Is signing PDFs with existing fields created with Adobe Acrobat possible?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:40 pm
I have been through the digital signing example, and the use of GDViewer.
Using winforms, although I can place a new signature from the certificate store on the Adobe pdf (or any PDF) using GDPicture, I can't for the life of me see a way to fill an existing signature field with a valid signature and have it look like it was signed in Acrobat using GDPicture. If it is possible, a code example would help.
Our use case is to present the user with a PDF in the viewer and have them sign it. One may suggest using Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat DC or other product for this but we need access to the saved PDF after signing in order to continue a process. This is not possible in Adobe without the use of their SDK.
Added note that these are not unique PDFs, they may have a different number of signature fields, whose field names and titles may change. That is why we need the user interaction to sign them, which would be from the viewer.
Using winforms, although I can place a new signature from the certificate store on the Adobe pdf (or any PDF) using GDPicture, I can't for the life of me see a way to fill an existing signature field with a valid signature and have it look like it was signed in Acrobat using GDPicture. If it is possible, a code example would help.
Our use case is to present the user with a PDF in the viewer and have them sign it. One may suggest using Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat DC or other product for this but we need access to the saved PDF after signing in order to continue a process. This is not possible in Adobe without the use of their SDK.
Added note that these are not unique PDFs, they may have a different number of signature fields, whose field names and titles may change. That is why we need the user interaction to sign them, which would be from the viewer.