[AccessD] Digital Signatures

[Jeff Barrows]

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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