How to add text watermarks into existing PDF document
This example demonstrates how to add backround semi-transparent text watermarks into existing PDF documents
Program.vb:
VB
'******************************************************************* ' ByteScout PDF SDK ' ' Copyright © 2016 Bytescout, https://bytescout.com ' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ' '******************************************************************* Imports Bytescout.PDF ''' <summary> ''' This example demonstrates how to draw transparent objects. ''' </summary> Class Program Shared Sub Main() ' Create new document Dim pdfDocument = New Document() pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo" pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Add page Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4) pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page) Dim canvas = page.Canvas ' Prepare pens and brushes Dim borderPen = New SolidPen(New ColorRGB(0, 0, 0), 2.0F) Dim brush1 = New SolidBrush(New ColorRGB(255, 0, 0)) Dim brush2 = New SolidBrush(New ColorRGB(0, 0, 255)) borderPen.Opacity = 50 brush1.Opacity = 30 brush2.Opacity = 60 ' Draw normal rectangles canvas.DrawRectangle(brush1, 100, 100, 100, 100) canvas.DrawRectangle(borderPen, brush2, 150, 150, 100, 100) borderPen.Opacity = 80 brush1.Opacity = 60 brush2.Opacity = 30 ' Draw rounded rectangles canvas.DrawRoundedRectangle(brush1, 220, 100, 100, 100, 10) canvas.DrawRoundedRectangle(borderPen, brush2, 270, 150, 100, 100, 10) ' Save document to file pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf") ' Cleanup pdfDocument.Dispose() ' Open document in default PDF viewer app Process.Start("result.pdf") End Sub End Class
Program.cs:
C#
//******************************************************************* // ByteScout PDF SDK // // Copyright © 2016 ByteScout - https://bytescout.com // ALL RIGHTS RESERVED // //******************************************************************* using System.Diagnostics; using Bytescout.PDF; namespace Transparency { /// <summary> /// This example demonstrates how to draw transparent objects. /// </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); Canvas canvas = page.Canvas; // Prepare pens and brushes Pen borderPen = new SolidPen(new ColorRGB(0, 0, 0), 2f); SolidBrush brush1 = new SolidBrush(new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0)); SolidBrush brush2 = new SolidBrush(new ColorRGB(0, 0, 255)); borderPen.Opacity = 50; brush1.Opacity = 30; brush2.Opacity = 60; // Draw normal rectangles canvas.DrawRectangle(brush1, 100, 100, 100, 100); canvas.DrawRectangle(borderPen, brush2, 150, 150, 100, 100); borderPen.Opacity = 80; brush1.Opacity = 60; brush2.Opacity = 30; // Draw rounded rectangles canvas.DrawRoundedRectangle(brush1, 220, 100, 100, 100, 10); canvas.DrawRoundedRectangle(borderPen, brush2, 270, 150, 100, 100, 10); // Save document to file pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf"); // Cleanup pdfDocument.Dispose(); // Open document in default PDF viewer app Process.Start("result.pdf"); } } }