Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum : Setting name of annotation? http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:08:25 +0000 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:15:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2231 <![CDATA[Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ <![CDATA[Setting name of annotation? : Thanks for looking into this Andrew,...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/setting-name-of-annotation_topic2231_post9500.html#9500 Author: cscooper
Subject: 2231
Posted: 16 Apr 12 at 1:15PM

Thanks for looking into this Andrew, this for an annotation that I am creating.

I call AddTextMarkupAnnotation() to create an annotation, and then in order to access that annotation from JavaScript I need to give it a name.  There's a JavaScript function "doc.getAnnot()" that takes the annotation name as its argument and returns the Annot object - so the name doesn't have to make any sense to us humans as long as it's unique.

For this same annotation that I am creating, I would like to set the 'author' property because Adobe Reader displays the popup for this annotation as a box split into two sections; the bottom section is the contents I specify with the SetAnnotContents() function so that's good, but the top section is for the author's name and it's always empty since I have no way to set it with QuickPDF.

Finally, when the user views this annotation I've created, it's too easy for them to accidentally modify the text in the popup box, so I'd like to set the 'locked' property.

Thanks!
Chris

]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:15:09 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/setting-name-of-annotation_topic2231_post9500.html#9500 <![CDATA[Setting name of annotation? : I have checked a few PDF&#039;s...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/setting-name-of-annotation_topic2231_post9499.html#9499 Author: AndrewC
Subject: 2231
Posted: 16 Apr 12 at 12:44PM

I have checked a few PDF's with annotations and not all annotations have a name and many of them don't have a name that is not meaningful.

Can you post a link to a PDF that you are trying to extract names from and I can tell you what is going on.

Andrew.
]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:44:10 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/setting-name-of-annotation_topic2231_post9499.html#9499 <![CDATA[Setting name of annotation? : I can query the name of...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/setting-name-of-annotation_topic2231_post9487.html#9487 Author: cscooper
Subject: 2231
Posted: 13 Apr 12 at 2:55PM

I can query the name of an annotation with GetAnnotStrProperty(103) but it's always empty, and calling SetAnnotStrProperty(103) doesn't work (it returns zero and the annotation name is unchanged0.

Is this just a shortcoming of the library, or am I missing something?

Thanks!
Chris

p.s. I have the same question about setting the author name for an annotation (which is not the same as setting the author of the document) and the 'lock' property as well ...

[QuickPDF library version 8.14]
[64-bit Windows 7, C# in Visual Studio 2010]



Edited by cscooper - 13 Apr 12 at 4:46PM]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:55:37 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/setting-name-of-annotation_topic2231_post9487.html#9487