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September 23, 2024
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Need help creating engineer's seal with a date the seal was applied

  • September 23, 2024
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I need help creating a dynamic engineer's seal with a date that the seal was applied. I am working with an engineer who has never used a digital seal before, and so I have helped to create a digital image copy of his seal for him. My issue now is that I want to set him up with the stamp so it's very easy for him to apply it, and I need the seal to have a field that will autofill the date the stamp was applied to the drawing page. I don't want it to update whenever the document is opened, just display the date it was applied. Then, I need the seal to be authenticated separately with his digital signature once he has applied his seal to all the pages. How do I do this? I've been working on it all day and I am at a loss.

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Correct answer try67

Sorry, I misread...

 

Then you can use a stamp on each page (it can be duplicated using a script), with a text field and a simple script to populate it, like this:

event.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());

Then I would recommend to digitally sign the file, to make sure it has a valid signature that can be verified, as those stamps are not that at all.

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shaktikeshri
Adobe Employee
September 27, 2024

Hi @amplogho Is your query resolved with the answer by @try67 . If yes, please mark the answer as correct answer. If not, please let me know the issue you are still facing with the seals.

 

Thanks,

Shakti K

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    September 23, 2024

    Does the seal have to appear on all pages? Because if not, I would simply use a digital signature with an appearance set as the seal. The signature automatically contains the date it was applied, so there's no need to do anything special to add it. It also applies to the entire file as a whole, so there's no real need to stamp each page.

    amplogho
    amploghoAuthor
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    September 23, 2024

    It does need to appear on each page

    try67
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    try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2024

    Sorry, I misread...

     

    Then you can use a stamp on each page (it can be duplicated using a script), with a text field and a simple script to populate it, like this:

    event.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());

    Then I would recommend to digitally sign the file, to make sure it has a valid signature that can be verified, as those stamps are not that at all.

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