PDF sticky Annotations using C#

The following code snippet also work with Aspose.PDF.Drawing library.

Add Watermark Annotation

A watermark annotation shall be used to represent graphics that shall be printed at a fixed size and position on a page, regardless of the dimensions of the printed page.

You can add Watermark Text using WatermarkAnnotation at a specific position of the PDF page. The opacity of Watermark can also be controlled by using opacity property.

Please check the following code snippet to add WatermarkAnnotation.

 //Load a Document
Document document = new Document("source.pdf");

//Load Page object to add Annotation
Page page = document.Pages[1];

//Create Annotation
WatermarkAnnotation wa = new WatermarkAnnotation(page, new Aspose.Pdf.Rectangle(100, 500, 400, 600));

//Add annotaiton into Annotation collection of Page
page.Annotations.Add(wa);

//Create TextState for Font settings
Text.TextState ts = new Text.TextState();

ts.ForegroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.Blue;
ts.Font = FontRepository.FindFont("Times New Roman");

ts.FontSize = 32;

//Set opacity level of Annotaiton Text

wa.Opacity = 0.5;
//Add Text in Annotation

wa.SetTextAndState(new string[] { "HELLO", "Line 1", "Line 2" }, ts);

//Save the Document
document.Save("Output.pdf");

Add Reference of a single Image multiple times in a PDF Document

Sometimes we have a requirement to use same image multiple times in a PDF document. Adding a new instance increases the resultant PDF document. We have added a new method XImageCollection.Add(XImage) in Aspose.PDF for .NET 17.1.0. This method allows to add reference to the same PDF object as original image that optimize the PDF Document size.

Aspose.Pdf.Rectangle imageRectangle = new Aspose.Pdf.Rectangle(0, 0, 30, 15);

using (Document document = new Document("input.pdf"))
{
    using (var imageStream = File.Open("icon.png", FileMode.Open))
    {
        XImage image = null;
        foreach (Page page in document.Pages)
        {
            WatermarkAnnotation annotation = new WatermarkAnnotation(page, page.Rect);
            XForm form = annotation.Appearance["N"];
            form.BBox = page.Rect;
            string name;
            if (image == null)
            {
                name = form.Resources.Images.Add(imageStream);
                image = form.Resources.Images[name];
            }
            else
            {
                name = form.Resources.Images.Add(image);
            }
            form.Contents.Add(new Operator.GSave());
            form.Contents.Add(new Operator.ConcatenateMatrix(new Aspose.Pdf.Matrix(imageRectangle.Width, 0, 0, imageRectangle.Height, 0, 0)));
            form.Contents.Add(new Operator.Do(name));
            form.Contents.Add(new Operator.GRestore());
            page.Annotations.Add(annotation, false);
            imageRectangle = new Aspose.Pdf.Rectangle(0, 0, imageRectangle.Width * 1.01, imageRectangle.Height * 1.01);
        }
    }
    document.Save("output.pdf");
}