/** * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29275194/change-pdf-fillcolor-annotation-property-using-itextsharp-c-sharp */ package sandbox.annotations; import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfAnnotation; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfBorderArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDashPattern; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class CircleAnnotation { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/annotations/hello_circle.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new CircleAnnotation().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(150, 770, 200, 820); PdfAnnotation annotation = PdfAnnotation.createSquareCircle( stamper.getWriter(), rect, "Circle", false); annotation.setTitle("Circle"); annotation.setColor(BaseColor.BLUE); annotation.setFlags(PdfAnnotation.FLAGS_PRINT); annotation.setBorder(new PdfBorderArray(0, 0, 2, new PdfDashPattern())); annotation.put(PdfName.IC, new PdfArray(new int[]{1, 0, 0})); stamper.addAnnotation(annotation, 1); stamper.close(); } }