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# Add a highlight annotation to a PDF on Server/Desktop

Learn how to add a highlight annotation to a PDF Document page with this code sample. Easily add or edit various PDF annotations like hyperlink, stamp, text, and more. The Apryse Server SDK streamline

To add a highlight annotation to a PDF Document page.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="C#" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filename);
Page page = doc.GetPage(1);

// Create a highlight
Highlight hl = Highlight.Create( doc, new Rect(100,490,150,515) );
hl.SetColor(new ColorPt(0,1,0), 3 );
hl.RefreshAppearance();
page.AnnotPushBack(hl);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C++" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```cpp
PDFDoc doc(filename);
Page page = doc.GetPage(1);

// Create a highlight
Highlight hl = Highlight::Create( doc, Rect(100,490,150,515) );
hl.SetColor( ColorPt(0,1,0), 3 );
hl.RefreshAppearance();
page.AnnotPushBack( hl );
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```go
doc := NewPDFDoc(filename)
page := doc.GetPage(1)

// Create a highlight
hl := HighlightAnnotCreate( doc.GetSDFDoc(), NewRect(100.0, 490.0, 150.0, 515.0) )
hl.SetColor( NewColorPt(0.0,1.0,0.0), 3 )
hl.RefreshAppearance()
page.AnnotPushBack( hl )
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```java
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filename);
Page page = doc.getPage(1);

// Create a highlight
Highlight hl = Highlight.create(doc, new Rect(100, 490, 150, 515));
hl.setColor(new ColorPt(0, 1, 0), 3);
hl.refreshAppearance();
page.annotPushBack(hl);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
async function main() {
  const doc = await PDFNet.PDFDoc.createFromURL(filename);
  const page = await doc.getPage(1);

  // Create a highlight
  const hl = await PDFNet.HighlightAnnot.create(
    doc,
    new PDFNet.Rect(100, 490, 150, 515)
  );
  await hl.setColor(await PDFNet.ColorPt.init(0, 1, 0), 3);
  await hl.refreshAppearance();
  await page.annotPushBack(hl);
}
PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Kotlin" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```kotlin
val doc = PDFDoc(filename)
val page = doc.getPage(1)

// Create a highlight
val hl = Highlight.create(doc, Rect(100.0, 490.0, 150.0, 515.0))
hl.setColor(ColorPt(0.0, 1.0, 0.0), 3)
hl.refreshAppearance()
page.annotPushBack(hl)
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Obj-C" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```objc
PTPDFDoc *doc = [[PTPDFDoc alloc] initWithFilepath: filename];
PTPage *page = [doc GetPage:1];

// Create a highlight
PTHighlightAnnot *hl = [PTHighlightAnnot Create: [doc GetSDFDoc] pos: [[PTPDFRect alloc] initWithX1: 100 y1: 490 x2: 150 y2: 515]];
[hl SetColor: [[PTColorPt alloc] initWithX: 0 y: 1 z: 0 w: 0] numcomp: 3];
[hl RefreshAppearance];
[page AnnotPushBack: hl];
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Swift" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```swift
let doc: PTPDFDoc = PTPDFDoc(filepath: filename)
let page: PTPage = doc.getPage(1)

// Create a highlight
let hl: PTHighlightAnnot = PTHighlightAnnot.create(doc.getSDFDoc(), pos: PTPDFRect(x1: 100, y1: 490, x2: 150, y2: 515))
hl.setColor(PTColorPt(x: 0, y: 1, z: 0, w: 0), numcomp: 3)
hl.refreshAppearance()
page.annotPushBack(hl)
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
$doc = new PDFDoc($filename);
$page = $doc->GetPage(1);

// Create a highlight
$hl = HighlightAnnot::Create( $doc->GetSDFDoc(), new Rect(100.0,490.0,150.0,515.0) );
$hl->SetColor( new ColorPt(0.0,1.0,0.0), 3 );
$hl->RefreshAppearance();
$page->AnnotPushBack( $hl );
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```python
doc = PDFDoc(filename)
page = doc.GetPage(1)

# Create a highlight
hl = HighlightAnnot.Create( doc.GetSDFDoc(), Rect(100,490,150,515) )
hl.SetColor( ColorPt(0,1,0), 3 )
hl.RefreshAppearance()
page.AnnotPushBack( hl )
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```ruby
doc = PDFDoc.new(filename)
page = doc.GetPage(1)

# Create a highlight
hl = HighlightAnnot.Create( doc.GetSDFDoc(), Rect.new(100,490,150,515) )
hl.SetColor( ColorPt.new(0,1,0), 3 )
hl.RefreshAppearance()
page.AnnotPushBack( hl )
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="VB" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```vb
Dim doc As PDFDoc = New PDFDoc(filename)
Dim page As Page = doc.GetPage(1)

' Create a highlight
Dim hl As Highlight = Highlight.Create(doc, New Rect(100, 490, 150, 515))
hl.SetColor(New ColorPt(0, 1, 0), 3)
hl.RefreshAppearance()
page.AnnotPushBack(hl)
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

[Add or edit PDF annotations sample](/core/get-started/samples/annotationtest.md) Full code sample which shows how to add or edit PDF annotations (e.g. hyperlink, intra-document link, stamp, rubber stamp, file attachment, sound, text, free-text, line, circle, square, polygon, polyline, highlight, squiggly, caret, and ink). Code sample is available in C++, C#, Java, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby & VB.


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