Reader and Signature Fields

I work for ConnDOT, we are progressively moving towards PDF for our Engineering Drawings. Can you offer some help or direction how to get the digital signature form field operational in Reader? I know how to create a field in Acrobat Pro, but the digital signature field does not work with reader, yet the Reader help instructions says it can. Would we need a third party digital id server to manage the digital id's or could we manage digital id's internally?

Hi,
download this "enabled" sample document and navigate to the last page. The signature field there should work OK with Reader.
http://www.adobe.com/products/server/readerextensions/pdfs/contract.pdf

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We now use Acrobat xi for special active forms we created that include certifications and signature fields, some of the forms are programmed to create other forms, will we have a problem upgrading to DC

We now use Acrobat xi for special active forms we created that include certifications and signature fields, some of the forms are programmed to create other forms, will we have a problem upgrading to DC
Our users use a form template to create other adobe forms with calculated fields, signature fields (using digital signatures)
, and buttons. Will we be able to continue developing these forms if we upgrade to Acrobat DC?

Hi Alex ,
In general ,you would not have any issues and problems moving to Acrobat DC .It has a different user interface and with more enhanced features .
You would be able to develop the kind of forms you are referring to .
You could refer to the following document to get more information about Acrobat DC .
FAQ | Adobe Acrobat DC
If in case you are referring to any particular issue or problem or if you face any regarding Acrobat DC ,we are always here to help you with that .
Please feel free to write us back .
Regards
Sukrit Dhingra

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I have a PDF just prepared with Acrobat 9 Pro Extended that should have no signature fields in it, and indeed going to Add or Edit Signature fields tells me I have none. Nor does Acro Reader 11.0.0 on my main 64-bit Win 7 computer see any. However, Acro Reader 11.0.3 on my other 64-bit Win 7 PC opens the PDF with a big green bar at the top claiming "Signature Fields detected". Does anyone have an idea what might be wrong and how to correct it.
Thanks for your help.

Adobe think it's a real neat idea to see a file might need signing and tell the user. The clever idea they had was to see if the word "sign" appears in the file. I hope you'll think this is as neat as the programmers at Adobe, but I have my doubts.

Upgraded to Acrobat X and signature field stop working

Upgraded to Acrobat X and IntegriSign signature field stop working. When I open the pdf and click on the signature field I get a "This plug-in is intended for validating signatures signed using earlier versions of Acrobat. To sign using this version of Acrobat, use "IntegriSign for Acrobat 9.0 and later" handler.
Under Perferences in Acrobat, 9.0 and later is checked.
In LiveCycle Designer - IntegriSign is indicated for Signature handler.
Can't figure out how to solve this. I have uninstalled, reset IntegriSign and Adobe settings a trillion times!
Please help!

I tried these steps several times. Kinda long:
Here are the steps to setup ePad signatures with Adobe Acrobat 9 and later:
>
> You will need to create a self signed certificate (id) and have IntegriSign select this to be used with Acrobat. Here are the instructions:
>
> 1. In Adobe Acrobat choose Advanced > Security Settings.
>
> 2. Select Digital IDs on the left, and then click the Add ID button.
>
> 3. Select Create a Self-Signed Digital ID for Use with Acrobat, and click Next.
>
> 4. Specify Windows Certificate Store, to store the digital ID, and click next.
>
> 5. Type your name, email address, and other personal information for your digital ID. When you certify or sign a document, the name appears in the Signatures panel and in the signature field.
>
> If the computer is for public signing, you can replace your name with the name of the PC. It is not practical to have a digital id for every person that signs. IntegriSign will still ask for the signers name and signature.
>
> 6. Go to Windows start => all programs => IntegriSignDesktop => Desktop => Desktop Configuration => Select button (under certificate selection in the lower right of the window). At this time, you should see the digital id you just created.
>
> 7. Choose the certificate you just created, and click the OK button.
>
> 8. Go to Adobe Acrobat ->Edit -> Preferences -> Security, click on the Advanced button and make sure IntegriSign for acrobat 9 and later is selected as the default in the Creation. Also make sure the Verification is set to default method and the method is IntegriSign for Acrobat 9 and later.
>
> If IntegriSign is not an option then go under Edit/Preferences-->General (not Security) find the "Application Startup" checkbox 'Use only certified plug-in' CHECKED. Uncheck the box and repeat the first procedure.
>
> 9. Now, open a PDF file, and perform the signature using ePad, and should be able to sign.

I am unable to sign Adobe Reader 9 signature fields.

Hi,
I received a PDF that I need to sign digitally. However, when I try to sign the signature field, nothing happens. Specifically, when I click the field with my mouse, nothing happens.
In more detail:
1. I move my mouse over the field, and a dialog box appears saying "Unsigned signature field (Click to sign)".
2. I click the field, but nothing happens.
3. When I go to Document --> Sign --> and I view the options, all the options (such as "Sign Document" or "Apply Ink Signature") are grayed out. I have included an image to illustrate what I am saying.
It should be noted that I initially tried to do this with Adobe Reader 11. After that didn't work, I re-installed Adobe Reader 11 and tried again, but it still didn't work. Then I switched to Adobe Reader 9, and it doesn't work. Any thoughts on what's going on here?

In my quest to find out what's wrong, I also discovered that when I try to save any changes, a box appears saying: "Data typed into this form will not be saved. Adobe Reader can only save a blank copy of this form." Might the two issues be related?

Page rotation and signature field

Hello,
I'm requesting some help because I spent too much time comparing my PDFs to see where I am wrong.
I got a document with a clockwise rotation of 90 degrees for every pages. The conforming readers apply the
rotation to display the content in a readable fashion.
So, when I sign the document (with a visible signature field), the signature visual representation is rotated. I got back to ISO 32000-1
and discovered the MK dictionary of widget annotations (table 188).
Here is an example of the widget annotations I'm producing now:
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<</MK <</R 90>>/F 4/Type /Annot/Subtype /Widget/Rect [100.0 475.0 356.0 731.0 ]/FT /Sig/DR <<>>/T (Sign5929838)/V 5649 0 R/AP <</N 5661 0 R>>/P 5629 0 R>>
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<</Rect[39.8122 525.182 153.319 702.22]/Subtype/Widget/F 132/P 5634 0 R/T(Signature2)/V 5660 0 R/DA(/MyriadPro-Regular 0 Tf 0 Tz 0 g)/FT/Sig/Type/Annot/MK<</R 90>>/AP<</N 5637 0 R>>>>
endobj
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Well, I think I need some fresh look to understand when I went wrong.
Here are the complete files:
http://www.terafiles.net/v-121441.html (by me)
http://www.terafiles.net/v-121442.html (by Acrobat)

Ok, I finally found out what's going on backstage.
The /R entry of the MK dictionary is just some informative statement. It does not make the PDF reader tilt the signature field.
Acrobat modifies the current transformation matrice to do so.
It's sad it's not clearly stated in the ISO standard...

Reading digital Signature field ..

Hi Experts
Can anyone please help me on this..
I have created an adobe interactive form wherein i have put a digital signature field, now after the user fills up the form i need to read it through webdynpro Java. How do i read that field.
I tried to map it to String attribute in context, and then read, it came out to be null..
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Hi Amita
Were you able to solve this?
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You can have a signature field, or multiple signature fields on a dynamic form, but you cannot place the signature field(s) inside a repeatable subform. This is nor supported and will not work.
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Steve

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solved by myself.
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i just created a couple of pdf forms with adobe acrobat 9 standard and authorize the people who will fill in these forms to sign them. My properties are correctly done and i can clearly see that signing is allowed from adobe acrobat. I tried to sign it and it worked.
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