Chapter 16: Filling and signing AcroForms
This Chapter covers
- Reading and updating form fields
- Working with (X)FDF
- Signing a PDF document
- Verifying a signed PDF
Table of Contents:
16.1: Filling in the fields of an AcroForm
- 16.1.1: Retrieving information from a field (part 1)
- 16.1.2: Filling fields
- 16.1.3: Retrieving information from a field (part 2)
- 16.1.4: Flattening a PDF file
- 16.1.5: Optimizing the flattening process
16.2: Working with FDF and XFDF files
- 16.2.2: Reading and writing FDF files
- 16.2.2: Reading XFDF Files
16.3: Signing a PDF file
- 16.3.1: Adding a signature field to a PDF file
- 16.3.2: Using public and private keys
- 16.3.3: Generating keys and certificates
- 16.3.4: Signing a document
16.4: Verifying a PDF file
16.5: Summary
Figures and examples
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Bonus examples
These examples aren't mentioned in the book, but elaborate on topics that are discussed in this chapter.
- ant action -Dchapter=X -Dexample=FoobarTranscriptMerge
extra example for chapter 16- Extra java source files needed to run this example:
- Extra resource needed to run this example:
- Resulting files:
- ant action -Dchapter=X -Dexample=HelloWorldUnicode
extra example for chapter 16- IMPORTANT! Extra font needed in the font directory:
- Arial Unicode (arialuni.ttf)
- Resulting files:
