FindAndHighlight.vb
C# VB
'''' This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF .NET demos.'' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.''Imports SystemImports System.IOImports System.DrawingImports GrapeCity.Documents.PdfImports GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.AnnotationsImports GrapeCity.Documents.Common
' This example shows how to find all occurrences of a word in a PDF document' and highlight all those occurrences using the text markup highlight annotation.'' The PDF used in this example was downloaded from https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.1005722/full.Public Class FindAndHighlight Public Function CreatePDF(stream As Stream) As Integer ' Load an existing PDF: Dim doc = New GcPdfDocument() Using fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "fendo-13-1005722.pdf")) doc.Load(fs)
' Find all occurrences of the word "childbirths": Dim found = doc.FindText(New FindTextParams("childbirths", True, False), Nothing)
' Add a text markup annotation to highlight each occurrence: For Each f In found Dim markup = New TextMarkupAnnotation() With { .Page = doc.Pages(f.PageIndex), .MarkupType = TextMarkupType.Highlight, .Color = Color.Yellow } Dim area As List(Of Quadrilateral) = New List(Of Quadrilateral) For Each b In f.Bounds area.Add(b) Next markup.Area = area Next
' Done: doc.Save(stream) Return doc.Pages.Count End Using End FunctionEnd Class