[AccessD] Digital Signatures

[Charlotte Foust]

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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