[AccessD] Digital Signatures

[Darryl Collins]

"That may be the route I have to take for now until the company starts spending money again."

Heh.. That was my thought exactly.  If you are budget constrained than it will be hard to bet the scanner approach.
Another possible option maybe to use an external solution like 'Docusign".

<<https://www.docusign.com.au/how-it-works/electronic-signature>

We used this when we purchased a house in the US and it was great.  Saved a ton of time and stuffing around.
No idea if that is feasible for you or not, but worth considering.

Cheers
Darryl.



-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Janet Erbach
Sent: Saturday, 7 November 2015 4:33 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Digital Signatures

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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