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Edit annotation style properties using JavaScript

To set an annotation style property such as color, interior color, border style, padding, etc to an annotation.

JavaScript

1async function main() {
2  const doc = await PDFNet.PDFDoc.createFromURL(filename);
3  const page = await doc.getPage(1);
4
5  const circle = await PDFNet.CircleAnnot.create(
6    doc,
7    new PDFNet.Rect(100, 100, 200, 200)
8  );
9  await circle.setColor(await PDFNet.ColorPt.init(0, 1, 0), 3);
10  await circle.setInteriorColor(await PDFNet.ColorPt.init(0, 0, 1), 3);
11  const dash = [2, 4];
12  await circle.setBorderStyle(
13    await PDFNet.AnnotBorderStyle.createWithDashPattern(
14      PDFNet.AnnotBorderStyle.Style.e_dashed,
15      3,
16      0,
17      0,
18      dash
19    )
20  );
21  await circle.setPadding(new PDFNet.Rect(2, 2, 2, 2));
22  await circle.refreshAppearance();
23  await page.annotPushBack(circle);
24}
25PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main);

Add or edit PDF annotations sample
Full code sample which shows how to add or edit PDF annotations (e.g. hyperlink, intra-document link, stamp, rubber stamp, file attachment, sound, text, free-text, line, circle, square, polygon, polyline, highlight, squiggly, caret, and ink).

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