hichiu, hichiu wrote > it works with ...
Great. > but the free text is removed. If i dont add " > comment.Remove(PdfName.CONTENTS);", the annotation modified is shown > again. Moreover, the annotation is not showing, both the color and the > text. Of course. You create the appearance. And that includes writing the text there; and drawing a frame; and painting flowers in the background if required. ;) In my experiments (Java) I did it like this: PdfAppearance highlight_ap = canvas.createAppearance(annotRect.getWidth(), annotRect.getHeight()); highlight_ap.setColorFill(BaseColor.MAGENTA); highlight_ap.setColorStroke(BaseColor.BLUE); highlight_ap.beginText(); highlight_ap.setFontAndSize(BaseFont.createFont(), 11); highlight_ap.setTextMatrix(0, 2); highlight_ap.showText("The case is reviewed and approved."); highlight_ap.endText(); comment.setAppearance(PdfName.N, highlight_ap); which resulted in: test_signed-with-freetext.pdf <http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/file/n4659446/test_signed-with-freetext.pdf> Quite likely you will want to use a different font, or position the text differently, or draw some frame around it, or ..., or ..., or ... Regards, Michael -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Itextsharp-annotations-modified-after-digital-signing-tp4659401p4659446.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php