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VB.NET PDF - Add Sticky Note to PDF Page in VB.NET


Online VB.NET Tutorial for Adding a Sticky Note Annotation to PDF Page Using XDoc.PDF for VB.NET





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Add Annotation – Sticky Note Overview



Sticky Note is a necessary feature in PDF annotation, which bring users quick and efficient working with PDF Document. RasterEdge XDoc.PDF SDK is a multifunctional PDF document processing tool, which can perform various PDF annotation works in easy ways. Using this .NET PDF annotation control, VB.NET developers can add a sticky note to any position on PDF page.


Since RasterEdge XDoc.PDF SDK is based on .NET framework 2.0, users are enabled to use it in any type of a 32-bit or 64-bit .NET application, including ASP.NET web service and Windows Forms for any .NET Framework version from 2.0 to 4.5.




How to VB.NET: Add Sticky Note on PDF Page



Add necessary references:


  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.dll


  RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic.Codec.dll


  RasterEdge.Imaging.Drawing.dll


  RasterEdge.Imaging.Font.dll


  RasterEdge.Imaging.Processing.dll


  RasterEdge.XDoc.Raster.dll


  RasterEdge.XDoc.Raster.Core.dll


  RasterEdge.XDoc.PDF.dll


Use corresponding namespaces;


  using RasterEdge.Imaging.Basic;


  using RasterEdge.XDoc.PDF;


Here's the VB.NET sample code to add sticky note on pdf page.




Dim inputFilePath As String = Program.RootPath + "\\" + "2.pdf"
Dim outputFilePath As String = Program.RootPath + "\\" + "Annot_8.pdf"

' open a PDF file
Dim doc As PDFDocument = New PDFDocument(inputFilePath)
' get the 1st page
Dim page As PDFPage = doc.GetPage(0)

' create the annotation
Dim annot As PDFAnnotStickyNote = New PDFAnnotStickyNote()

annot.Position = New PointF(100.0F, 100.0F)

' add annotation to the page
PDFAnnotHandler.AddAnnotation(page, annot)

' save to a new file
doc.Save(outputFilePath)