Sign documents with standard QR-code entries

GroupDocs.Signature provides ability to embed into QR-code signature standard entries like email, contact v-card, address etc. This feature supports standard QR-code representation of entries. At this moment following standard QR-code entries are supported

  • Email entry that allows to specify in QR-code standard email information with recipient, subject and body.
  • Address entry contains address information.
  • V-Card entry implements standard of visit card 3.0 specification. More details could be found here.
  • Me-Card entry implements similar to V-Card contact details standard. More details could be found here.
  • EPC implements standard of the European Payments Council guidelines define the content of a QR code that can be used to initiate SEPA credit transfer. More details could be found here.
  • Event entry implements event standard.

Here are the steps to embed standard entry into QR-code with GroupDocs.Signature:

  • Create new instance of  Signature class and pass source document path as a constructor parameter.
  • Create new instance of one of standard entries class.
  • Create one or several objects of QrCodeSignOptions object with getData value assigned with initialized standard object before.
  • Instantiate the  QrCodeSignOptions  object according to your requirements and custom object to getData property.
  • Call sign method of  Signature  class instance and pass QrCodeSignOptions to it.

Sign PDF with email QR-code object

This example shows how to esign PDF with Email QR-code object.

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf"))

    // create Email object
    Email email = new Email();
	email.setAddress("sherlock@holmes.com");
	email.setSubject("Very important e-mail");
	email.setBody("Hello, Watson. Reach me ASAP!");


	// create options
	// create options
	QrCodeSignOptions options = new QrCodeSignOptions();
	options.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
	// setup Data property to Address instance
	options.setData(email);
	// set right bottom corner
	options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
	options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
	options.setMargin(new Padding(10));
	options.setWidth(100);
	options.setHeight(100);

    // sign document to file
    signature.sign("output.pdf", options);

Sign PDF with Address inside the QR-Code image

This example shows how to esign PDF with address inside the QR-code image.

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf"))
{
    // create Address object
    Address address = new Address();
	address.setStreet("221B Baker Street");
	address.setCity("London");
	address.setState("NW");
	address.setZIP("NW16XE");
	address.setCountry("England");


	// create options
	QrCodeSignOptions options = new QrCodeSignOptions();
	options.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
		// setup Data property to Address instance
	options.setData(address);
		// set right bottom corner
	options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
	options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
	options.setMargin(new Padding(10));
	options.setWidth(100);
	options.setHeight(100);
    // sign document to file
    signature.sign("output.pdf", options);
}

Sign PDF with V-Card (VCF) information in the QR-Code image

This example shows how to esign PDF with V-Card inside the QR-code image.

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf"))
{
    // create VCard object
    VCard vCard = new VCard();

	vCard.setFirstName("Sherlock");
	vCard.setMidddleName("Jay");
	vCard.setLastName("Holmes");
	vCard.setInitials("Mr.");
	vCard.setCompany("Watson Inc.");
	vCard.setJobTitle("Detective");
	vCard.setHomePhone("0333 003 3577");
	vCard.setWorkPhone("0333 003 3512");
	vCard.setEmail("watson@sherlockholmes.com");
	vCard.setUrl("http://sherlockholmes.com/");
	vCard.setBirthDay(new Date(1854, 1, 6));
	Address address = new Address();
	address.setStreet("221B Baker Street");
	address.setCity("London");
	address.setState("NW");
	address.setZIP("NW16XE");
	address.setCountry("England");
	vCard.setHomeAddress(address);


	// create options
	QrCodeSignOptions options = new QrCodeSignOptions();
	options.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
	// setup Data property to Address instance
	options.setData(vCard);
	// set right bottom corner
	options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
	options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
	options.setMargin(new Padding(10));
	options.setWidth(100);
	options.setHeight(100);

    // sign document to file
    signature.sign("output.pdf", options);
}

Sign PDF with Me-Card information in the QR-Code image

This example shows how to esign PDF with Me-Card inside the QR-code image.

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf")
{
    // create MeCard object
    MeCard meCard = new MeCard();
	meCard.setName("Sherlock");
	meCard.setNickname("Jay");
	meCard.setReading("Holmes");
	meCard.setNote("Base Detective");
	meCard.setPhone("0333 003 3577");
	meCard.setAltPhone("0333 003 3512");
	meCard.setEmail("watson@sherlockholmes.com");
	meCard.setUrl("http://sherlockholmes.com/");
	meCard.setBirthDay(new Date(1854, 1, 6));
	Address address = new Address();
	address.setStreet("221B Baker Street");
	address.setCity("London");
	address.setState("NW");
	address.setZIP("NW16XE");
	address.setCountry("England");
	meCard.setAddress(address);

	// create options
	QrCodeSignOptions options = new QrCodeSignOptions();
	options.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
	// setup Data property to MeCard instance
	options.setData(meCard);
	// set right bottom corner
	options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
	options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
	options.setMargin(new Padding(10));
	options.setWidth(100);
	options.setHeight(100);

    // sign document to file
    signature.Sign("output.pdf", options);
}

Sign PDF with EPC payment in the QR-Code image

This example shows how to esign PDF with EPC / SEPA payment inside the QR-code image.

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf")
{
    // create EPC object
	EPC epc = new EPC();
	epc.setName("Sherlock");
	epc.setBIC("MrSherlockH");
	epc.setIBAN("BE72000000001616");
	epc.setAmount(123456.78D);
	epc.setCode("SHRL");
	epc.setReference("Private service");
	epc.setInformation("Thanks for help");

	// create options
	QrCodeSignOptions options = new QrCodeSignOptions();
	options.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
	// setup Data property to EPC instance
	options.setData(epc);
	// set right bottom corner
	options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
	options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
	options.setMargin(new Padding(10));
	options.setWidth(100);
	options.setHeight(100);

    // sign document to file
    signature.sign("output.pdf", options);
}

Sign PDF with Event information in the QR-Code image

This example shows how to esign PDF with event data inside the QR-code image.

Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf")
{
    // create Event object
    Event evnt = new Event();

	evnt.setTitle("GTM(9-00)");
	evnt.setDescription("General Team Meeting");
	evnt.setLocation("Conference-Room");
	Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
	c1.setTime(new Date());
	c1.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
	c1.add(Calendar.HOUR, 9);
	Calendar c2 = Calendar.getInstance();
	c2.setTime(new Date());
	c2.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
	c2.add(Calendar.HOUR, 9);
	c2.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 30);
	evnt.setStartDate(c1.getTime());
	evnt.setEndDate(c2.getTime());

	// create options
	QrCodeSignOptions options = new QrCodeSignOptions();
	options.setEncodeType(QrCodeTypes.QR);
	// setup Data property to Event instance
	options.setData(evnt);
	// set right bottom corner
	options.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right);
	options.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Bottom);
	options.setMargin(new Padding(10));
	options.setWidth(100);
	options.setHeight(100);
    // sign document to file
    signature.sign("output.pdf", options);
}

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