Extra info I want out of my signatures

[Lotr_Gollum]

I'm running into a few problems trying to edit the signature field on my form.  I want to hide certain parts of the text off to the side that says DN="" such as the location, email, reason, etc.  I want to change the appearance of the field, not my own personal signature, so that no matter who signs it only certain parts will show up.  I've looked all over the internet for answers and can't find anything.  Is this even possible?  Thanks for your help!

[Santosh_Nangunoori]

Is the signing done on LiveCycle server?

If yes, this can be achieved by creating PDFSignatureAppeareanceOptionSpec and pass this object as a parameter in sign request

PDFSignatureAppeareanceOptionSpec java docs are available at http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/programLC/programmer/javadoc/com/adobe/livecycle/signatures/...

If you want to hide DN information set " isShowDN() = false"

--Santosh

[Lotr_Gollum]

Okay, I officially qualify as a noob.  I put this script "PDFSignatureAppearanceOptionSpec.isShowDN() =false" in the layout:ready section of the script using FormCalc, but I'm getting the error message "accessor 'false' is unknown."  Could you help me out by showing me an example of how to write the script?  Oh, and I'm not sure if the signing is being done on LiveCycle servers, but I don't believe so.  Your help is appreciated.

-Erik

[Lotr_Gollum]

Does anyone know how to remove DN information from a signature field? (Bump)

[Steven_Madwin · Accepted solution]

There are two issues here; 1) How to configure Acrobat\Reader to not display the DN information as part of the signature appearance when you sign, and 2) how to force others to do the same when they sign.

For item 1:

Select the Edit > Preferences (Win) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac) menu item

Select Security form the Categories listbox

Click the New button in the Appearance group box.

Deselect the Distinguished name checkbox (on any others you want to inhibit)

Give the Custom Signature Appearance a name in the Title edit field, and then click the OK button

For item 2:

How someone wants their signature to appear is a personal preference and the document creator cannot force this particular issue. There are items that can be by the use of a Seed Value, but appearance isn’t one of them. If you are interested on reading up on the use of Seed Values I’d suggest starting here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=Seed+Value&s_pageName=http%3A%2F%2Fwww....

Steve