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Scripting Digital ID File or Seeding Values for Digital ID

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2011-08-15 12:21:58
DaveC
Registered: Jul 19 2011
Posts: 3

All,
Thank you in advance for any information shared...
Is there a way to script the creation of an Adobe Digital ID, on a client? I have created a form for which we would like the recipients to sign digitally, however the number of steps to go through to create the ID file and the decisions to be made (ou, level, purpose, etc.) are not something we want them to have to do.

I am hoping we could give them a one or two click solution, perhaps pre-seed the values for instance.

The users would have various levels of reader, though I could require them to be on a minimum version prior to creation.

Dave
 
P.S. I posted this question on July 19th, but it has disappeared from the forum, so re-posting. Are posts with no replies removed? I find it by searching the forum for "Scripting Digital ID Creation" - the original subject, but when I sort by date and go to the pages with the date, the post is not there. In addition, after logging in my profile states I have no posts. I have only one account. Changing the subject to be more accurate.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.1, Windows
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2011-08-16 01:13:39
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
No there isn't - while you can automate the *use* of an existing digital certificate in Acrobat, there is no automation access to the process of *creating* one, and rightly-so.
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2011-08-17 12:48:58
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smadwin
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Registered: Jul 10 2009
Posts: 40
Hi Dave,

As Uvsar mentioned, there is no method to automate the creation of an Acrobat/Reader generated digital ID. However, and since you mentioned the use of seed values, you can require the signer to use a digital ID that is from a specific issuer, and if they don't have a digital ID that matches the requirement you get point them to a URL from which they can procure the proper digital ID.

Of course this presupposes that you've got access to PKI infrastructure where you can get a digital ID via a web portal, but if you do then you've got the solution you are looking for.

Steve

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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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2011-10-06 11:24:36
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Greenstead
Registered: Jul 1 2009
Posts: 17
I'm not sure if you meant using a script to help a user create their digital ID.
But if you did I see nothing wrong in doing so subject to auditing the script to ensure it is not stealing a copy of the digital ID.
You can script almost anything if you are determined.
Acrobat JavaScript cannot help you, but you can use a scripting tool to push the Acrobat buttons to create the digital ID and place it into the windows cert store.
Such as Kixtart or autoIT.
I have no such script.
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