Class Text

This class represents a Text annotation.

Inheritance

System.Object

Text

Implements

IAnnotation

Namespace: PSPDFKit.Pdf.Annotation

Assembly: PSPDFKit.dll

Syntax

public sealed class Text : IAnnotation

Properties

AnnotationType

The type of the annotation.

Declaration

public AnnotationType AnnotationType { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
AnnotationType

BackgroundColor

Optional background Windows.UI.Color that will fill the complete bounding box.

Declaration

public Color? BackgroundColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Nullable<Windows.UI.Color>

BlendMode

The blend mode to use when rendering.

Declaration

public BlendMode BlendMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
BlendMode

Bold

If true, the font will be bold if the font family supports this.

Declaration

public bool Bold { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

BoundingBox

The bounding box of the annotation within the page.

Declaration

public Rect BoundingBox { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Windows.Foundation.Rect

Contents

The visible contents in plain text formats. We use a simple newline delimiter \n for multi line texts. A trailing newline (e.g. 'foobar\n' ) will result in an additional line. We don't support rich text formatting in the text field.

Declaration

public string Contents { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

CreatedAt

The date of the annotation creation.

Declaration

public DateTimeOffset CreatedAt { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.DateTimeOffset

CreatorName

The name of the creator of the annotation. This is a general purpose string which can easily be spoofed and might not reflect the actual creator of the annotation.

Declaration

public string CreatorName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

CustomData

Annotations can store additional user-specified data. PSPDFKit does not use or evaluate CustomData in the UI directly. You have full control over this property. For a new annotation, this defaults to a null object.

Declaration

public JsonObject CustomData { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Windows.Data.Json.JsonObject

FontColor

A Windows.UI.Color for the visible glyphs.

Declaration

public Color FontColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Windows.UI.Color

FontFamily

The name of the font family that should be used. The default is 'Helvetica'.

Declaration

public string FontFamily { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

FontSize

The font size in page size pixels. Per default, we use values between 10 and 192 inclusive in the UI. The text will scale when you zoom in.

Declaration

public int FontSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

HorizontalAlign

The horizontal alignment of the text inside the bounding box.

Declaration

public HorizontalAlign HorizontalAlign { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
HorizontalAlign

Id

A unique identifier to describe the annotation.

Declaration

public string Id { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Italic

If true, the font will be italic if the font family supports this

Declaration

public bool Italic { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Name

An optional field that may be used to identify the annotation. By default it is set that to the same value as the automatically generated Id.

Declaration

public string Name { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

NoPrint

If the annotation should be printed or not.

Declaration

public bool NoPrint { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

NoView

The property that determines if the annotation is prevented from being rendered in the UI. The annotation may still be rendered in a printed page, depending of the value of NoPrint.

Declaration

public bool NoView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Opacity

The opacity of the annotation, 0.0 - 1.0.

Declaration

public float Opacity { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Single

PageIndex

The page index of the annotation in the document.

Declaration

public int PageIndex { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

PdfObjectId

The Pdf object ID, if the annotation is included in a Pdf file.

Declaration

public int? PdfObjectId { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Nullable<System.Int32>

Rotation

The rotation of the annotation. Can either be 0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°.

Declaration

public int Rotation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

UpdatedAt

The date of last annotation update.

Declaration

public DateTimeOffset UpdatedAt { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.DateTimeOffset

Version

The Instant JSON spec version this annotation is compliant to.

Declaration

public int Version { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

VerticalAlign

The vertical alignment of the text inside the bounding box.

Declaration

public VerticalAlign VerticalAlign { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
VerticalAlign

Methods

FromJson(JsonObject)

Constructs the IAnnotation from the Instant JSON representing it. See https://pspdfkit.com/guides/server/current/document/json-format/ If any mandatory properties are missing then an exception will be thrown.

Declaration

public static IAnnotation FromJson(JsonObject json)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Windows.Data.Json.JsonObject	json	The Instant JSON representing the IAnnotation.

Returns

Type	Description
IAnnotation	The IAnnotation represented by the Instant JSON.

FromPartialJson(JsonObject)

Constructs the IAnnotation from the Instant JSON representing it. See https://pspdfkit.com/guides/server/current/document/json-format/ This method does not require mandatory properties to be present in the JSON. Instead appropriate default values will be used.

Declaration

public static IAnnotation FromPartialJson(JsonObject json)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Windows.Data.Json.JsonObject	json	The Instant JSON or partial Instant JSON representing the IAnnotation

Returns

Type	Description
IAnnotation	The IAnnotation represented by the Instant JSON.

ToJson()

Converts the annotation to the Instant JSON annotation format. See https://pspdfkit.com/guides/server/current/document/json-format/

Declaration

public JsonObject ToJson()

Returns

Type	Description
Windows.Data.Json.JsonObject	The annotation object.

Implements

IAnnotation

See Also

CreateAnnotationAsync(IAnnotation)