Save signed Pdf with different output file type

Signature class supports saving of Pdf signed documents to different formats. Each of document type has list of compatible saving type. These values are listed in enum PdfSaveFileFormat.

Here are the steps to save signed Pdf document to different output type with GroupDocs.Signature:

  • Create new instance of Signature  class and pass source document path or stream as a constructor parameter.
  • Instantiate required signature options.
  • Instantiate the PdfSaveOptions object according to your requirements and specify setFileFormat as one of predefined values from PdfSaveFileFormat.
  • Call sign method of Signature class instance and pass signatureoptions and PdfSaveOptions object to it.
Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf");
// create QRCode option with predefined QRCode text
QrCodeSignOptions signOptions = new QrCodeSignOptions("JohnSmith");
signOptions.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
signOptions.setLeft(100);
signOptions.setTop(100);
 
PdfSaveOptions saveOptions = new PdfSaveOptions();
saveOptions.setFileFormat(PdfSaveFileFormat.DocX);
saveOptions.setOverwriteExistingFiles(true);
// sign document to file
signature.sign("SignedPdf.docx", signOptions, saveOptions);

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