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How to set markup aannotation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript and ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to set markup aannotation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript

The sample source codes on this page shows how to set markup aannotation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript. ByteScout PDF Suite: 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 set markup aannotation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do set markup aannotation in pdf with pdf sdk in VBScript with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. This VBScript sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample VBScript codes.

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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