The PKCS#7 must be inserted in the pdf before close. There's no way to "suspend" it and get back at a later time to add the signature.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "jortizclaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 6:27 PM Subject: [iText-questions] Sending HASH to external components to get itsigned > > Hi, > > I know I have a pretty common problem but I can't find the way to solve > it, > even after reading all the messages of this forum. > > I need to get my PDF documents signed by external components. It seems > like > what I need to do is generate a hash, send it to my external document, > retrieve from it a valid PKCS#7 and insert it into my document. > > The problem I have is that everytime a generate a HASH (getting bytes with > getRangeStream) I get a different one, so I can't reproduce the signature > process and insert the PKCS#7 into my file. Does anybody know how to make > it > work? How can I generate always the same HASH for one document? I read > many > questions about this but no success story. > > Thanks in advance, > Jorge Ortiz > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/