Signature creation

What is the best way to create a signature in Mail that has a graphic file and my address in a specific font? I already have one that is received in many different ways by the recipients and comes back in very strange formats...

I think all you need to do in setting a different font/color/size in a Signature in Mail is to simply type the text you want, first. Now, you can select all are whatever part you want to change and select the "Font" and/or "Colors" menu and make your choices. Not sure if that's what you're really asking, you probably already use this method! 8-)
However, you should be aware that this will only work if you are sending the message as RTF. Furthermore, even if the recipient has agreed to receive RTF messages, they will not see your selected font unless they also have it installed on their hardware. Pretty much limits what is useful for PC buddies!
While I've not tried inserting a graphic, what happens when you just drag and drop one into the 'signature' editing panel?

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How can i set signature creation/modification time at signature creation?

Hi,
I have an acrobat plugin (PubSec), written using sdk 9 and running on acrobat x. i have noticed that after creating a new signature using my plugin the signing time i put in the signature appearance is different from the "M:" entry in signature dictionary. I tried the same process (i.e signature creation) using adobe's default plugin but this time there was no discrepency in datetime values.
The time difference is variable, usually a couple of seconds. I have tried to set the "M:" entry in signature dictionary "V" via the following code in the
SigGetProperties() callback:
void DSEngine::sigGetSigProperties( PSSigSigPropParams params )
      std::string dateString = "20110518163011+04'00'";    // here i have used current time as well but doesnt work
      // used "D:
20110518163011+04'00'
" version as well but no use.
          ASText dateText = ASTextFromScriptText ((const char*)dateString.c_str(), kASRomanScript);
          ASCabPutText(params->outNewSigPropCab, PROP_SigProp_Date, dateText);
Please help me remove this time difference.
Who sets "M:" value and at which point during signature creation (i mean in which callback)?
Is above code the right way to set "M:" entry (i.e. signing time) of signature dictionary "V"?
Is the sigGetSigProperties() callback the right place to put this code?
Thanks

As far as I'm aware GarageBand for iPad only supports 4/4 time, at least in it's present form.
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How to customize Cerified signature creation?

hi,
I am writing a plugin for acrobat 9, for digital signature creation and verification based on DocSign sample.
i am able to create digital signatures but i dont want the Certify dialog to appear when creating Certified signature. The Certify dialog is shown right after my sigGetProperties() callback, this dialog has a combo box which allows us to choose one of "No changes allowed", "form fill-in and digital signatures" and "Annotations, form fill-in, and digital signature" options.
My questions are:
1 - How can i determine if the signature being created is certified or normal?
2 - How can i suppress the Certify Dialog shown by acrobat when creating cerified signatures?
3 - How can i set the certification mode (i.e. "No changes allowed", or "Form fill-in and digital signatures" etc) in acrobat so that acrobat takes it into account when creating the certified signature.
4 - Lastly, where can i find all these details about PubSec digital signature creation and verification so i dont have to ask these basic questions. thanks.

[discussion moved to Creating, Editing & Exporting PDFs forum]

Reg: digital signature creation

Hi,
i have created interactive form and in that placed a signature element. when i test the apllication, it displays a pdf that i wanted to sign using a digital signature. when i click signature element it displays a popup with signautres.
my question is where should i create signatures and how could i do that.
please do the needful
thanks
vinod

I would have to see all of the code to have a better idea what the problem is. My guess though is that you are not adding the SignatureProperties in the right location in the XMLSignature or you are not specifying the xmldsig namespace when you create the elements and the implementation throws an exception because of that. You may want to use the XMLObject and SignatureProperies API instead to add the properties. Also, I did notice in the code that you are using an object named signatureDocument to add the signature properties but then an object named signatureDoc to unmarshal the signature. I wonder if this is a typo or what is the difference between these objects?

How do I remove a digital signature from Adobe Acrobat Pro. I have set it up wrongly.

I created a digital signature but I wanted to change the signature and it also was not password protected. So I deleted the signature but cannot delete the certificate to set it up again.
Mac OS X (Operating System)
So I am unable to delete the digital signature in Acrobat Xi pro.
I did the following: Adobe | Preferences | Signatures | Creation and Appearance Preferences and deleted the signature. But Adobe | Preferences | Signatures | Digittal ID and Trusted Certificate Settings, does not want to delete.
Tank you.

It's not clear to me what you're trying to accomplish. If you get rid of your digital ID you will still be prompted to create/add one when you need to sign a form, which you say you still need to do? Do you really just want to e-sign (hand-drawn signature, or stamp) instead of digitally sign? Do the forms you're using have digital signature fields?

Multiple Digital Signatures (certificates) results in VERY slow PDF

I created a form in Lifecycle that typically has 8 signatures. As more signatures are added the form slows down significantly. Our director, who ultimately signs off on the document, has informed us that it took him 35+ minutes to approve 3 documents. The forms are on a network drive. I had read some old threads that mentioned this issue was being investigated and the newer versions of Acrobat should help speed up this process. We are currently running Acrobat X 10.1.4. Any suggestions as to what might be slowing things down? I know the digital signatures require validating and expect it to slow things down a bit but 11+ minutes is probably more than it should be. Thanks

Hi,
Just out of curiousity, if the form has been Reader Enabled, and, if the director could download the free Adobe Reader v11 from the Adobe web site, and he signs the file using version 11, is the signing process faster? It should be much faster in version 11 because we fixed the recursive validation issue that made dealing with multiple signatures so slow.
If you're interested in the nuts and bolts read on, but if not I'll understand...
The way signature validation use to work is Acrobat (and Reader as well because because the signature creation and validation mechanisms are the same in both) would start to validate signature number 8 right after the signature was created (it needs to do the validation so it knows whether or not to put the green check mark next to the signature). As part of the validation process it would need to re-validate each previous signature (and this is where things start to get weird). In order to validate signature 7 it has to also validate all previous signatures (6 thru 1) and every time it validates a new signature it has to do all of the previous signatures. Each signature would get validated as many times as it was part of the revision list. That is, signature 1 got validated eight times, signature 2 seven times and so on.
Begining with version 11 (or XI as it says in the product) we stopped all of the recursive validation and just do each signature once which makes the signature validation process much quicker. I'm always looking for real world examples, and if you can test it with Reader XI I'd appreciate knowing the results.
Thanks,
Steve

PubSec Digital signatures in Acrobat 9

Hi,
i m developing a digital signature plug-in, PubSec, to be specific. My plugin will, hopefully, digitally sign open pdf, and also able to verify them. The signature i am creating will be standard so that any other plugin, including Acrobat's own, can also verify it, and my plugin can verify others too. For this, i will leave the Filter unset and only set subfilter appropriately.
Now, when implementing the signature creation and verification callbacks i found it very difficult, and in some cases am stuck, while getting required information from the provided arguments of the callbacks. For instance, from this structure "PSSigValidateDialogParams" i want to extract information such as:
- signature's verification status
- signer's certificate
- reason location, etc.
But so far i can only get the verification status as:
ASInt32 sigValDigest = ASCabGetInt( sigValCab, PROP_SigVal_Digest, kDSSigValUnknown );
ASInt32 sigValTrustFlags = ASCabGetInt( sigValCab, PROP_SigVal_TrustFlags, kDSSigValUnknown );
ASInt32 sigValId = ASCabGetInt( sigValCab, PROP_SigVal_Id, kDSSigValUnknown );
And i dont even completely understand what each of these mean. And i cannot get the rest of the info from the structure as well, as i cant find any discription about them in documentation. I did find a "Digital signature API Reference" document for acrobat 6, but none for acrobat 9. And even in acrobat 6, there is no description for most of the functions and structure, just the prototype.
Please help me get the above information from the PSSigValidateDialogParams, or atleast point me towards the documentation of the digital signature api reference for acrobat 9. Thanks

Hi,
Go to: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9/Acrobat9_HTMLHelp/API_References/Acrobat_API_Refer ence/Digital_Signatures/PubSec.html#kPSSigTrustUntrusted
and search for DSValidState
enum DSValidState { DSSigBlank = 0,
DSSigUnknown,
DSSigInvalid,
DSSigValid,
DSSigDoubleChecked,
DSSigValidStateEnumSize
and here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9/Acrobat9_HTMLHelp/API_References/Acrobat_API_Refer ence/Digital_Signatures/PubSec.html#kPSSigTrustAll
enum DSSigValState { kDSSigValUnknown = 0,
kDSSigValUnknownTrouble,
kDSSigValUnknownBytesNotReady,
kDSSigValInvalidTrouble,
kDSSigValUnused,
kDSSigValJustSigned,
kDSSigValFalse,
kDSSigValTrue,
kDSSigValEnumSize
Regards,
mwak

Securing pdf document with digital signatures

I have a pdf document that has digital signatures. We need to secure it so no one who has input their digital signature can go back in later, delete their signature and then 're-sign' it. But I get an error message telling me I can't secure the document because it has digital signatures.
Is there any way to secure the document so only I can secure/unsecure it after digital signatures have been input?
Thanks!

You don't need to use document encryption to lock the PDF file. You can set the signature field properties to mark all fields as read-only at signature creation. Try this:
Select the Tools > Toolbars > Advanced Editing menu item
Click the Select Object tool on the Advanced editing toolbar (it's the arrow icon)
Right mouse click on the signature field and select Properties from the pop-up menu
Select the Signed tab on the Digital Signature Properties dialog
Select the Mark as read-only radio button and All fields from the corresponding drop-down list
Click the Close button on the Digital Signature Properties dialog
Select the File > Save As menu item and save a copy (in other words, leave the original copy as is in case you find you locked yourself out of the document, that way you'll have a fall-back recovery option)
Good luck,
Steve

How can I integrate a Topaz signature pad to place the signature on the document? It is a certificate signature on the pad that isn't going onto the document.

Adobe doesn't support a signature pad for Adobe Acrobat but the Topaz pad sees and registers the signature on the computer but not on the document? Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Mary,
Did you not get software from Topaz along with the signature pad? You should have gotten a file called signplus.exe (or gemsignplus) that installs the software that integrates the Topaz signature pad with Acrobat. Then you need to go to the Signature Creation preference and select Topaz as the default signing method. You can also select Always ask and then you would be prompted to select either Topaz or the traditional Acrobat digital signature when you click on a signature field.
How to get to the signature preference depends on the version of Acrobat you are using. If you let me know I'll give you the exact steps.
Steve

Outlook 2010 Signature: Resizes GIF-pictures when you do not have 100% dpi set on display settings

Our automatic signature tool creates signatures for all our employees. The signature works fine until people with non-100% dpi setting on display (e.g. medium 125% or Larger 150% in Control Panel > Display) try to edit their generated
signature and saves. Suddenly the images get resized and blurry, even if it is not displayed as resized when save the updated signature.
It works fine to edit and save if you have display DPI set to 100%.
The company logo is 127x38 pixels, 2,15KB GIF file.
Is this a known bug or something else? I'm not sure its fair to blame the signature-tool as it works okay before the editor has been doing its stuff.
Another strange thing. If I have edited a signature in 125% and saves it. I send an email and the signature logo is blurry. But if I change display DPI to 100% and send another email (logoff and logon first to change dpi) then the logo is fine again.
Seems like the logo is bound to text size

Our company is having this exact same problem. We have Outlook 2010 SP2 and Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise. As the OP we have a signature creation tool that helps us create these HTML signatures dynamically. OP did you ever resolve this issue?
However, in our situation our logo gif image is already 96 DPI. Our HTML signatures work perfectly fine when Windows DPI is set to 100%. But, as soon as you go to 125% or 150% we have problems when saving email drafts and sending emails where the
logo increases in size.
Here is an example of the HTML code for my current signature. Any help on this issue would be appreciated. Is there a way to prevent Outlook from doing this when DPI is increase from default. We have a lot of users that need to increase
the DPI to see their PC better.
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GK Signature</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV align=left> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654">Ryan Lewandowski</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654">Senior PC Specialist</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><IMG alt="Godfrey & Kahn, S.C." hspace=0 src="http://www.gklaw.com/images/logos/gklogo.gif" align=baseline height=17 width=184 border=0></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654">780 North Water Street</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654">Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3590</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="1" color="#002654">TEL</FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654"> • 414.273.3500</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="1" color="#002654">EMAIL<FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654"> • <A href=mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial" size="1" color="#002654">WWW</FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="2" color="#002654"> • <A href="http://www.gklaw.com">GKLAW.COM</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Webdings" size="4" color="green">P </FONT><FONT face="Arial" size="1" color="green">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

How do I edit my signature once its created?

I have a typo in my signature and cant fgure out how to edit the actual signature or delete it and re-create one.

Hi Kevin
Please perform the following steps:
Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Macintosh).
Signatures > Creation and Appearance > More, and in the Appearance panel, choose New or Edit.

Creating a signature and Encrypt the file

Hi Experts,
I have an requirement, I need to create a module in which I need to pass four values (Namely signing key, signing algorithm, encyption key and encryption algorithm) through parameters as inputs. Based on these parameters, I need to create the signature for the input xml file and I have to encrypted the file. Please Guide me. Give some useful links, documents or codes to how to do this. Help me in this regard.
Thanks in Advance,
Venkatesh.K

Hi,
Digitally signing of messages is possible by using cryptographic toolkits.
All required java programs are imported as archives into XI. Java mapping is written utilizing the imported java archives which actually performs the digital signature creation for the outgoing messages from XI and digital signature verification for the incoming messages to XI.
refer
SAP Network Blog: Using Digital Signatures in XI
/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/06/16/using-digital-signatures-in-xi
SAP Network Blog: How to use Digital Certificates for Signing & Encrypting Messages in XI
/people/varadharajan.krishnasamy/blog/2007/05/11/how-to-use-digital-certificates-for-signing-encrypting-messages-in-xi
SAP Network Blog: How XML Encryption can be done using web services security in SAP NetWeaver XI
/people/aparna.chaganti2/blog/2007/01/23/how-xml-encryption-can-be-done-using-web-services-security-in-sap-netweaver-xi
You may also use the SAP cryptographic toolkit available from SAP market place for signing encrypting. See i.e. http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/4f/65c3b32107964996a56e4165077e24/frameset.htm
Decryption of Message after processing by File adapter
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/collaboration.sdn?contenttype=url&content=https%3A//forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa%3FforumID%3D44%26threadID%3D37512
Ensure the Confidentiality of Your SOAP Message Content: XML Encryption Using Web Services Security in SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f0650f56-7587-2910-7c99-e1b6ffbe4d50
Digital Signatures in SAP Applications
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/40f6fee6-9316-2a10-d2a9-954d4df7dd33
Best Practices for Digital Signatures
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/55ba9790-0201-0010-aa98-ce8f51ea93cd
Thanks
Swarup
Edited by: Swarup Sawant on Apr 4, 2008 2:02 PM

Adobe XI when i use signature option i try to use rectangle, it gives option of certificate signature, does not give me webcam or digital signature or any other option to sign

when i use signature option i try to use rectangle, it gives option of certificate signature, does not give me webcam or digital signature or any other option to sign, have downgraded to Adobe X, no options show. Have upgraded back to XI no change. Free software I am using currently.

There are two types of signatures in PDF: electronic signatures, which are just images (stamps, text, image) and digital signatures.
If you want to use electronic signatures in Acrobat XI go to Fill&Sign->Place Signature. If a drag rectangle for the digital signature dialog comes up, you have selected digital signatures and Acrobat/Reader remembered it. Cancel it, go back to Fill&Sign->Place Signature and click a triangle to the left of "Place Signature". Then click on "Changed Saved Signature" and select the electronic signature type you want to use.
If you want to use digital signatures you can create custom digital signature appearance. Go to Edit->Preferences->Signatures->Creation&Appearance->More. In the "Appearances" section click "New". You will be presented with the dialog that allows you to create a custom appearance. If you want to put there your picture or image of your ink signature, you need to prepare this image as a file beforehand, select "Image" radio button, browse to the location of your image file. In Reader you can use only PDF as your image file. In Acrobat you can use many more file formats: JPEG, PNG, etc.

How to use time from external source as signature time?

Hi,
I have a PubSec based acrobat X plugin for signature creation and verification. So far i knew that acrobat was using my local system time to get signing time and saved that time in the signature dictionary. Now i have to get the signing time from an NTP server, which is different from my local system time, and I want to put this time in the signingTime (M) of the Signature dictioniary. But so far i am unable to modify the (M) dictionary value.
Can you please guide me to achieve this goal?
thanks

thanks for your prompt reply.
actually, using timestamps is not an option. Machine time can be changed and my requirement is to use NTP time during signing and set this time as signing time in the signature dictionary. I have tried adding the time in M dictionary in SigGetSigProperties() and SigGetSigValue() callbacks, but it has no effect.
My question is, is it possible to use time other, than machine time, as signing time in a signature (in signature dictionary) ?
If yes, then can i achieve this, a hint or a point in the right direction can suffice.
if no, then is this limitation part of the new plugin framework? because as far as i remember, it was allowed in digsig plugins.
Finally, can i achieve my goal in an unorthodox way?
thanks

Allow user initials for signature

How can I enable my form signature field to accept a signers initials as an electronic signature?

There are two types of electronic signatures: digital signatures and e-signatures. e-signatures are in most cases just stamps. EchoSign workflow creates form fields where its e-signatures are placed. For those you can select text that appears as your signature in the "Place Signature" selection in the Fill&Sign tool. Digital Signatures are placed in special unsigned signature fields. If this is what you mean you can create a custom appearance with your initials. First you need to create an image file that contains your initials (could be just your full signature) and then follow workflow when you click "New" in the Appearances section in Edit->Preferences->Signatures->Creation and Appearance->More dialog.

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