EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you to add digital signatures to the generated PDF document. In order to add digital signatures you need a certificate with private and public keys. These certificates are usually stored in a .pfx or a .p12 file in PKCS#12 format and they can be password protected. A digital signature is represented by a EvoPdfClientDigitalSignatureElement object which can be placed in any position in a PDF page. Below is a complete example of adding a digital signature to a PDF document.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Drawing;
// Use EVO PDF Namespace
using EvoPdfClient;
namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.HTML_to_PDF.PDF_Security
{
public partial class Digital_Signatures : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void convertToPdfButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Get the server IP and port
String serverIP = textBoxServerIP.Text;
uint serverPort = uint.Parse(textBoxServerPort.Text);
// Create a HTML to PDF converter object
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null;
if (radioButtonUseTcpService.Checked)
htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort);
else
htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, textBoxWebServiceUrl.Text);
// Set optional service password
if (textBoxServicePassword.Text.Length > 0)
htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = textBoxServicePassword.Text;
// Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode
// Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode
htmlToPdfConverter.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c=";
// Set an adddional delay in seconds to wait for JavaScript or AJAX calls after page load completed
// Set this property to 0 if you don't need to wait for such asynchcronous operations to finish
htmlToPdfConverter.ConversionDelay = 2;
string htmlWithDigitalSignatureMarker = htmlStringTextBox.Text;
string baseUrl = baseUrlTextBox.Text;
// Convert a HTML string with a marker for digital signature to a PDF document object
Document pdfDocument = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertHtmlToPdfDocumentObject(htmlWithDigitalSignatureMarker, baseUrl);
// Make the HTML element with 'digital_signature_element' mapping ID a link to digital signature properties
HtmlElementMapping digitalSignatureMapping = htmlToPdfConverter.HtmlElementsMappingOptions.HtmlElementsMappingResult.GetElementByMappingId("digital_signature_element");
if (digitalSignatureMapping != null)
{
PdfPage digitalSignaturePage = pdfDocument.GetPage(digitalSignatureMapping.PdfRectangles[0].PageIndex);
RectangleFloat digitalSignatureRectangle = digitalSignatureMapping.PdfRectangles[0].Rectangle;
string certificateFilePath = Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/Certificates/evopdf.pfx");
// Create the digital signature
DigitalSignatureElement signature = new DigitalSignatureElement(digitalSignatureRectangle, certificateFilePath, "evopdf", 0);
signature.Reason = "Protect the document from unwanted changes";
signature.ContactInfo = "The contact email is support@evopdf.com";
signature.Location = "Development server";
digitalSignaturePage.AddElement(signature);
}
// Save the PDF document in a memory buffer
byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save();
// Send the PDF as response to browser
// Set response content type
Response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/pdf");
// Instruct the browser to open the PDF file as an attachment or inline
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", String.Format("attachment; filename=Digital_Signatures.pdf; size={0}", outPdfBuffer.Length.ToString()));
// Write the PDF document buffer to HTTP response
Response.BinaryWrite(outPdfBuffer);
// End the HTTP response and stop the current page processing
Response.End();
}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
string currentPageUrl = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri;
string rootUrl = "http://www.evopdf.com/demo/";
htmlStringTextBox.Text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/HTML_Files/Digital_Signatures.html"));
baseUrlTextBox.Text = rootUrl + "DemoAppFiles/Input/HTML_Files/";
sampleCodeLiteral.Text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/Code_Samples/CSharp/AspNet/HTML_to_PDF/PDF_Security/Digital_Signatures.html"));
descriptionLiteral.Text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/Descriptions/AspNet/HTML_to_PDF/PDF_Security/Digital_Signatures.html"));
Master.CollapseAll();
Master.ExpandNode("HTML_to_PDF");
Master.ExpandNode("PDF_Security_Features");
Master.SelectNode("Digital_Signatures");
}
}
protected void demoMenu_MenuItemClick(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.Item.Value)
{
case "Live_Demo":
demoMultiView.SetActiveView(liveDemoView);
break;
case "Description":
demoMultiView.SetActiveView(descriptionView);
break;
case "Sample_Code":
demoMultiView.SetActiveView(sampleCodeView);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Add Digital Signatures in PDF</title>
</head>
<body style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px">
<span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold">Digital Signatures</span><br />
<br />
<span>The image and the text below will become a link to digital signature properties:</span>
<br />
<br />
<div data-mapping-enabled="true" data-mapping-id="digital_signature_element" style="width: 320px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; border: 2px solid royalblue">
<span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; color: navy">Click to open the digital signature properties</span><br />
<br />
<img alt="Logo Image" style="width: 300px" src="img/logo.jpg" />
</div>
<br />
<br />
</body>
</html>