Certificate Property

Gets or sets the X.509 certificate to use in the signature.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property Certificate As X509Certificate2

public X509Certificate2 Certificate {get; set;}

Remarks

This feature is for use with the Professional Edition license only. An evaluation message is rendered when used with the Standard Edition license.

Note: This feature can not be used if a report is exported into a password-protected PDF document.

In the code example above, replace the path and filename and password of the Certificate with your certificate information, and replace the time stamping authority (TSA) URL with that of your TSA.

Note: You must purchase a volume-based registration at an actual TSA for your applications

Example

Visual Basic

' Text signature.
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.VisibilityType = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.VisibilityType.Text
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.Stamp.Bounds = New RectangleF(1, 1, 4, 2)
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.Stamp.TextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.Alignment.Left

' Set certificate & password.
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.Certificate = New Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2(Application.StartupPath & "\..\..\certificate.pfx", "password")

' Signature items.
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.SignDate = New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField(Of Date)(System.DateTime.Now, True)
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.Contact = New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField(Of String)("ar10@grapecity.com", True)
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.Reason = New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField(Of String)("I agree.", True)
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.Location = New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField(Of String)("Japan", True)

' Time stamp.
Me.PdfExport1.Signature.TimeStamp = New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.TimeStamp("http://TSAServer", "null", "null")
Me.PdfExport1.Export(rpt.Document, Application.StartupPath & "\..\..\TimeStamped.pdf")

this.pdfExport1.Signature.VisibilityType = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.VisibilityType.Text;
this.pdfExport1.Signature.Stamp.Bounds = new RectangleF(1, 1, 4, 2);
this.pdfExport1.Signature.Stamp.TextAlignment = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.Alignment.Left;

// Set certificate & password.
this.pdfExport1.Signature.Certificate = new System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2(Application.StartupPath + "\\..\\..\\certificate.pfx", "password");

// Signature items.
this.pdfExport1.Signature.SignDate = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField<System.DateTime>(System.DateTime.Now, true);
this.pdfExport1.Signature.Contact = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField<string>("ar10@grapecity.com", true);
this.pdfExport1.Signature.Reason = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField<string>("I agree.", true);
this.pdfExport1.Signature.Location = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.SignatureField<string>("Japan", true);

// Time stamp.
this.pdfExport1.Signature.TimeStamp = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.TimeStamp("http://TSAServer", "null", "null");
this.pdfExport1.Export(rpt.Document, Application.StartupPath + "\\..\\..\\TimeStamped.pdf");

Reference

PdfSignature Class
PdfSignature Members