How to add an annotation

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   HI All, 

Is there a way to create an annotation (rectangle, line, circle, etc) and add it into the PDF file?
Further, is it able to set extract information of the annotation object?
The worst, any substitution?

sample:
12 0 obj<</Rect[104.741 687.906 227.585 743.509]/NM(PURK_SIGN-0000000020)/Subtype/PURK:SignStamp430C/F 68/M(D:20120808094218+08'00')/T(Signed by: dev rc. Date: 8/8/2012 9:42 AM)/PurkinjeMetaData<</USR.USR_ID/P/PATIENT.PATIENT_PROVINCE/Qu\233bec>>/Type/Annot/AP<</N 13 0 R>>>>
endobj

Thanks!

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PeterXie Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 08 Aug 12 Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterXie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to add an annotation Posted: 08 Aug 12 at 7:31AM
	HI All, Is there a way to create an annotation (rectangle, line, circle, etc) and add it into the PDF file? Further, is it able to set extract information of the annotation object? The worst, any substitution? sample: 12 0 obj<</Rect[104.741 687.906 227.585 743.509]/NM(PURK_SIGN-0000000020)/Subtype/PURK:SignStamp430C/F 68/M(D:20120808094218+08'00')/T(Signed by: dev rc. Date: 8/8/2012 9:42 AM)/PurkinjeMetaData<</USR.USR_ID/P/PATIENT.PATIENT_PROVINCE/Qu\233bec>>/Type/Annot/AP<</N 13 0 R>>>> endobj Thanks!

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Aug 12 at 2:00PM
	Here is a link to all of the Annotation functions available in Quick PDF Library. AddNoteAnnotation AddLink... Then there are the Get and Set methods to read and write various properties. Your PDF object below looks like part of a signature. Object 13 is missing would be required - It would a stream object that contains the drawing commands to render the signature. QPL currently doesn't create signature appearance streams for annotations. Andrew.

PeterXie Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 08 Aug 12 Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterXie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Aug 12 at 2:38AM
	Thanks to AndrewC! AndrewC you are correct, I just want to simulate a sign action, could be normal annotation, stamps annotation or real signature. I even tried DrawBox and DrawTextBox, but no way to put extra info. I saw the Annotation functions and tried AddNoteAnnotation and AddTextMarkupAnnotation, they worked fine, so did GetAnnotIntProperty; but I do not know how to add a rectangle annotation and put some extra invisible data. Actually the use case is: 1. user drags the mouse to select a rectangle area in the PDF reader 2. the system adds a rectangle annotation at the same position with several lines of visible info to describe the action, such as (Signed by: dev rc. Date: 8/8/2012 9:42 AM) 3. the system puts some other extra info for the annotation to snapshot the context, such as PurkinjeMetaData<</USR.USR_ID/P/PATIENT.PATIENT_PROVINCE/Qu\233bec>> the sample I provided at the beginning was done with Acrobat, here is the object 13 13 0 obj<</Subtype/Form/Length 157/Filter/FlateDecode/Resources<</Font 14 0 R>>/Type/XObject/BBox[0 0 190 86]/FormType 1>>stream H‰DMË‚0ü•9êú°béMz0¾ œ‰B5šhïZ#ìd7“Ùœð›Õ DÈ}ÿIÐ±^ëÝ"¢…Âëëï:[ÐK‚ÖÐ Ã;rÏ,Ø¶È–å\|³¶e–æ£0–t¯`cÂaòóéæjÞµ{¢†°ŠDäõdÿpši&¹ˆ’˜®¼)µ”Dø0ÚK0ð endstream endobj Any good ideas?

prasenjit Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 02 Feb 15 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote prasenjit Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Feb 15 at 12:29PM
	Anybody can help me to create a rectangle annotation???