ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in C# and ByteScout PDF Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in C#

Quickly learn how to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with this sample source code. ByteScout PDF Suite is the set that includes 6 SDK products to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript. It can add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in C#.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace TextAnnotationExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to add a text annotation.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);

            // Add collapsed annotation (shown as a tooltip when mouse is over the icon)
            TextAnnotation collapsedAnnotation = new TextAnnotation(20, 20);
            collapsedAnnotation.Color = new ColorRGB(255, 255, 0);
            collapsedAnnotation.Icon = TextAnnotationIcon.Comment;
            collapsedAnnotation.Author = "Mr. Important";
            collapsedAnnotation.Contents = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
            page.Annotations.Add(collapsedAnnotation);

            // Add expanded annotation
            TextAnnotation expandedAnnotation = new TextAnnotation(20, 50);
            expandedAnnotation.Color = new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0);
            expandedAnnotation.Icon = TextAnnotationIcon.Note;
            expandedAnnotation.Open = true;
            expandedAnnotation.Author = "John Doe";
            expandedAnnotation.Contents = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
            page.Annotations.Add(expandedAnnotation);
            
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}