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PDFVisualTextAnnotation

Namespace: O2S.Components.PDF4NET.View.Annotations

Defines a text annotation that is displayed in a control.

public class PDFVisualTextAnnotation : PDFVisualMarkupAnnotation

Inheritance ObjectPDFVisualAnnotationPDFVisualMarkupAnnotationPDFVisualTextAnnotation

Constructors

PDFVisualTextAnnotation(PDFTextAnnotation)

Initializes a new PDFVisualTextAnnotation object.

public PDFVisualTextAnnotation(PDFTextAnnotation annotation)

Parameters

annotation PDFTextAnnotation
The underlying PDF annotation.


Properties

Annotation

Gets the underlying PDF annotation.

public PDFAnnotation Annotation { get; }

Property Value

PDFAnnotation
A PDF annotation.


DisplayRectangle

Gets or sets the visual rectangle of this annotation.

public PDFDisplayRectangle DisplayRectangle { get; set; }

Property Value

PDFDisplayRectangle
A that represents the position and size of the annotation on the page.

Remarks

The visual rectangle is relative to the top left corner of the page.


Icon

Gets or sets the text annotation icon name.

public string Icon { get; set; }

Property Value

String
The name of the text annotation icon.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException
Thrown when the property value is null or empty.

Remarks

The icon name defines the annotation's visual appearance. The library supports a predefined set of names defined in the class for which standard appearance is created. When a custom name is used, a custom appearance must also be provided.


InteriorColor

Gets or sets the annotation interior color.

public PDFColor InteriorColor { get; set; }

Property Value

PDFColor
A specifying the interior color with which to fill the annotation's icon interior.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Thrown when the property is set to a color other than Gray, RGB or CMYK.


Location

Gets or sets the annotation location on the page.

public PDFPoint Location { get; set; }

Property Value

PDFPoint
The position of annotation's top left corner on the parent page.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException
Thrown when the property is set to null.


NormalAppearance

Gets or sets the annotation normal appearance.

public PDFAnnotationAppearance NormalAppearance { get; set; }

Property Value

PDFAnnotationAppearance
A specifying how the annotation is presented visually on the page.


Opacity

Gets or sets the annotation opacity.

public double Opacity { get; set; }

Property Value

Double
A value in the range [0, 1] that represents the constant opacity value to be used in painting the annotation.


OutlineColor

Gets or sets the annotation outline color.

public PDFColor OutlineColor { get; set; }

Property Value

PDFColor
A specifying the outline color with which to stroke the annotation's icon outlines.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Thrown when the property is set to a color other than Gray, RGB or CMYK.


Tag

Gets or sets an object that contains user-defined data associated with the annotation.

public object Tag { get; set; }

Property Value

Object

Remarks

This property can be used to store any custom information relevant to the annotation at runtime. The value is not used by the annotation itself and is intended solely for application-specific data.
NOTE: The value of this property is not persisted in the PDF file.


VisualPage

Gets the page that owns the anotation.

public PDFVisualPage VisualPage { get; internal set; }

Property Value

PDFVisualPage
The PDFVisualPage that owns the annotation.