Dynamic Stamp for Non-Programmer

[scott.mange@gmail.com]

I hope someone can help me with this.

I'm not a programmer but would like to add a dynamic stamp for our department. I'd like a stamp that says "Electronically Approved by:" - next line "Doctor xxxxxxx" - next line current time and date and then a PNG with the doctor's signature on the last line.

Ideally, the stamp shouldn't need to be resized so hopefully the font is about 12 point and, well I'm not sure how to make the PNG come out the right size.

Can someone please provide me with the code?

Thanks.
Scott

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

I Believe you are looking for the Sign document Tool, it requires no coding knowledge and can be configured to do exactly what you want.

You can customize one by going to Protect>Sign document>Create Certificate entering that information and saving it.
Then you go into Manage... in the sign template area, and edit the options until it looks like how you desire, ive tried my best to make it look like you asked and diplay those options!

[scott.mange@gmail.com]

Thank you Daniel. I forgot to mention in my original post I'm specifically NOT looking for the digital signature as that involves too many clicks for a doctor.

It's a really long story and not worth going into why I need it done through a stamp but I'd like them to be able to pull up a document, stamp it, and close it.

Anyone else able to supply the code?

Thanks.

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Ill pass this one off to other users then, but I would like to touch on this once more,
after the initial setup of a signature its simply click and paste, just like a stamp would be.
Sure the start process is a little involved, but once that's done its a breeze.

[scott.mange@gmail.com]

All, I figured out how to partially make a dynamic stamp.

Basically you use an image and save it as a PDF and then in that PDF you add a text box using Forms. In the properties for that text box, you can add events such as run a javascript which somehow populates the textbox according to the script.

Unfortunately, I still don't know how to use javascript to force the text box to display the current date and time.

Apparently you use the 'new Date()' function and assign that to a variable but then I can't 'print it'. Or you can use the printd() function. Although I have the details for specifying the form such as mmm dd yyyy, I don't know the proper syntax such as which parts go in quotes, etc.

Maybe someone can help me with that little bit of javascript?

Thanks.

[Patrick-Tracker Supp]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the post. Here is a script I use to input a date to a text field in a dynamic stamp:

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var d = new Date;
event.value = util.printd("yyyy/mm/dd", d);

additionally, here is the code I use to get the username of whoever is logged in when the stamp is placed:

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if((identity.name != null) && !/^\s*$/.test(identity.name))
event.value = identity.name;
else
event.value = identity.loginName.replace(/\./g," ").replace(/\./g,"").replace(/\b(\w)/g,function(Word,cFst){return cFst.toUpperCase()});

I hope this helps!

[scott.mange@gmail.com]

Thanks Patrick. I've not yet had time to try this out and won't probably for a few days but I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

Thanks and best wishes.

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Thanks for the update Scott,

There's no rush! When you have the time!
We would be happy to hear your feedback once you've applied the above!

Cheers,
Stefan

[marcin19545]

Hi,

I found this topic very interesing.

Its OffTopic, but I wonder if somebody could cast some light onto writing java scripts in PDF XChange

what is basic object model ?

Is there something like Application, ActiveSheet, Sheets etc. in Excel VBA?

I want to learn how display dialogbox with editbox and some checkboxes get some user input and return it to apropriate places in my document, how print document, send via e-mail , manipulate pages, etc.

Thank you in advance

Marcin

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Hi Marcin,
Our Java API uses most of the same reference as Adobe does, so this manual will be the most useful for you in learning and referenceing anything you wish:
https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/ ... erence.pdf
Hope that helps!

[marcin19545]

Thanks a lot.

Thats it.

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

[Break40]

I did what this thread and article directed me to do. The date updates in the pdf when I create it, but after I add it to the stamps Palette and then use it as a stamp, it displays date that was added when I created the PDF. Therefore not dynamic. What am I missing? What are possible reasons it does not show current date. I sed same javascript you detailed in earlier post.

Thanks in advance.

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Can you send us the file you created the stamp from so we can investigate?