Android™

PDF Signature Page Location

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This example demonstrates how to specify the location of a PDF signature on a page.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.85 or greater.

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkPdf pdf = new CkPdf();

    // Load a PDF to be signed.
    // The "hello.pdf" is available at https://chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf
    success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/hello.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pdf.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Options for signing are specified in JSON.
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();

    // In most cases, the signingCertificateV2 and signingTime attributes are required.
    json.UpdateInt("signingCertificateV2",1);
    json.UpdateInt("signingTime",1);

    // When cryptographically signing a PDF, the signature's appearance can be placed on a specific
    // page in the PDF document, and at a specified location on the page.
    // The 1st page of the PDF document is page number 1 (we don't use 0-based numbering for PDF page numbers).
    // The PDF object has a NumPages property, so we can use it to sign on the last page of the PDF.
    json.UpdateInt("page",pdf.get_NumPages());

    // appearance.y and appearance.x JSON properties control the x,y location of the signature.
    // The "appearance.y" can be "top" or "bottom".
    // The "appearance.x" can be "left", "middle", or "right".
    // It is also possible to specify exact PDF location in user space coordinates, which is discussed below.
    json.UpdateString("appearance.y","bottom");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.x","middle");

    // In this example, the fontScale (in combination with the number of appearance text lines and the length of the longest text line),
    // automatically determine the width/height of the signature text box. Any included graphic (JPG image or built-in SVG) is automatically
    // scaled to fit. It is alternatively possible to specify the desired width/height of the signature rectangle.  In that case
    // you would NOT specify a fontScale because Chilkat would automatically chose a font scale to fit the text to the desired rectangle.
    // This example demonstrates how to specify the exact width/height of the PDF signature text box.
    json.UpdateString("appearance.fontScale","9.0");

    json.UpdateString("appearance.text[0]","Digitally signed by: cert_cn");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.text[1]","current_dt");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.image","document-accepted");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.imagePlacement","left");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.imageOpacity","100");

    // Load the signing certificate. (Use your own certificate.)
    CkCert cert = new CkCert();
    success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/myPdfSigningCert.pfx","pfx_password");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Tell the pdf object to use the certificate for signing.
    success = pdf.SetSigningCert(cert);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pdf.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = pdf.SignPdf(json,"qa_output/hello_signed.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pdf.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "The PDF has been successfully cryptographically signed.");

    // The appearance of the signature appears in Adobe Acrobat as shown here:

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // *** Scroll down for information about specifying the PDF signature x,y location in user space coordinates.
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // (image:https://example-code.com/images/bottom_middle_signature.jpg/endImage)

    // The x,y coordinates of a PDF page are in "user space", called "points", and there are 72 pointes per inch.
    // A PDF page (8.5" x 11") is 612 points wide and 792 points high.
    // The bottom left is at 0,0.    The top right is at 612,792.
    // 
    // To specify the location of a signature rectangle, the "appearance.y" is the y coordinate of the top of the signature rectangle,
    // and the "appearance.x" is the x coordinate of the left of the signature rectangle.
    // Therefore, to position the signature rectangle at the exact top/left of the page, we do this:

    json.UpdateString("appearance.y","792");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.x","0");

    json.UpdateString("appearance.text[0]","Digitally signed again by: cert_cn");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.text[1]","current_dt");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.image","document-accepted");
    json.UpdateString("appearance.imagePlacement","right");

    CkPdf pdf2 = new CkPdf();
    success = pdf2.LoadFile("qa_output/hello_signed.pdf");
    success = pdf2.SetSigningCert(cert);

    success = pdf2.SignPdf(json,"qa_output/hello_signed2.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pdf2.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "The PDF has been successfully cryptographically signed again.");

    // Here we have the PDF with the signature just added at the exact top/left.
    // (image:https://example-code.com/images/pdf_signature_top_left.jpg/endImage)

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}