Rotate Text Watermark

Rotate Text Watermark

Posted by: Kenneth_Alws on 7 March 2019, 8:30 am EST

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  Kenneth_Alws

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  Posted 7 March 2019, 8:30 am EST

  How can I rotate my text watermark; I’d like to make the watermark at a 45* angle? I’m using VB.NET and the code below works fine for adding a horizontal, text watermark.

  I create the text format:
  
  ```
  
  Dim tf As New GrapeCity.Documents.Text.TextFormat
  
  tf.Font = StandardFonts.HelveticaBold
  
  tf.FontSize = 55
  
  tf.ForeColor = Color.FromArgb(100, 255, 182, 193)

  	I then add the watermark:
  
  	```
  For Each page In doc.Pages
              Dim watermark As New WatermarkAnnotation
              watermark.Text = "Do Not Disclose"
              watermark.TextFormat = tf
              watermark.Name = "DiscloseWM"
              watermark.Rect = New RectangleF(100.5F, 110.5F, 500, 250)
              page.Annotations.Add(watermark)
          Next
  
  

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  esha.dhir

  

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  Posted 7 March 2019, 10:01 pm EST

  Hello,

  In GcPdf, Text can be transformed using the Transform property of GcPdfGraphics instance, as explained under “Rotate Text” topic at the below mentioned documentation link:
  
  http://help.grapecity.com/gcdocs/gcpdf/onlinehelp/webframe.html#Text.html

  There is no direct property related to specifying angles for the watermark text.
  
  Apologies for the inconvenience.

  Regards,
  
  Esha

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  dmitry.yaitskov

  

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  Posted 11 March 2019, 4:00 am EST

  Hi Kenneth,

  WatermarkAnnotation is a very specific PDF feature, primarily designed for printing (see PDF 1.7 spec p.644). If you want to add a watermark to your document that would show at all times, with full control over how it is rendered - you are better off using a WidgetAnnotation, a StampAnnotation or just a rotated text printed on all pages. An example showing a rotated image (but you can easily replace it with a text) for something very similar to what you’re trying to achieve is here:
  
  http://demos.componentone.com/gcdocs/gcpdf/Samples/List#StampImage/pdfCS

  Hope this helps. Please let me know if you need more details.

  Regards,
  
  Dmitry.