PDF digitally sign
To do that you use the advanced utilities workflow component: PDF digitally sign.
Prerequisites:
- In order to add a digital signature, you need a license code for InterFormNG2, that includes the Advanced PDF module.
- A PKCS12 certificate must be loaded in the Other section of the Library as explained in the section: Getting a digital certificate file.
- After adding the signature you need to output the PDF file e.g. with the To filesystem workflow component. The procedure to email a signed PDF file is covered in this section.
The PDF digitally sign component has these parameters:
- Certificate file
The uploaded PKCS12 file, that contains the digital signature to be added. The file must be placed in the others section of the Library. - Certificate password
The password for the certificate file. - Certificate alias
If needed you can here state an alias for the certificate.
Here is an example of a small workflow, that generates a PDF file, that is digitally signed:
Emailing of e signed PDF file is covered in the email output section.
Getting
a digital certificate file:
A digital pkcs12 certificate ((PKCS#12 w/ x.509 certificate) can be bought from various, trusted suppliers.
For test purposes you can order a free trial signature now e.g. from this web site:
It looks like this:
If you click the top right Download link (Test Bruger (gyldig)- PKCS12) - or use this link:
- then you will download a valid digital signature, that you can use for testing. The password needed to open the file is ‘Test1234'. This .p12 file can directly be used in InterFormNG as a digital signature.
The second line (Test Bruger (spærret)) is a sample, test certificate, that has been revoked, so if you want to test that, then you can download the PKCS12 link in that line via this link:
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