Platforms to show: All Mac Windows Linux Cross-Platform

PDFAnnotationSquareMBS class

Super class: PDFAnnotationMBS

// load a PDF
dim sourceFile as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
dim p as new PDFDocumentMBS(sourceFile)

// get 4th page
dim page as PDFPageMBS = p.pageAtIndex(3)
// create a destination
dim dest as new PDFDestinationMBS(page, NSMakePointMBS(0,0))

// create the link annotation
dim LinkAnnotation as new PDFAnnotationLinkMBS(100,100,100,100)
LinkAnnotation.destination = dest

// add a color rect so we see the link
dim SquareAnnotation as new PDFAnnotationSquareMBS(100,100,100,100)
SquareAnnotation.colorValue = NSColorMBS.redColor

// add to the first page
p.pageAtIndex(0).addAnnotation(SquareAnnotation)
p.pageAtIndex(0).addAnnotation(LinkAnnotation)

// and write new PDF.
dim destfile as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("output.pdf")
call p.write(destfile)

• event drawWithBox(box as Integer, g as NSGraphicsMBS) as boolean
• property interiorColor as NSColorMBS
• method Constructor(left as single, top as single, width as single, height as single)

Super class PDFAnnotationMBS

• 15 properties
  • property border as PDFBorderMBS
  • property bounds as NSRectMBS
  • property colorValue as NSColorMBS
  • property contents as string
  • property Handle as Integer
  • property hasAppearanceStream as boolean
  • property modificationDate as date
  • property mouseUpAction as PDFActionMBS
  • property page as PDFPageMBS
  • property popup as Variant
  • property shouldDisplay as boolean
  • property shouldPrint as boolean
  • property toolTip as string
  • property type as string
  • property userName as string
• 5 methods
  • method Constructor
  • method copy as PDFAnnotationMBS
  • method Destructor
  • method drawWithBox(box as Integer)
  • method removeAllAppearanceStreams

This class has no sub classes.

Some examples which use this class:

• /MacCocoa/PDFKit/Add Annotations to PDF

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacControls Plugin.

PDFAnnotationPopupMBS   -   PDFAnnotationStampMBS