code in VBScript and VB6 shows how to set markup aannotation in PDF with this how to tutorial

The coding tutorials are designed to help you test the features without need to write your own code. What is ByteScout PDF SDK? It is the component to help programmers in generating new pdf files, modifying and updating existing pdf documents or pdf forms. Provides support for auto-filling pdf forms, adding text with adjustable font, style, size, font family, new form fields, vector and raster drawings. It can help you to set markup aannotation in PDF in your VBScript and VB6 application.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do set markup aannotation in PDF in VBScript and VB6 with the help of ByteScout PDF SDK. In order to implement the functionality, you should copy and paste this code for VBScript and VB6 below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in VBScript and VB6.

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MarkupAnnotation.vbs

      ' This example demonstrates how to add markup annotations.

' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object
Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.Document")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers

' Add page
Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)

' Draw sample markup annotations

Set squareAnnotation = comHelpers.CreateSquareAnnotation(20, 20, 80, 80)
squareAnnotation.BackgroundColor = comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(255, 240, 240)
squareAnnotation.BorderStyle.Style = comHelpers.BORDERSTYLE_DASHED
squareAnnotation.BorderStyle.DashPattern = comHelpers.CreateDashPattern(Array(3.0, 1.0, 3.0), 0)
page1.Annotations.Add(squareAnnotation)

Set circleAnnotation = comHelpers.CreateCircleAnnotation(120, 20, 80, 80)
circleAnnotation.BackgroundColor = comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(240, 250, 240)
circleAnnotation.Color = comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(128, 0, 128)
circleAnnotation.BorderEffect.Effect = comHelpers.BORDEREFFECT_CLOUDY
circleAnnotation.BorderEffect.Intensity = 2
page1.Annotations.Add(circleAnnotation)

Set lineAnnotation = comHelpers.CreateLineAnnotation(20, 180, 100, 120)
lineAnnotation.Color = comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(255, 0, 0)
lineAnnotation.StartLineStyle = comHelpers.LINEENDINGSTYLE_BUTT
lineAnnotation.EndLineStyle = comHelpers.LINEENDINGSTYLE_OPENARROW
page1.Annotations.Add(lineAnnotation)

Set pointsArray = comHelpers.CreatePointsArray(Array(Array(120, 120), Array(130, 130), Array(140, 120), Array(150, 130), Array(160, 120), Array(170, 130)))
Set polylineAnnotation = comHelpers.CreatePolylineAnnotation((pointsArray))
polylineAnnotation.BorderStyle.Width = 2
page1.Annotations.Add(polylineAnnotation)

' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false