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 EvoPdfDigitalSignatureElement 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.
Code Sample - Add A Digital Signature to Generated PDF Document
protected void convertToPdfButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create a HTML to PDF converter object with default settings HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(); // 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; Document pdfDocument = null; try { string htmlWithDigitalSignatureMarker = htmlStringTextBox.Text; string baseUrl = baseUrlTextBox.Text; // Convert a HTML string with a marker for digital signature to a PDF document object 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 = digitalSignatureMapping.PdfRectangles[0].PdfPage; RectangleF digitalSignatureRectangle = digitalSignatureMapping.PdfRectangles[0].Rectangle; string certificateFilePath = Server.MapPath("~/DemoAppFiles/Input/Certificates/evopdf.pfx"); // Get the certificate from password protected PFX file DigitalCertificatesCollection certificates = DigitalCertificatesStore.GetCertificates(certificateFilePath, "evopdf"); DigitalCertificate certificate = certificates[0]; // Create the digital signature DigitalSignatureElement signature = new DigitalSignatureElement(digitalSignatureRectangle, certificate); 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(); } finally { // Close the PDF document if (pdfDocument != null) pdfDocument.Close(); } }
HTML Code with a Region Marked to Become a Digital Signature
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<!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>