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    13. 🌐 Metadata

    Advanced search for Metadata signatures

    GroupDocs.Signature provides ability to search Metadata signatures and convert obtained values to various data types.

    Here are the steps to search for Metadata signature and obtain required data type with GroupDocs.Signature:

    • Create new instance of Signature class and pass source document path or stream as a constructor parameter.

    • Create objects of MetadataSearchOptions class

    • Call Search method of Signature class instance and pass MetadataSearchOptions  to it.

    • Call proper conversion method to obtain corresponding Metadata value to required data type.

    Search for electronic Metadata signature values with various data type

    This example shows how to search for Metadata signature values with various data types.

    using (Signature signature = new Signature("signed.pdf"))
{
    // search for signatures in document
    List<PdfMetadataSignature> signatures = signature.Search<PdfMetadataSignature>(SignatureType.Metadata);
    // try to get each Pdf signature with proper data type added in Basic usage example SignPdfWithMetadata             
    PdfMetadataSignature mdSignature;
    // See example SignPdfWithMetadata with added various data type values to signatures
    try
    {
        mdSignature = signatures.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "Author");
        Console.WriteLine($"\t[{mdSignature.Name}] as String = {mdSignature.ToString()}");
        mdSignature = signatures.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "CreatedOn");
        Console.WriteLine($"\t[{mdSignature.Name}] as String = {mdSignature.ToDateTime().ToShortDateString()}");
        mdSignature = signatures.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "DocumentId");
        Console.WriteLine($"\t[{mdSignature.Name}] as Integer = {mdSignature.ToInteger()}");
        mdSignature = signatures.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "SignatureId");
        Console.WriteLine($"\t[{mdSignature.Name}] as Double = {mdSignature.ToDouble()}");
        mdSignature = signatures.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "Amount");
        Console.WriteLine($"\t[{mdSignature.Name}] as Decimal = {mdSignature.ToDecimal()}");
        mdSignature = signatures.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "Total");
        Console.WriteLine($"\t[{mdSignature.Name}] as Float = {mdSignature.ToSingle()}");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Helper.WriteError($"Error obtaining signature: {ex.Message}");
    }
}

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    GitHub Examples

    You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

    Free Online App 

    Along with full-featured .NET library we provide simple, but powerful free Apps.
    You are welcome to eSign PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents with free to use online GroupDocs Signature App.

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