ViewSign Desktop Advanced Guide Options Menu

Options Menu

By choosing File > Options the following window will appear with 14 configuration sections available.

After any change in user options, the "Apply" button is enabled and you will need to click it and then click OK to confirm the changes. Options are saved in an .ini file in the path:

C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\Namirial\ViewSign Desktop 1\settings.ini 

where [USER] represents the current Windows user profile. There isn't a function that allows you to automatically replicate the options for all of the available user profiles on your PC.

Changing one or more options across the various functions available provides a customized software configuration for your specific needs, saved in your user profile on the PC.

General Application

The application’s General section consists of three groups of options:

• User Interface Options
• Opening Dossiers
• SDK Info

User Interface Options

This group allows you to enable the history of saved files, as well as the overall theme and language settings of the application.

Latest dossier used list:

When selected this check box allows you to store a list of the last "N" opened dossiers. The number "N" is a user defined number that is entered in the Next box by the user. In the example it is set to 100.

Clear History dossier:

This button deletes all the items described in the preceding paragraph.

Color scheme:

Allows you to customize the combination of menu color and the initial screen of the program. Three options are available: Light gray, White, Dark gray.

Language:

Sets the language of the menu items, labels, buttons, and user messages.

Opening Dossiers

This group specifies the program's startup options.

Open dossier in the same window:

ViewSign Desktop cannot run more than one session/instance at a time. You must close an existing session in order to start a new instance of the application.

Reopen the last open dossier at program startup:

This checkbox, if checked, allows you to re-open the last file saved in your history list when you start the program.

SDK Info

In this group you can read the SDK version of signature. The differences between the various versions can be read in the "ChangeLog" section of online help.

With this button user can delete any saved user settings and restore the software default values.

Device Manager

The Device Management section allows you to specify which device to use for graphometric signing and other document signing options.

Graphometric Signature Devices

The signing devices are divided into three main categories: eSignature Pads, Tablet PC’s with integrated digitizers and external tablets that can also be used as an External Monitor (Signature Display).

Signature Pad

If you choose this option, the signature will be captured and displayed on a Signature Pad connected to a USB port on your PC. These tablets aren't additional monitor so you cannot see the entire document in the tablet display, but only the signature area. The checkbox "Enable document control on external digitizer" will show a series of buttons on the signature pad that allow browsing the document directly from the signature pad.

Table PC (with integrated digitizer)

This option applies to all Tablet PC devices with built-in digitizer that have been certified by Namirial SPA. The list of these devices is available here. If you use ViewSign Desktop with one of these tablets you can choose this option, so the capture window of signature will be shown directly on the Tablet PC screen.

External Monitor (Signature Display)

You can specify from many certified devices that can be used as a combination external monitor and signature capture device.

View Document in the Primary Monitor or Table Signature

When the checkbox is enabled this option allows you to preview the document directly on the connected Signature Display. In the absence of a suitable signature capture device you could also specify a secondary monitor.

Project Secondary Monitor on the Primary Monitor

When enabled this option allows you to see what is shown in the second monitor or in the configured signature tablet simultaneously on the main monitor. The preview of the second monitor is also displayed when you choose the "edit document on secondary monitor" or "fill the document on secondary monitor" or during a signing session.

Options "Sign all"

These options are available when you run a signature process using a signature template.

Run single signature

If selected forces the user to select one single field from the document. After selecting with a single click, signature process starts.

Run sequentially all the signatures

If selected allows you to sign in sequence all signature areas and signature fields without selecting. In the case of a document with many signature fields to be signed, if the user does not need to individually select the fields, then user can choose this option in order to have a unique signature process.

Run the signatures individually or sequentially

If selected, this mode of signing leaves the user free to select a single field to sign, or to sign all the fields into a single signature flow.

View Document in the Primary Monitor Before the Signing

If you select this option allows you to preview your document before starting a signature process.

View Document in the Primary Monitor After the Signing

If selected this option enables you to view the signed document after the signature process end. This allows the user to review and confirm the signatures affixed, or repeat them if necessary.

Lock Mouse in the Main Monitor

Selecting this option while using an External Monitor/Signature Display will lock the mouse cursor on the primary monitor while the pen is signing on the Signature Display.

Enable Mouse Control During the Signing

This group of options allows you to manage mouse control and cursor locking during signature capture when you use a Signature Display, or when there are at least two monitors connected to the same PC.

• Ignore, no blocking.
• Block on the main monitor, mouse cursor is blocked during the signature process.
• Duplicate mouse on primary monitor and Signature Display. Unlock the mouse and allows mouse cursor to be controlled either by the PC mouse or the pen on the Signature Display.

You can display photos, looping as digital signage, a screensaver or advertisement on the secondary screen when using a multiple monitor configuration or when connected to an external device or Signature Display.

The option "Automatically detect" device allows the automatic detection of the output device for the slideshow/signage/advertising images. If not specified, you can force the presentation onto a device selected in "Show images into device" choice. ViewSign Desktop reads images from the specified folder "images folder" every n seconds, and displays the images sequentially from the “images folder”. The frequency can be specified in "Show image every (sec)".

Graphometric Signature

This group of options allows you to specify the properties of the signature fields that are created by ViewSign Desktop and other options related to the graphometric signature.

Print the Signature Stamp Graphometric

If selected, ViewSign Desktop will affix a default logo in the signed document at the bottom right. This logo gives evidence that the output is a digitally signed, complete and original document.

Signature Required

If selected when a user creates a signature area or a signature field, the signature of this field is mandatory.

Append Timestamp

If selected, a timestamp will be captured and written into the pdf during signature capture.

Detect Biometric Data

If selected a user's biometric signature data (acceleration, pressure, and pen strokes) are captured and included in the signature. Biometric data are encrypted and embedded in the pdf.

Capture Photos and Insert in the Signature

If selected with the data listed above, ViewSign Desktop will add a picture that will be captured during the signing process. Use color ink , if selected allows you to choose between blue, green and red as the color of ink used for handwritten signature on the document.

Use Color Ink

If selected allows you to choose between blue, green and red as the color of ink used for handwritten signature on the document.

Reset Choice of Signing

The "Restore chosen signature device" button allows you to reset the choice of digital certificate to use prior to signing. The button it's disabled when no certificate info are stored or used in capturing signatures.

Settings Signature List

These options affect the signing of the document preview area, and respectively, if selected, allow you to: View the list of signatures to be signed, reduce the width of this list so that you have more space to show the preview of the document, or completely hide the list.

Digital Signature

This group of options applies to digitally signing PDF documents. ViewSign Desktop supports only the kind of PAdES signature. When you affix a digital signature using the appropriate menu "DIGITAL SIGNATURE" it's possible to request additional information and allow the user the ability 'to place the digital signature logo in where they choose.

Signature Files Keeping the Original Format (PAdES)

This option is 'read-only, non-editable' because ViewSign Desktop only handles either signing in PAdES format or digitally signing PDF documents. See this link for more information: http://www.agid.gov.it/sites/default/files/repository_files/linee_guida/firme_multiple.pdf

Not Require the Additional Signing Information

If you check this item, ViewSign Desktop does not show the following screen.

Do Not Show the Signature in PDF Documents Logo

If you check this item, ViewSign Desktop does not print the default logo Namirial, or custom logo, in a digitally signed document.

Connections

To perform certain operations, such as signature verification or request for the license confirmation, ViewSign Desktop connects to public web services. In certain IT configurations, internet browsing is only allowed through a proxy server. The connection settings with proxy servers can be specified in this section.

The planned connection options are:

Proxy Server and Proxy Port

These options must specify the URL of the proxy server and any port to connect to.

Authentication Type

This option specifies the type of protocol to be used for client authentication.

User and Password

If required by proxy connection need to specify the parameters for the Authentication.

Timestamps

ViewSign Desktop enables affixing a time stamp to a PDF document. The Namirial server for time stamps is timestamp.firmacerta.it. To connect to this server credentials are needed: username and password.

The "Do not require a login parameters for timestamps" allows you to store credentials for subsequent logins.

Pattern Configuration

For some PDF documents is not possible to create a signature template because the content of the document is dynamic, so you do not know the position of the signature in the document. In order to speed up the process of signing a document, ViewSign Desktop has the pattern search function.

A pattern or string is a sequence of one or more words that occur in the PDF document. Applying a mapping function will create a signature of the dimensions of the selected signature device in the vicinity 'of every occurrence of that word.

The options for this functionality are:

Apply mapping at the opening of the file

With this option, ViewSign Desktop automatically executes the search and mapping of keyword process or pattern when first opening the document and places signatures accordingly.

Create tag signature fields #signature#

This option allows you to create a signature field for each occurrence of the word "#signature#" within the document. In addition to the #signature# text you can also specify a range of parameters. An example of tag signature is signature # # @ ep [key1 = value1 | key2 = value2].

The keys and the possible values are listed below:

• fid = (use a double colon [::] to indicate space)
• des = (use a double colon [::] to indicate space)
• req =<[0,1]: =1 if required field>
• ndb =<[0,1]: =1 if the field without biometric data>
• nts =<[0,1]: =1 if the field without timestamp>
• nph =<[0,1]: =1 if no picture field>
• nbg =<[0,1]: =1 if the field without signature background>
• hei =<[integer> 0]: Field height>
• wid =<[integer> 0]: field width>
• ksp =<[TL (Top-Left), ML (Middle-Left), BL (Bottom-Left), BC (Bottom-Center), BR (Bottom-Right), MR (Middle-Right), TR (Top Right), TC (Top Center), MC (Middle-Center)]: field position relative to the found text (default TL)>
• x <=[integer<> 0]: Field translation along the axis x>
• y =<[integer<> 0]: Field translation along the y axis>
• ppi = <[integer> = 96]: pixels per inch reference in considering the width and / or height as may be indicated>

Example: Given the tag #signature#@ep[fid=Signature::of::Jonh::Smith|req=1|hei=100|wid=200], the option "Create tag signature fields #signature#" will create a signature field named "Signature of John Smith", with compulsory signature attribute, 100 pixels high and 200 pixels wide, for every occurrence of the word #signature# into the document.

Create signature areas by keywords

If there aren't words #signature# in the document it's possible to create areas signatures for each occurrence of a customizable text. All keyword customizable keys are defined in the grid.

The creation of the signature areas do not follow the rules of the tag syntax #signature# . The position of the signature and the keyword found follow the rule specified in the grid.

Buttons on bottom are used to:

	Create a New Line
	Delete the Current Line
	Confirm Your Changes
	Undo Changes

Default Path

This section allows you to customize the default locations of relevant files source folders to improve automation of file creation, modification and signature capture. During installation the user is asked whether to adopt the default locations.

If so, the software will create 'in the "User \ My Documents" folder "ViewSign Desktop Path". This folder will create subfolders. If not, the user can always set the folders later

Highlights:

Default Folder documents to be signed

The folder containing all the pdf documents that have not been digitally signed and / or in Graphometric mode.

Default model folder for document creation

The folder where the user has retained all the pdf files to use as a templates.

Default attachment folder

The folder containing all files to be used as attachments. It could be the output folder of a network scanner or a local location on the PC.

Default Folder signed and Signed Informative file

If these folders are specified, files that are signed will be moved from their home to these folders, including FEA (Advanced Electronic) signatures.

Default save folder information

If this folder is specified all documents will be read and written from / into this folder.

Default XML file export

If this folder it's specified all the XML files generated by ViewSign Desktop containing metadata for acrofields will create PDF documents in this location using XML templates.

Default signature template folder

If this folder is specified it will be used by default to load the signature templates.

Default stamps folder

If this folder is specified this path will be used whenever stamps are placed in a document.

Path preset stamp

If this path is specified, clicking the "Insert stamp" button will automatically load the specified stamp. Clicking on this stamp will apply the stamp to the document.

Default bailout virtual printer documents folder

if the virtual printer is installed this folder will contain all PDF files generated by ViewSign Desktop virtual printer.