Can I add A Sticky Note Comment to a PDF & Reply

Aspose.PDF Product Family
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Hi There,

I reviewed the documentation and I could only find information on exporting, editing and importing yellow sticky notes annotations. I'd like to know if the following functionality is possible:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6523816/how-to-create-reply-to-sticky-note-annotation-in-itext

Also, I'd like to be able to programmatically select some text within the PDF and add a Sticky Note comment, and the possibility to reply like in the example above using Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET

I reviewed this thread but they were only interested in import & export:

http://www.aspose.com/community/forums/1/300789/consolidating-annotations-from-multiple-sources/showthread.aspx

Thanks,

Derek
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Hi Derek,

We’re looking into your requirement at our end and you’ll be updated with the results the earliest possible.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
Regards,

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Hi Derek,

You can add annotation in the PDF file using the code snippet given in this help topic. However, we’re having some problem while adding reply to the annotation. I have logged an issue as PDFNEWNET-30905 in our issue tracking system. You’ll be notified via this forum thread once it is resolved.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
Regards,

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Hi Shahzad,


Thank you for the update.

I have successfully created a Sticky Note comment from the code snippet that you gave me.

I really need to be able to reply to an annotation, can you can give me an update as to a date or release, for when you think this functionality might be made available ?

Kind Regards,

Derek Hyland
Product Management (Aspose)
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Hi Derek,

I have contacted the development team regarding the ETA of this issue. I have also increased the priority of the issue. You’ll be updated as soon as the response is received.

Regards,


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Hi Shahzad,

Thanks for the update.

Kind Regards,

Derek Hyland

Product Management (Aspose)

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Hi Derek,

After further investigation, we have found that there was a problem with the code for adding reply to the annotation. Here is the updated code for adding reply to the comments:


//create and add original comments

Document pdfDocument = new Document(“input.pdf”);

TextAnnotation textAnnotation = new TextAnnotation(pdfDocument.Pages[1], new Rectangle(200, 300, 300, 400));

textAnnotation.Title = “Sample Annotation Title”;

textAnnotation.Contents = “Here are some comments…”;

textAnnotation.Icon = TextIcon.Comment;

textAnnotation.Open = true;

pdfDocument.Pages[1].Annotations.Add(textAnnotation);

pdfDocument.Save(“output.pdf”);


//create and add reply to an existing annotation

pdfDocument = new Document(“output.pdf”);

TextAnnotation replyAnnotation = new TextAnnotation(pdfDocument.Pages[1], new Rectangle(200, 300, 300, 400));

replyAnnotation.Title = “Reply annotation…”;

replyAnnotation.Contents = “This is the reply to comments…”;

replyAnnotation.InReplyTo = pdfDocument.Pages[1].Annotations[1];

pdfDocument.Pages[1].Annotations.Add(replyAnnotation);

pdfDocument.Save(“Replied.pdf”);

Above code adds the original comment and saves the output file. After that, it opens an existing file and adds a reply to an existing comment. However, if you want to add both at the same time, for any reason, you can comment the following two lines:

pdfDocument.Save("output.pdf");

pdfDocument = new Document("output.pdf");



I hope this helps. If you find any further questions or need assistance, please do let us know.
Regards,