How to add digital Signature Field in cfdocument pdf files?

Hi,
We are generating pdf files using cfdocument to populate values and wondering how we can add digital signature field in those pdf files. Any help or comments would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks,
hismail786

Hi,
Yes, we have options to add digital signature to the pdf. We have one attribute called "Permissions" in "cfpdf" tag. If we provide permissions = 'AllowSecure', then system would allow digital signature for that pdf.
Please go though the docs for details info. I will post in details next.
Thanks
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