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1 | 1 | # PDFSign |
2 | | -Command line tool for signing PDF Files using itextsharp library |
| 2 | +Basic command line tool for signing PDF Files using itextsharp library |
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4 | 4 | ## Notes |
5 | 5 | This is a command line tool that allows signing of pdf files using certificates. |
6 | 6 | the actual PDF manipulation is performed using the itextsharp library v5.5 |
| 7 | +This tool was originaly published on [codeplex](https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=pdfsign) |
| 8 | + |
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8 | 10 | The signing certificate can can either be provided as a pkcs12 file or it can come from |
9 | 11 | the windows certificate store. In order to use a certificate from the windows store, |
10 | 12 | the certificate must |
11 | 13 | - be have the private key marked as exportable |
12 | 14 | - the user running pdfsign must have read access to the private key |
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| 16 | +In Addition to nuget packages, the build process uses Microsofts [ILMerge](http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17630) |
| 17 | +tool to produce a consolidated single binary including all dlls. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Currently, the signatures created are not LTV capable, i.e they expire with the validity of the signing certificate |
| 20 | + |
14 | 21 | ## usage |
15 | | -```pdfsign v1.2.0, (c) 2019 icomedias GmbH |
| 22 | +``` |
| 23 | +pdfsign v1.2.0, (c) 2019 icomedias GmbH |
16 | 24 | powered by iTextSharp 5.5 Copyright (C) 1999-2018 by iText Group NV |
17 | 25 | Usage: pdfsign [OPTIONS] |
18 | 26 | Sign a PDF file using a signing certificate |
@@ -53,7 +61,8 @@ Return Values: |
53 | 61 | -4: Error getting certificate chain |
54 | 62 | -5: Error processing input file |
55 | 63 | -6: Error opening output file |
56 | | - -7: Error generating signature``` |
| 64 | + -7: Error generating signature |
| 65 | +``` |
57 | 66 |
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58 | 67 | ## multiple signatures |
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