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How to add annotation with markup in pdf with pdf sdk in C# and ByteScout Premium Suite

This code in C# shows how to add annotation with markup in pdf with pdf sdk with this how to tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example C# source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording and you can use it to add annotation with markup in pdf with pdf sdk with C#.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Premium Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Premium Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace MarkupAnnotation
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to add markup annotations.
    /// </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);

            // Draw sample markup annotations

            SquareAnnotation squareAnnotation = new SquareAnnotation(20, 20, 80, 80);
            squareAnnotation.BackgroundColor = new ColorRGB(255, 240, 240);
            squareAnnotation.BorderStyle.Style = BorderStyle.Dashed;
            squareAnnotation.BorderStyle.DashPattern = new DashPattern(new float[] { 3, 1, 3});
            page.Annotations.Add(squareAnnotation);

            CircleAnnotation circleAnnotation = new CircleAnnotation(120, 20, 80, 80);
            circleAnnotation.BackgroundColor = new ColorRGB(240, 250, 240);
            circleAnnotation.Color = new ColorRGB(128, 0 ,128);
            circleAnnotation.BorderEffect.Effect = BorderEffect.Cloudy;
            circleAnnotation.BorderEffect.Intensity = 2;
            page.Annotations.Add(circleAnnotation);

            LineAnnotation lineAnnotation = new LineAnnotation(20, 180, 100, 120);
            lineAnnotation.Color = new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0);
            lineAnnotation.StartLineStyle = LineEndingStyle.Butt;
            lineAnnotation.EndLineStyle = LineEndingStyle.OpenArrow;
            page.Annotations.Add(lineAnnotation);

            PointF[] pp = { new PointF(120, 120), new PointF(130, 130), new PointF(140, 120), new PointF(150, 130), new PointF(160, 120), new PointF(170, 130) };
            PointsArray points = new PointsArray(pp);
            PolylineAnnotation polylineAnnotation = new PolylineAnnotation(points);
            polylineAnnotation.BorderStyle.Width = 2;
            page.Annotations.Add(polylineAnnotation);
            
            
            // 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);
        }
    }
}