These were from Scriptel, I don’t remember the model but they did signature capture and magnetic strip swiping, and were powered from the USB port. At that time the Adobe Reader plugin required a pretty old version of Adobe Reader, but maybe that’s changed. The Reader plugin allowed signature capture directly to a PDF with cryptographic hashing for signature verification (I.e. to verify the document has not been changed since it was signed). The macOS app was actually a mac wrapper for a java app, so that gave them cross-platform functionality.
Jim Crate > On Jun 19, 2019, at 2:17 PM, Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Jim: > > I may have missed is, but what make and model did you buy to integrate this > way. It sounds like the manufactures were ensuring it would work on the MacOS > from within other applications as well as on Windows. That is nice. > > Thanks > > Jody Bevan > >> On Jun 19, 2019, at 10:10 AM, Jim Crate via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> It’s pretty simple, the signature pad had an app that could be launched to >> collect a signture. >> >> The app supported a user-specific properties file, which I copied into the >> correct place from the Resources folder. These properties also affected >> launching the signature app from Scriptel’s Adobe Reader plugin for PDF >> signatures. The app also supported being launched with command line options >> that could override those properties, and one of the options forced it to >> quit after collecting a signature or canceling. If you launch with the >> ‘open’ command, LEP will return immediately, but I executed the binary >> buried in the application package (Contents/MacOS/binaryname) so LEP waited >> until the application quit. So in 4D the process is: >> >> — make sure the destination file does not exist >> — launch the app with LEP >> — check for the destination file; if it doesn’t exist user cancelled. >> >> The best way to see if this will work for you is to test by launching on the >> command line (Terminal on macOS). If your shell does not give you a promp >> until the app quits, then this might work for you. The option that forced >> the Scriptel app to quit after accepting/canceling is for plugin mode >> (--plugin). The Topaz may work similarly, especially if they have plugins >> that allow you to collect signatures in Excel, Word, or Adobe Reader. >> >> Jim Crate > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
