// private void highlightPDFAnnotation(string readerPath, string outputFile, int pageno, string[] highlightText)
private void highlightPDFAnnotation(string readerPath, string outputFile, string[] highlightText)
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(readerPath);
PdfContentByte canvas;
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(outputFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
{
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, fs))
{
int pageCount = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int pageno = 1; pageno <= pageCount; pageno++)
{
var strategy = new HighLightTextLocation();
strategy.UndercontentHorizontalScaling = 100;
string currentText = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, pageno, strategy);
for (int i = 0; i < highlightText.Length; i++)
{
List<Rectangle> MatchesFound = strategy.GetTextLocations(highlightText[i].Trim(), StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
foreach (Rectangle rect in MatchesFound)
{
float[] quad = { rect.Left - 3.0f, rect.Bottom, rect.Right, rect.Bottom, rect.Left - 3.0f, rect.Top + 1.0f, rect.Right, rect.Top + 1.0f };
//Create our hightlight
PdfAnnotation highlight = PdfAnnotation.CreateMarkup(stamper.Writer, rect, null, PdfAnnotation.MARKUP_HIGHLIGHT, quad);
//Set the color
highlight.Color = BaseColor.YELLOW;
PdfAppearance appearance = PdfAppearance.CreateAppearance(stamper.Writer, rect.Width, rect.Height);
PdfGState state = new PdfGState();
state.BlendMode = new PdfName("Multiply");
appearance.SetGState(state);
appearance.Rectangle(0, 0, rect.Width, rect.Height);
appearance.SetColorFill(BaseColor.YELLOW);
appearance.Fill();
highlight.SetAppearance(PdfAnnotation.APPEARANCE_NORMAL, appearance);
//Add the annotation
stamper.AddAnnotation(highlight, pageno);
}
}
}
}
}
reader.Close();
}