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Add stamps, barcodes and QR-codes, text, image, metadata, form field and digital signatures to documents of various formats like PDF, DOCX/DOC, PPTX/PPT, XLSX/XLS, VSDX/VSD, JPG, PNG, TIFF, HTML etc.

.NET API for Document Signature

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This on-premise .NET API lets your app end-users sign the electronic documents from a wide range of file formats. Supports several types of e-signing methods.

Document Signature Processing Features

  • Create and add signatures to documents of various file formats.
  • Specify visual attributes of signatures, such as color, font, margins, etc.
  • Search and fetch a list of signatures from a document.
  • Determine if the document contains signatures meeting specified criteria.
  • Extract basic information about the document.
  • Generate image representation of document pages for preview.
  • Distinguish created signatures from the actual document.
  • Put encrypted text into the QR-code signature or embed custom data objects.

Signature Supported Formats

The following section lists the supported file formats for the barcode, image, QR-code, stamp, and text signature types: Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLSX, XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM
Microsoft PowerPoint: PPTX, PPTM, PPT, PPSX, PPSM, PPS, POTX, POTM
OpenOffice: ODT, OTT, ODS, OTS, ODP, OTP
Image: BMP, DJVU, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIF, TIFF, WEBP
CorelDraw: CDR, CMX
Photoshop: PSD
Metafile: WMF
Portable: PDF

Digital Signature Supported Formats

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLSX, XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM
OpenOffice: ODS, OTS
Portable: PDF

FormField Signature Supported Formats

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLSX, XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM
OpenOffice: ODS, OTS, ODP
Portable: PDF

Metadata Signature Supported Formats

Microsoft Word: DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTM, DOTX
Microsoft Excel: XLSX, XLS, XLSB, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM
Microsoft PowerPoint: PPTX, PPTM, PPT, PPSX, PPSM, PPS, POTX, POTM
OpenOffice: ODT, OTT, ODS, OTS, ODP, OTP
Image: JPG, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIF, TIFF
Photoshop: PSD
Portable: PDF

Supported Signature Types

  • Text stamps
  • Text labels
  • Text as an image signature
  • Image signature
  • Digital signature
  • Barcode signature
  • QR-code signature
  • Metadata signature
  • Form-field signature

Platform Independence

GroupDocs.Signature for .NET does not require any external software or third-party tool to be installed. GroupDocs.Signature for .NET supports any 32-bit or 64-bit operating system where .NET or Mono framework is installed. The other details are as follows:

Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Desktop (x86, x64) (XP & up), Microsoft Windows Server (x86, x64) (2000 & up), Windows Azure
Mac OS: Mac OS X
Linux: Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, CentOS and others)
Development Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio (2010 & up), Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.IOS, Xamarin.Mac, MonoDevelop 2.4 and later.
Supported Frameworks: GroupDocs.Conversion for .NET supports .NET and Mono frameworks.

Get Started

Are you ready to give GroupDocs.Signature for .NET a try? Simply execute Install-Package GroupDocs.Signature from Package Manager Console in Visual Studio to fetch & reference GroupDocs.Signature assembly in your project. If you already have GroupDocs.Signature for .Net and want to upgrade it, please execute Update-Package GroupDocs.Signature to get the latest version.

Please check the GitHub Repository for other common usage scenarios.

Sign a PDF File and Save it in DOCX Format using C# Code

using (Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf"))
{
    // create QRCode option with predefined QRCode text
    QRCodeSignOptions signOptions = new QRCodeSignOptions("JohnSmith")
    {
        EncodeType = QRCodeTypes.QR,
        Left = 100,
        Top = 100
    };
    PdfSaveOptions pdfSaveOptions = new PdfSaveOptions()
    {
        FileFormat = PdfSaveFileFormat.DocX,
        OverwriteExistingFiles = true
    };
    // sign document to file
    signature.Sign("SignedPdf.docx", signOptions, pdfSaveOptions);
}

Use C# to Search and Delete Signatures from a DOCX File

// initialize Signature instance
using (Signature signature = new Signature("signed.docx"))
{
    BarcodeSearchOptions options = new BarcodeSearchOptions();
    List<BarcodeSignature> signatures = signature.Search<BarcodeSignature>(options);
    List<BaseSignature> signaturesToDelete = new List<BaseSignature>();
    // collect signatures to delete
    foreach (BarcodeSignature temp in signatures)
    {
        if (temp.Text.Contains("John"))
        {
            signaturesToDelete.Add(temp);
        }
    }
    // delete signatures
    DeleteResult deleteResult = signature.Delete(signaturesToDelete);
    if (deleteResult.Succeeded.Count == signaturesToDelete.Count)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("All signatures were successfully deleted!");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Successfully deleted signatures : {deleteResult.Succeeded.Count}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Not deleted signatures : {deleteResult.Failed.Count}");
    }
    Console.WriteLine("List of deleted signatures:");
    foreach (BaseSignature temp in deleteResult.Succeeded)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Signature# Id:{temp.SignatureId}, Location: {temp.Left}x{temp.Top}. Size: {temp.Width}x{temp.Height}");
    }
}

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