[AccessD] Digital Signatures

Jeff Barrows jeff.developer at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 07:52:41 CST 2015


Janet,

The signature add-in IS called Super Signature.  There website is www.supersignature.com

If you want to contact me directly, my email address is in my signature.


Thank You,

Jeff Barrows
Jeff.developer at gmail.com






On 11/6/15, 11:32 AM, "AccessD on behalf of Janet Erbach" <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of jerbach.db at gmail.com> wrote:

>Thank you all for your comments!
>
>Charlotte, I had read about Topaz tablets yesterday, so I know what we're
>referring to.  But there's no way I'm going to get budget approval for
>those, as my company just went on a serious no-extraneous-expenditure
>diet.  And the same would apply to getting small scanners to hook up at the
>supervisor's workstation.
>
>Jeff - can you please tell me a bit more about the ASP/net add in you use?
>
>And Gustav, I will tell my husband you approve of his methodology.  :) That
>may be the route I have to take for now until the company starts spending
>money again.
>
>Janet
>
>On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Jeff Barrows <jeff.developer at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Have you considered using ASP.net or some other web app?  I use a very
>> simple add-in to collect real signatures from clients, store them on the
>> server, and can save the actual document with signatures as a PDF if
>> necessary.
>>
>> Thank You,
>>
>> Jeff Barrows
>> Jeff.developer at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/6/15, 10:33 AM, "AccessD on behalf of Charlotte Foust" <
>> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of
>> charlotte.foust at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Janet,
>> >
>> >At my previous full time job, our application did exactly what you're
>> >talking about.  We started with it in Access and later migrated it to
>> vb.net,
>> >but in both cases we used signature tablets from Topaz.  There's work
>> >involved, because you have security issues when you store signatures (we
>> >encrypted/decrypted ours).  You need to have an API to program to for the
>> >tablet.  It's doable, but may not be worth the effort.  There are
>> >electronic signature verification services available to validate typed
>> >e-signatures, so that might be a better way to go.  Storing signatures
>> >electronically is fraught with security issues.
>> >
>> >Charlotte
>> >
>> >Charlotte Foust
>> >(916) 206-4336
>> >
>> >On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Janet Erbach <jerbach.db at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Stuart -
>> >>
>> >> Yes, a digital tablet and pen is what I was referring to.  I have an
>> >> inexpensive usb tablet to test with; this is for an employee reviews
>> >> application, and the idea is to have the whole thing be paperless.  The
>> >> review is completed in the Access app, the supervisor meets with the
>> >> employee, and then both would (in theory) sign the document digitally
>> using
>> >> the pad.
>> >>
>> >> My husband thinks it's a waste of time to pursue doing this through
>> >> access...he says it's bad enough at his workplace getting it to work
>> >> properly in C#. He thinks that printing the review, signing the paper,
>> and
>> >> then scanning it and storing a link to the image is the way to go...
>> >>
>> >> Janet
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Stuart McLachlan <
>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > "What do you mean by "digital signature"?  There are several methods
>> of
>> >> > "digitally signing"
>> >> > something including using public/private key encryption or embedidng a
>> >> > facsimile of a written
>> >> > signature.   In the latter case, the facsimile can either by scanned
>> or
>> >> > captured
>> >> >
>> >> > Do you mean the last case where someone draws on an input device such
>> as
>> >> a
>> >> > graphics pad
>> >> > or tries to scrawl their signature with a mouse?  If so, what sort of
>> >> > input are you using?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 5 Nov 2015 at 17:03, Janet Erbach wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > Hello!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Have any of you implemented a way to capture a digital signature on
>> an
>> >> > > access form?  I haven't found too much help through google searches.
>> >> > > After playing around for awhile with a test form, I found that an
>> >> > > unbound bitmap image allows me to get the signature - but it's a
>> >> > > clunky interface.  Any ideas for me?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thank you!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Janet Erbach
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