Changing the author of an annotation
Example written in answer to the question Click How to change the author name for comments?
changeauthor
JAVA
JAVA
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package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.interactive;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfString;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.annot.PdfAnnotation;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
public class ChangeAuthor {
public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/interactive/change_author.pdf";
public static final String SRC = "./src/main/resources/pdfs/page229_annotations.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ChangeAuthor().manipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws IOException {
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(dest));
List<PdfAnnotation> pageAnnots = pdfDoc.getFirstPage().getAnnotations();
for (PdfAnnotation annot : pageAnnots) {
if (annot.getTitle() != null) {
annot.setTitle(new PdfString("Bruno Lowagie"));
}
}
pdfDoc.close();
}
}
C#
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf.Annot;
namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Interactive
{
public class ChangeAuthor
{
public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/interactive/change_author.pdf";
public static readonly String SRC = "../../../resources/pdfs/page229_annotations.pdf";
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
file.Directory.Create();
new ChangeAuthor().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
{
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(dest));
IList<PdfAnnotation> pageAnnots = pdfDoc.GetFirstPage().GetAnnotations();
foreach (PdfAnnotation annot in pageAnnots)
{
if (annot.GetTitle() != null)
{
annot.SetTitle(new PdfString("Bruno Lowagie"));
}
}
pdfDoc.Close();
}
}
}