C# Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Add an Image (Logo) Watermark to a PDF

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Demonstrates an image watermark placed in a corner of every page. The image is a PNG or JPEG given either by path ("image.path") or, as here, as base64 in the JSON itself ("image.base64"), which suits a server that keeps its logo in a database rather than on disk. PNG transparency is kept. Giving only a width keeps the aspect ratio, and the units member says those numbers are inches rather than points. C#

bool success = false;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  The PDF used in this example is available at four_pages.pdf

Chilkat.Pdf pdf = new Chilkat.Pdf();
success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/four_pages.pdf");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("type","image");

//  A small PNG logo, base64 encoded.  Use "image.path" instead to name a PNG or JPEG file:
//     ignore = json.UpdateString("image.path","logo.png");
json.UpdateString("image.base64","iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGAAAAAgCAYAAADtwH1UAAAApElEQVR42u3a7QmAIBgAYTdpo/ZphhZti6IBylLrlXoO/G3cIeFHSgAAFDKM08rCy8Jzg6Ug8UJ0JF+EDuSXRGgxX8+jufxlTk0nFuCCiF360aidXICMiDP5uQgCXAxQI782ggAHEu7IP4sgQOcBIMA35ItgBQhQEqBmtbX6xl//hAUI3gcIELwTFiD4LEiA4NNQAYLvA+BGzJ0wvIrwLggA8DgbwPbrr8c7+lkAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");

//  The size to draw it at.  Give only the width and the height follows the aspect ratio.
json.UpdateString("units","in");
json.UpdateNumber("image.width","1.5");

//  Bottom-right, half an inch in from the page edges.
json.UpdateString("position.align","bottomRight");
json.UpdateNumber("position.margin","0.5");
json.UpdateNumber("opacity","0.85");
json.UpdateString("id","logo");

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonOut = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = pdf.Watermark("add",json,jsonOut);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("id: " + jsonOut.StringOf("id") + " pages: " + jsonOut.StringOf("pages"));

success = pdf.WriteFile("qa_output/four_pages_logo.pdf");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pdf.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Sample output:

//  id: logo pages: 1-4