PDF Annotation Management in Oracle 9iFS

Do you need to manage and search for PDF annotations in Oracle
9iFS? Would you like to store PDF files that are used for
document reviews in Oracle 9iFS? Do you need to search for
files based on information stored in annotations (e.g., sticky
notes, hyperlinks, redlines). Would you like to dynamically
compile different views of annotated PDF files?
If so, we would like to discuss your requirements with you.
Please contact me at [email protected]

hello,
According to your requests, I got some tutorails that are based on certain 3rd party PDF lib.
iTextSharp-http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1f0e5773-0c35-4370-8c55-737753f81d6d/how-do-i-add-annotations-to-an-existing-pdf-file?forum=csharpgeneral
ASPOSE-http://www.aspose.com/docs/display/pdfnet/Working+with+Annotations
Spire.PDF-http://www.e-iceblue.com/Knowledgebase/Spire.PDF/Spire.PDF-Program-Guide/Add-Annotation-to-PDF-File-in-C.html
Hope it can do you a bit fover.

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