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Need to show digital signature status icon in the signature field in Adobe 9.0 as in Adobe 8.0

mwahaj
Registered: Mar 28 2007
Posts: 16
Answered

Need to show digital signature status icon in the signature field in Adobe 9.0 as in Adobe 8.0

Hi,
 
I have been using Adobe Acrobat 8 for some time and recently upgraded to Adobe Acrobat 9.0. In past the signature appearance use to show tick, cross right inside the signature field (top left side) but in Adobe 9 it is not shown rather visible inside the signature panel ( left ) or signature properties dialog. Can I some how enable viewing of the status icon inside the signature field via a registry tweak? I have heard that there is one but failing to fine.
 
Is this registry based fix in Adobe 10 as well.
 
Regards,
Wahaj

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.0, Windows
jbharris
Expert
Registered: Dec 17 2007
Posts: 18
Accepted Answer
Hello:

Note that we disabled this because we felt it actually represented a security risk as someone could create a signature appearance that provided a similar checkmark. However, you can turn this back on.

Please refer to the resources on this page:

http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/security/Document+Library

If you look at the first doc on the list, and refer to Section 5.3.4.3, you'll the appropriate registry entries to turn this icon back on.

-John B Harris, Adobe

mwahaj
Registered: Mar 28 2007
Posts: 16
Hi,

Thanks for the info. I am able to see the signature status marks. One final query: I believe in order to have your own set of icons one has to write plugins for Adobe Acrobat. Am I right?

Regards,
mwahaj