Automate adding blank digital signature boxes

[adoucette]

Is it possible automate adding a digital signature field to a PDF?

My particular use case is that we have an MS Access DB that generates a list of items the company has issued to each employee and we send that out for each employee to digitally sign and return. I would like to insert a blank digital signature field at the bottom right of the document so that all we need to do is email that pdf to the employee (so they can then add their signature and return it). I'm using Access 2013 and Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

What is the best way to accomplish this?

Thank you!

Ari

[try67]

It's possible to create a script that will add this field at a pre-defined location on the first page of the file.

You could then execute it from a specially created menu item, or even as a part of an Action.

[adoucette]

Is it possible to create a script to do this to a folder full of files? What would that script look like?

Thanks!

[try67]

Yes, if it's combined with an Action.

Where exactly on the page do you want to place this field? What should be the size of it?

[adoucette · Accepted solution]

Thank you,

I ended up making an Action in Acrobat as suggested that puts the blank

signature field in the lower right of a landscape layout page.

All it takes is to run the action wizard, have it prompt the user for files

or folders, then run this javascript on those files selected:

var name = "sigField";

var type = "signature";

var page = 0;

var mySigRect = ;

var sf = this.addField(name, type, page, mySigRect);

That is not as easy as just putting it into some VB Script such that Access

could export the PDF with the blank signature field already in it, but does

only add one step for the user.

Thank you for pointing me in that direction.

Ari