# PDFSigner Class

The PDFSigner class signs PDF documents digitally.

## Syntax

```text
PDFSigner
```

## Remarks

PDFSigner can sign PDF documents in accordance with a selection of PDF and PAdES signature standards.

```text
PDFSigner signer = new PDFSigner();

// Set the PDF document that you want to sign
signer.setInputFile("MyDocument.pdf");

// Set the path where you want the signed document to be saved
signer.setOutputFile("Signed.pdf");

// The certificate which the document will be signed with
signer.setSigningCertificate(new Certificate("Cert.pfx","password"));

// The signature level
signer.getNewSignature().setLevel(PDFSignature.paslBaselineT);
signer.getNewSignature().setHashAlgorithm("SHA512"); // Hashing algorithm used for signing, default SHA256

signer.setTimestampServer("https://..."); // The address of the timestamping server

signer.sign();
```

### Standards and technologies supported

PDFSigner can create PDF signatures that match the following baseline standards:

- Generic PDF signatures (ISO 32000)
- PAdES: all profiles are supported (BES, EPES, T, LTV, B-B, B-T, and others) (ETSI EN 319 142-1 and others)
- Signature and document timestamps using external TSAs.
- All industry-standard cryptographic algorithms (RSA, ECDSA, SHA256-512, and many others).

### Configuring the signature spec

Configuring PDFSigner to produce signatures of the right type is one of the most important questions you need to address. Normally the service or software you will be communicating your PDF documents to will provide you with the list of requirements that your signatures should match.

Typically, those will dictate the following key aspects of the signatures:

- Level (BES, T, or LTV). This can be adjusted with the [Level](#PDFSignature_f_Level) property (Note: when creating EPES signatures you need to provide the signature [PolicyID](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyID) and [PolicyHash](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHash) properties).
- Timestamp requirement: provide the address of your online TSA service via the [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) property.
- When creating LTV signatures, tune up validation parameters via the [RevocationCheck](#revocationcheck-property-pdfsigner-class), [OfflineMode](#offlinemode-property-pdfsigner-class), and [IgnoreChainValidationErrors](#ignorechainvalidationerrors-property-pdfsigner-class) properties.
- To create a document timestamp, sign your document first, and then sign the result again with [Level](#PDFSignature_f_Level) set to pslDocumentTimestamp and [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) pointing to the TSA URL.

### Signing certificates

PDFSigner can use certificates residing on different media. Besides generic certificates stored in PFX or PEM files (A1), it can operate with non-exportable certificates residing on hardware media (A3) or in the cloud.

Non-exportable certificates can be accessed transparently via a Windows CSP or a PKCS#11 driver, if supplied by the certificate issuer. Proprietary interfaces can be plugged in with the *external signing* feature (see below).

You can use the [CertificateManager](CertificateManager.md#CertificateManager) and [CertificateStorage](CertificateStorage.md#CertificateStorage) classes to load the signing certificate. Assign the certificate to the [SigningCertificate](#signingcertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) property, and optionally provide the remainder of its chain via the [SigningChain](#signingchain-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

**Note**: If signing with a non-exportable key (such as residing on a hardware device or in the cloud), please make sure you keep the original [CertificateStorage](CertificateStorage.md#CertificateStorage) object open until the signing is completed. This is because the storage class provides a 'bridge' to the private key. If the storage is closed prematurely, this bridge is destroyed, and the private key can't be used.

You don't need to provide a signing certificate or chain when creating document timestamp signatures, since this type of signature is done with a TSA's certificate.

### Widget adjustment

PDFSigner provides means to customize the look of the signature widget to be shown on the document page. Create your very own signatures in the form of your company's logo, a handwritten signature, or a wet seal.

Alternatively, you can choose not to associate any widget with your signature by setting [Invisible](#PDFSignature_f_Invisible) to true.

Please check out this [self-describing PDF document](https://www.nsoftware.com/kb/articles/file/widgets.pdf) for good guidance on widget positioning, background styles, and text formatting.

### Signing the document

Now that you have set up all signature, certificate, and widget properties, it is time to sign. You can provide the input document in one of the following forms: as a file (assign the path to the [InputFile](#inputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) property), as a stream (assign to the InputStream property), or as a byte array (assign to [InputBytes](#inputbytes-property-pdfsigner-class)). Similarly, the output can be collected in one of the same forms, either by passing the destination path or stream via [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) and OutputStream respectively, or by reading the resulting document bytes from the [OutputBytes](#outputbytes-property-pdfsigner-class) property after the signing.

Having set up the input and output, call the class's [Sign](#sign-method-pdfsigner-class) method. This will initiate the signing process. Depending on the settings, the signing may be as straightforward as calculating the document hash and signing it with the private key (e.g. in the PAdES-BES signing variant), or it may involve advanced chain validation routines (PAdES-LTV). During the latter, the class may contact a number of external revocation information sources (CRL and OCSP servers) to establish the validity of the signing certificate.

If a TSA server was provided via the [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) property, the class will contact it too to timestamp the new signature.

During the signing, PDFSigner may fire events to let your code know of certain conditions. If the input document is encrypted but no decryption parameters were found in the [Password](#password-property-pdfsigner-class) and [DecryptionCertificate](#decryptioncertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) properties, the class will fire the [Encrypted](#encrypted-event-pdfsigner-class) event to tell your code that it needs decryption information to be able to continue with the signing. It may fire [TLSCertValidate](#tlscertvalidate-event-pdfsigner-class) if one of the HTTP endpoints involved during the operation (which may be a CRL, OCSP, or TSA service) works over TLS and needs its certificate to be validated.

### External signing and DCAuth

PDFSigner, like many other classes offered by the product, supports two methods of signing with external keys. These methods are fully independent of each other: you can choose the one that suits your usage scenario best.

**Synchronous method: ExternalSign**

This is a simpler method that basically lets you infiltrate into the heart of the signing routine by taking care of the hash signing operation. The class does the rest of the job (hash calculation, preparation of signature objects, CRL/OCSP retrieval).

To initiate this method, call [SignExternal](#signexternal-method-pdfsigner-class) instead of [Sign](#sign-method-pdfsigner-class). When the hash is ready, it will be passed back to your code with the [ExternalSign](#externalsign-event-pdfsigner-class) event. Your event handler needs to sign the hash with the private key and return the created signature back to the class - which will embed it into the document.

You don't need your signing certificate to contain an associated private key when using this method. The certificate itself (its public copy) may be needed though, as it is often included in the hash calculation.

This method is synchronous, meaning [SignExternal](#signexternal-method-pdfsigner-class) provides you the results immediately upon its completion.

**Asynchronous method: DCAuth**

DCAuth is a SecureBlackbox know-how technology. This protocol was designed to allow sharing of private keys across environments, allowing the signer and the private key to reside on different systems. It works in the following way:

- The signing party - such as PDFSigner - initiates the operation using a [SignAsyncBegin](#signasyncbegin-method-pdfsigner-class) call. This produces two outcomes: a *pre-signed document* (a document with a blank signature placeholder), and a *request state* (an object containing a hash that needs to be signed). At this point the PDFSigner instance can be released, and the process itself terminated (which may be useful when run as part of a web page).
- The *request state* is passed to the private key holder party. The private key holder passes the request state to a DCAuth object, which parses the request state, extracts the hash, and signs it. The output of DCAuth processing is another object, a *response state*, which contains the signature. The private key holder then sends the *response state* back to the signing party.
- The signing party re-creates the classes and passes the *response state*, together with the pre-signed version of the document, to the signer's [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class) method. [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class) extracts the signature from the *response state* and incorporates it into the pre-signed document.

This method is asynchronous in that sense that from the signing party's viewpoint, it splits the signing operation into the *pre-signing* and *completion* stages which can be performed independently from each other and in different execution contexts. This makes this method particularly helpful for use in web pages and other scenarios where the signing key is not available in real time.

### Fine-grained chain validation setup

Chain validation is a sophisticated, multi-faceted procedure that involves a lot of variables. Depending on the configuration of your operating environment, the specifics of the PKI framework being used, and the validation policy you need to follow, you may want to tune up your chain validation parameters so they fit them best. A summary of such parameters is given below.

- [RevocationCheck](#revocationcheck-property-pdfsigner-class) lets you choose between and/or prioritize revocation origins. OCSP sources are often preferred to CRL because of their real-time capability and the smaller size of validation tokens they produce.
- [OfflineMode](#offlinemode-property-pdfsigner-class) is a master switch that stops the class from looking for any validation tokens online. If this property is switched on, the class will only use the [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [TrustedCertificates](#trustedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), and [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) collections to look for the missing validation material.
- [IgnoreChainValidationErrors](#ignorechainvalidationerrors-property-pdfsigner-class) makes the class ignore any major validation issues it encounters (such us an untrusted chain or missing CRL). This option is handy for debugging and for creating signatures in the environments where the signing certificate is not trusted.
- [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), and [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) let you provide your own validation material. This may be useful when working in [OfflineMode](#offlinemode-property-pdfsigner-class), where the signer has no access to the validation sources, or where the validation material has already been collected.
- [TrustedCertificates](#trustedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) lets you provide a list of trust anchors, either as a complement to the system's or as an alternative to it.
- [BlockedCertificates](#blockedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) lets you provide a list of blocked/distrusted certificates. Any CA certificate contained in it will be deemed untrusted/invalid.

The following parameters are not directly related to chain validation, but may have an implicit effect on it.

- [Proxy](#proxy-property-pdfsigner-class), [SocketSettings](#socketsettings-property-pdfsigner-class), and [TLSSettings](#tlssettings-property-pdfsigner-class) let you tune up the connectivity and TLS options in accordance with local preferences.
- [TLSClientChain](#tlsclientchain-property-pdfsigner-class) lets you provide the client certificate and its chain for TLS client authentication.
- Subscribe to [TLSCertValidate](#tlscertvalidate-event-pdfsigner-class) to validate any TLS certificates of the services involved in chain validation.

The results of the chain validation procedure, upon its completion, are published in the following properties:

- ChainValidationResult contains the primary result of the chain validation routine: valid, valid but untrusted, invalid, or undefined.
- ChainValidationDetails provides the details of the factors that contributed to the chain validation result, such as an outdated certificate, a missing CRL, or a missing CA certificate.
- ValidationLog contains the detailed chain validation log. The log can often be very helpful in nailing down various validation issues.

## Property List

*The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.*

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| [AttachedFiles](#attachedfiles-property-pdfsigner-class) | Provides details of all attached files found in the PDF document. |
| [AutoValidateSignatures](#autovalidatesignatures-property-pdfsigner-class) | Specifies whether PDFSigner should validate any present signatures when the document is opened. |
| [BlockedCertificates](#blockedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) | The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors. |
| [Certificates](#certificates-property-pdfsigner-class) | A collection of certificates included in the electronic signature. |
| [CheckTrustedLists](#checktrustedlists-property-pdfsigner-class) | Specifies whether the class should attempt to validate chain trust via a known Trusted List. |
| [CRLs](#crls-property-pdfsigner-class) | A collection of certificate revocation lists embedded into the signature by the signer. |
| [DecryptionCertificate](#decryptioncertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) | A decryption certificate. |
| [DocumentInfo](#documentinfo-property-pdfsigner-class) | Contains information about the document properties. |
| [EmptyFieldIndex](#emptyfieldindex-property-pdfsigner-class) | Specifies the index of the empty signature field to sign. |
| [ExternalCrypto](#externalcrypto-property-pdfsigner-class) | Provides access to external signing and DC parameters. |
| [FIPSMode](#fipsmode-property-pdfsigner-class) | Reserved. |
| [IgnoreChainValidationErrors](#ignorechainvalidationerrors-property-pdfsigner-class) | Makes the class tolerant to chain validation errors. |
| [InputBytes](#inputbytes-property-pdfsigner-class) | Use this property to pass the input to class in byte array form. |
| [InputFile](#inputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) | The PDF file to be signed or updated. |
| [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) | Additional certificates for chain validation. |
| [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class) | Additional CRLs for chain validation. |
| [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) | Additional OCSP responses for chain validation. |
| [NewSignature](#newsignature-property-pdfsigner-class) | Provides access to new signature properties. |
| [OCSPs](#ocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) | A collection of OCSP responses embedded into the signature. |
| [OfflineMode](#offlinemode-property-pdfsigner-class) | Switches the class to offline mode. |
| [OutputBytes](#outputbytes-property-pdfsigner-class) | Use this property to read the output the class object has produced. |
| [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) | The file to save the signed or updated document to. |
| [Pages](#pages-property-pdfsigner-class) | A list of pages contained in the document. |
| [Password](#password-property-pdfsigner-class) | The decryption password. |
| [Profile](#profile-property-pdfsigner-class) | Specifies a pre-defined profile to apply when creating the signature. |
| [Proxy](#proxy-property-pdfsigner-class) | The proxy server settings. |
| [RevocationCheck](#revocationcheck-property-pdfsigner-class) | Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform for all chain certificates. |
| [Signatures](#signatures-property-pdfsigner-class) | Provides details of all signatures and empty fields found in the PDF document. |
| [SigningCertificate](#signingcertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) | The certificate to be used for signing. |
| [SigningChain](#signingchain-property-pdfsigner-class) | The signing certificate chain. |
| [SocketSettings](#socketsettings-property-pdfsigner-class) | Manages network connection settings. |
| [Timestamps](#timestamps-property-pdfsigner-class) | Contains a collection of timestamps for the processed document. |
| [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) | The address of the timestamping server. |
| [TLSClientChain](#tlsclientchain-property-pdfsigner-class) | The TLS client certificate chain. |
| [TLSServerChain](#tlsserverchain-property-pdfsigner-class) | The TLS server's certificate chain. |
| [TLSSettings](#tlssettings-property-pdfsigner-class) | Manages TLS layer settings. |
| [TrustedCertificates](#trustedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) | A list of trusted certificates for chain validation. |
| [ValidationMoment](#validationmoment-property-pdfsigner-class) | The time point at which signature validity is to be established. |
| [Widget](#widget-property-pdfsigner-class) | Provides access to signature widget properties. |

## Method List

*The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.*

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| [AddWidgetCustomData](#addwidgetcustomdata-method-pdfsigner-class) | Adds a custom data to the signature widget. |
| [AddWidgetText](#addwidgettext-method-pdfsigner-class) | Adds a text block to the signature widget. |
| [AddWidgetTextEx](#addwidgettextex-method-pdfsigner-class) | Adds a text block to the signature widget. |
| [AttachBytes](#attachbytes-method-pdfsigner-class) | Adds an attachment to the PDF document. |
| [AttachFile](#attachfile-method-pdfsigner-class) | Adds an attachment to the PDF document. |
| [AttachStream](#attachstream-method-pdfsigner-class) | Adds an attachment to the PDF document. |
| [Close](#close-method-pdfsigner-class) | Closes an opened document. |
| [Config](#config-method-pdfsigner-class) | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
| [DoAction](#doaction-method-pdfsigner-class) | Performs an additional action. |
| [ExtractAsyncData](#extractasyncdata-method-pdfsigner-class) | Extracts user data from the DC signing service response. |
| [GetAttachedBytes](#getattachedbytes-method-pdfsigner-class) | Saves a PDF attachment to a byte array. |
| [GetAttachedFile](#getattachedfile-method-pdfsigner-class) | Saves a PDF attachment to a file. |
| [GetAttachedStream](#getattachedstream-method-pdfsigner-class) | Saves a PDF attachment to a stream. |
| [Open](#open-method-pdfsigner-class) | Opens a document for signing or updating. |
| [Reset](#reset-method-pdfsigner-class) | Resets the class settings. |
| [Revalidate](#revalidate-method-pdfsigner-class) | Revalidates a signature in accordance with current settings. |
| [SelectInfo](#selectinfo-method-pdfsigner-class) | Select signature information for a specific entity. |
| [Sign](#sign-method-pdfsigner-class) | Signs a PDF document. |
| [SignAsyncBegin](#signasyncbegin-method-pdfsigner-class) | Initiates the asynchronous signing operation. |
| [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class) | Completes the asynchronous signing operation. |
| [SignExternal](#signexternal-method-pdfsigner-class) | Signs the document using an external signing facility. |
| [Update](#update-method-pdfsigner-class) | Updates a signature. |

## Event List

*The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.*

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| [ChainElementDownload](#chainelementdownload-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when there is a need to download a chain element from an online source. |
| [ChainElementNeeded](#chainelementneeded-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when an element required to validate the chain was not located. |
| [ChainValidated](#chainvalidated-event-pdfsigner-class) | Reports the completion of a certificate chain validation. |
| [ChainValidationProgress](#chainvalidationprogress-event-pdfsigner-class) | This event is fired multiple times during chain validation to report various stages of the validation procedure. |
| [DocumentLoaded](#documentloaded-event-pdfsigner-class) | This event is fired when the document has been loaded into memory. |
| [Encrypted](#encrypted-event-pdfsigner-class) | Notifies the application that the document is encrypted and provides recipient certificate details if asymmetric encryption was used to encrypt the document. |
| [Error](#error-event-pdfsigner-class) | Information about errors during signing/validation. |
| [ExternalDecrypt](#externaldecrypt-event-pdfsigner-class) | Handles remote or external decryption. |
| [ExternalSign](#externalsign-event-pdfsigner-class) | Handles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source. |
| [Notification](#notification-event-pdfsigner-class) | This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event. |
| [PreRenderWidget](#prerenderwidget-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when a signature widget is ready to be written to the document. |
| [SignatureFound](#signaturefound-event-pdfsigner-class) | Signifies the start of signature validation. |
| [SignatureValidated](#signaturevalidated-event-pdfsigner-class) | Marks the completion of the signature validation routine. |
| [TimestampFound](#timestampfound-event-pdfsigner-class) | Signifies the start of a timestamp validation routine. |
| [TimestampRequest](#timestamprequest-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when the class is ready to request a timestamp from an external TSA. |
| [TimestampValidated](#timestampvalidated-event-pdfsigner-class) | Reports the completion of the timestamp validation routine. |
| [TLSCertNeeded](#tlscertneeded-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate. |
| [TLSCertValidate](#tlscertvalidate-event-pdfsigner-class) | This event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance. |
| [TLSEstablished](#tlsestablished-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes. |
| [TLSHandshake](#tlshandshake-event-pdfsigner-class) | Fires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences. |
| [TLSShutdown](#tlsshutdown-event-pdfsigner-class) | Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection. |

## Config Settings

*The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.*

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| [AddOutputIntents](#AddOutputIntents) | Specifies output intents to be added to the document. |
| [AlternateName](#AlternateName) | TBD. |
| [AssemblyOptions](#AssemblyOptions) | Specifies the assembly options. |
| [AsyncDocumentID](#AsyncDocumentID) | Specifies the document ID for SignAsyncEnd() call. |
| [AutoCollectRevocationInfo](#AutoCollectRevocationInfo) | Whether revocation info should be collected automatically. |
| [AutoReshapeArabicSymbols](#AutoReshapeArabicSymbols) | Specifies whether to auto-reshape Arabic symbols. |
| [AutoReverseRTLText](#AutoReverseRTLText) | Specifies whether to auto reverse RTL text. |
| [AutoRotateSignature](#AutoRotateSignature) | Specifies whether to auto-rotate the signature widget. |
| [AutoUpdatePDFUAStructureTagging](#AutoUpdatePDFUAStructureTagging) | Specifies whether PDF/UA structure tagging should be updated for the signature widget. |
| [BackgroundImageBitsPerComponent](#BackgroundImageBitsPerComponent) | Specifies the number of bits per color class. |
| [BackgroundImageColorSpace](#BackgroundImageColorSpace) | Specifies the background image color space. |
| [BackgroundImageInterpolate](#BackgroundImageInterpolate) | Specifies the background image interpolation flag. |
| [BackgroundMaskImageBitsPerComponent](#BackgroundMaskImageBitsPerComponent) | TBD. |
| [BackgroundMaskImageColorSpace](#BackgroundMaskImageColorSpace) | TBD. |
| [BackgroundMaskImageInterpolate](#BackgroundMaskImageInterpolate) | TBD. |
| [BackgroundPosition](#BackgroundPosition) | TBD. |
| [BuildApplicationName](#BuildApplicationName) | Specifies the application name used to create the signature. |
| [BuildApplicationVersion](#BuildApplicationVersion) | Specifies the application version used to create the signature. |
| [BuildProperties](#BuildProperties) | Specifies the build properties of the signature. |
| [CachedCRLMaxAge](#CachedCRLMaxAge) | Specifies the maximum age of a cached CRL. |
| [CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio](#CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio) | Specifies the maximum age of a cached CRL as a percentage of its remaining lifetime. |
| [CachedCRLOverlapTime](#CachedCRLOverlapTime) | Specifies the time period before a cached CRL's NextUpdate when it is considered stale and must be refreshed. |
| [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge) | Specifies the maximum age of a cached OCSP response. |
| [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio) | Specifies the maximum age of a cached OCSP response as a percentage of its remaining lifetime. |
| [CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime](#CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime) | Specifies the time period before a cached OCSP response's NextUpdate when it is considered stale and must be refreshed. |
| [ChainCurrentCACert](#ChainCurrentCACert) | Returns the current CA certificate. |
| [ChainCurrentCert](#ChainCurrentCert) | Returns the certificate that is currently being validated. |
| [ChainCurrentCRL](#ChainCurrentCRL) | Returns the current CRL. |
| [ChainCurrentCRLSize](#ChainCurrentCRLSize) | Returns the size of the current CRL. |
| [ChainCurrentOCSP](#ChainCurrentOCSP) | Returns the current OCSP response. |
| [ChainCurrentOCSPSigner](#ChainCurrentOCSPSigner) | Returns the signer of the current OCSP object. |
| [ChainInterimDetails](#ChainInterimDetails) | Returns the current interim validation details. |
| [ChainInterimResult](#ChainInterimResult) | Returns the current interim validation result. |
| [CheckValidityPeriodForTrusted](#CheckValidityPeriodForTrusted) | Whether to check validity period for trusted certificates. |
| [CollectRevInfoForTimestamps](#CollectRevInfoForTimestamps) | Whether revocation info for timestamps should be collected automatically. |
| [Commitments](#Commitments) | TBD. |
| [ConfigPreferLegacyLevels](#ConfigPreferLegacyLevels) | Indicates whether legacy signature levels should be preferred. |
| [CustomSignedAttributes](#CustomSignedAttributes) | TBD. |
| [CustomTextCount](#CustomTextCount) | The number of custom text blocks on the signature widget. |
| [CustomTextFontResourceName\[Index\]](#CustomTextFontResourceName[Index]) | The font resource name to use for the custom text block. |
| [CustomTextFontSizeX\[Index\]](#CustomTextFontSizeX[Index]) | The horizontal font size scale. |
| [CustomTextFontSizeY\[Index\]](#CustomTextFontSizeY[Index]) | The vertical font size scale. |
| [CustomTextText\[Index\]](#CustomTextText[Index]) | A text to show on a custom signature widget text block. |
| [CustomTextX\[Index\]](#CustomTextX[Index]) | The horizontal offset of the text block. |
| [CustomTextY\[Index\]](#CustomTextY[Index]) | The vertical offset of the text block. |
| [CustomTrustedLists](#CustomTrustedLists) | Specifies the custom TrustedLists. |
| [CustomTSLs](#CustomTSLs) | Specifies the custom TrustedLists. |
| [CustomUnsignedAttributes](#CustomUnsignedAttributes) | TBD. |
| [DateFontSize](#DateFontSize) | The font size of the date/time text on the signature widget. |
| [DeepValidation](#DeepValidation) | Whether a complete validation should be performed. |
| [DeltaCRLPreference](#DeltaCRLPreference) | Specifies whether complete or delta CRLs are preferred. |
| [DislikeOpenEndedOCSPs](#DislikeOpenEndedOCSPs) | Tells the class to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter. |
| [DocumentVersion](#DocumentVersion) | The document version from the PDF document header. |
| [DTSAccuracy](#DTSAccuracy) | Indicates the accuracy of the document timestamp. |
| [DTSSerialNumber](#DTSSerialNumber) | Indicates the serial number of the document timestamp. |
| [DTSTime](#DTSTime) | Indicates the time of the document timestamp. |
| [DTSTSAName](#DTSTSAName) | Indicates the TSA name of the document timestamp. |
| [EmptyFullFieldName](#EmptyFullFieldName) | Specifies the full name of the empty signature field to sign. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldAddRevInfo\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldAddRevInfo[Index]) | Specifies if revocation checking should be performed. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldAlternateName\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldAlternateName[Index]) | Contains an alternate field name. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldCount](#EmptySignatureFieldCount) | The number of empty signature form fields. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldFlags\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldFlags[Index]) | The field flags of the signature form field. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldHeight\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldHeight[Index]) | The Height of the empty signature form field. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldInvisible\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldInvisible[Index]) | The visibility status of the field. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldLegalAttestations\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldLegalAttestations[Index]) | Specifies the legal attestations that are associated with the signature. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldMappingName\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldMappingName[Index]) | The mapping name to be used when exporting form field data from the document. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldName\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldName[Index]) | Textual field name. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldOffsetX\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldOffsetX[Index]) | The field's offset from the left page border. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldOffsetY\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldOffsetY[Index]) | The field's offset from the bottom page border. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldPage\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldPage[Index]) | The index of the form field's page in the document. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredAllowedChanges\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredAllowedChanges[Index]) | Specifies the changes allowed by the signature. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredConstraints\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredConstraints[Index]) | Specifies the required Seed Value Dictionary (SVD) constraints. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredDigestAlgorithms\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredDigestAlgorithms[Index]) | Specifies the required digest algorithms. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredFilter\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredFilter[Index]) | Specifies the required filter. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockAction\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockAction[Index]) | Indicates which set of fields shall be locked. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockFields\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockFields[Index]) | Indicates the fields that shall be locked on signing. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredReasons\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredReasons[Index]) | Specifies the required reasons. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldRequiredSubfilters\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldRequiredSubfilters[Index]) | Specifies the required subfilters. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldTimestampRequired\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldTimestampRequired[Index]) | Specifies if the signature should be timestamped. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldTSPURL\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldTSPURL[Index]) | URL for a TSP server. |
| [EmptySignatureFieldWidth\[Index\]](#EmptySignatureFieldWidth[Index]) | The Width of the empty signature form field. |
| [EnableOldSignatures](#EnableOldSignatures) | Enables support for prehistoric adbe.x509.sha1 signatures. |
| [EncryptionHandlerName](#EncryptionHandlerName) | Specifies the custom security handler PDF-name. |
| [EvaluateSystemTrust](#EvaluateSystemTrust) | Enables or disables usage of the platform's built-in trust validation facilities. |
| [EvaluateSystemTrustForSelfSignedCertificates](#EvaluateSystemTrustForSelfSignedCertificates) | Enables or disables usage of the platform's built-in trust validation facilities for self-signed certificates. |
| [EvaluateSystemTrustForSSL](#EvaluateSystemTrustForSSL) | Enables or disables usage of the platform's built-in trust validation facilities for SSL/TLS. |
| [ExtensionIdentifierMode](#ExtensionIdentifierMode) | Specifies the extension identifier mode. |
| [ExtraSpace](#ExtraSpace) | Allows for the allocation of extra zero character space in the document behind the signature. |
| [FontPaths](#FontPaths) | Specifies font search paths. |
| [ForceCompleteChainValidation](#ForceCompleteChainValidation) | Whether to check the CA certificates when the signing certificate is invalid. |
| [ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrusted](#ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrusted) | Whether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors. |
| [GracePeriod](#GracePeriod) | Specifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks. |
| [HardenedKeyGeneration](#HardenedKeyGeneration) | Specifies if hardened Key generation should be used. |
| [IgnoreChainLoops](#IgnoreChainLoops) | Whether chain loops should be ignored. |
| [IgnoreChainValidationErrors](#IgnoreChainValidationErrors) | Whether to ignore any certificate chain validation issues. |
| [IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtension](#IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtension) | Whether the OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored. |
| [IgnoreSystemTrust](#IgnoreSystemTrust) | Whether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted. |
| [IgnoreTimestampChainValidityForLevelDetection](#IgnoreTimestampChainValidityForLevelDetection) | Specify whether timestamp chain validity should be ignored during signature level detection. |
| [IgnoreTimestampFailure](#IgnoreTimestampFailure) | Whether to ignore timestamping failures during signing. |
| [ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificates](#ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificates) | Whether to trust self-signed certificates. |
| [IncludeKnownRevInfoToSignature](#IncludeKnownRevInfoToSignature) | Whether to include custom revocation info into the signature. |
| [IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature](#IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature) | Whether to include custom revocation info into the signature. |
| [IncludeRevocationInfo](#IncludeRevocationInfo) | Whether to include custom revocation info into the signature. |
| [IncludeRevocationInfoToAdbeAttribute](#IncludeRevocationInfoToAdbeAttribute) | Whether to save revocation info in PDF-compliant form. |
| [IsLTVEnabled](#IsLTVEnabled) | Indicates LTV-enabled signature. |
| [LastSignatureWidget](#LastSignatureWidget) | Specifies that it is the last signature widget to be added. |
| [Locked](#Locked) | TBD. |
| [LockedContents](#LockedContents) | TBD. |
| [MappingName](#MappingName) | TBD. |
| [MDPHashAlgorithm](#MDPHashAlgorithm) | Specifies the MDP hash algorithm. |
| [NewCustomSignedAttributes](#NewCustomSignedAttributes) | TBD. |
| [NewCustomUnsignedAttributes](#NewCustomUnsignedAttributes) | TBD. |
| [PAdESOptions](#PAdESOptions) | Specifies the PAdES options. |
| [PageInfoCount](#PageInfoCount) | The number of pages. |
| [PageInfoCropBoxEmpty\[Index\]](#PageInfoCropBoxEmpty[Index]) | Check if the page's crop box is empty or not. |
| [PageInfoCropLLX\[Index\]](#PageInfoCropLLX[Index]) | Defines the X coordinate of the lower left corner of the crop box. |
| [PageInfoCropLLY\[Index\]](#PageInfoCropLLY[Index]) | Defines the Y coordinate of the lower left corner of the crop box. |
| [PageInfoCropURX\[Index\]](#PageInfoCropURX[Index]) | Defines the X coordinate of the upper right corner of the crop box. |
| [PageInfoCropURY\[Index\]](#PageInfoCropURY[Index]) | Defines the Y coordinate of the upper right corner of the crop box. |
| [PageInfoHeight\[Index\]](#PageInfoHeight[Index]) | The Height of the page. |
| [PageInfoMediaLLX\[Index\]](#PageInfoMediaLLX[Index]) | Defines the X coordinate of the lower left corner of the media box. |
| [PageInfoMediaLLY\[Index\]](#PageInfoMediaLLY[Index]) | Defines the Y coordinate of the lower left corner of the media box. |
| [PageInfoMediaURX\[Index\]](#PageInfoMediaURX[Index]) | Defines the X coordinate of the upper right corner of the media box. |
| [PageInfoMediaURY\[Index\]](#PageInfoMediaURY[Index]) | Defines the Y coordinate of the upper right corner of the media box. |
| [PageInfoRotate\[Index\]](#PageInfoRotate[Index]) | The Rotate value of the page. |
| [PageInfoUserUnit\[Index\]](#PageInfoUserUnit[Index]) | Defines the size of default user space units. |
| [PageInfoWidth\[Index\]](#PageInfoWidth[Index]) | The Width of the page. |
| [PolicyDescription](#PolicyDescription) | signature policy description. |
| [PolicyExplicitText](#PolicyExplicitText) | The explicit text of the user notice. |
| [PolicyUNNumbers](#PolicyUNNumbers) | The noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute. |
| [PolicyUNOrganization](#PolicyUNOrganization) | The organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier. |
| [PredefinedSignatureSize](#PredefinedSignatureSize) | User-defined size of the signature. |
| [ProductionPlace](#ProductionPlace) | Identifies the place of the signature production. |
| [PromoteLongOCSPResponses](#PromoteLongOCSPResponses) | Whether long OCSP responses are requested. |
| [PSSUsed](#PSSUsed) | Whether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm. |
| [RC4KeyBits](#RC4KeyBits) | Specifies the number of key bits used for the RC4 algorithm. |
| [ReassembleMode](#ReassembleMode) | Specifies the document reassemble mode. |
| [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) | Specifies a preset policy for cached CRL and OCSP response freshness settings. |
| [SchemeParams](#SchemeParams) | The algorithm scheme parameters to employ. |
| [SectionTextFontSize](#SectionTextFontSize) | The font size of general text on the signature widget. |
| [SectionTitleFontSize](#SectionTitleFontSize) | The font size of the section title on the signature widget. |
| [SignatureOptions](#SignatureOptions) | Specifies the signature options. |
| [SignatureSizeEstimationStrategy](#SignatureSizeEstimationStrategy) | Which mechanism to use to estimate the size of a PAdES signature. |
| [SigPolicyDescription](#SigPolicyDescription) | signature policy description. |
| [SigPolicyExplicitText](#SigPolicyExplicitText) | The explicit text of the user notice. |
| [SigPolicyHash](#SigPolicyHash) | The EPES policy hash. |
| [SigPolicyHashAlgorithm](#SigPolicyHashAlgorithm) | The hash algorithm that was used to generate the EPES policy hash. |
| [SigPolicyID](#SigPolicyID) | The EPES policy ID. |
| [SigPolicyNoticeNumbers](#SigPolicyNoticeNumbers) | The noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute. |
| [SigPolicyNoticeOrganization](#SigPolicyNoticeOrganization) | The organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier. |
| [SigPolicyURI](#SigPolicyURI) | The EPES policy URI. |
| [TempPath](#TempPath) | Path for storing temporary files. |
| [TextObjEncoding](#TextObjEncoding) | The encoding to apply to string objects stored with the signature. |
| [TimestampResponse](#TimestampResponse) | A base16-encoded timestamp response received from a TSA. |
| [TitleFontSize](#TitleFontSize) | The font size of the main title on the signature widget. |
| [TLSChainValidationDetails](#TLSChainValidationDetails) | Contains the advanced details of the TLS server certificate validation. |
| [TLSChainValidationResult](#TLSChainValidationResult) | Contains the result of the TLS server certificate validation. |
| [TLSClientAuthRequested](#TLSClientAuthRequested) | Indicates whether the TLS server requests client authentication. |
| [TLSValidationLog](#TLSValidationLog) | Contains the log of the TLS server certificate validation. |
| [TolerateMinorChainIssues](#TolerateMinorChainIssues) | Whether to tolerate minor chain issues. |
| [TransparentColor](#TransparentColor) | TBD. |
| [TransparentColorDelta](#TransparentColorDelta) | TBD. |
| [TransparentColorX](#TransparentColorX) | TBD. |
| [TransparentColorY](#TransparentColorY) | TBD. |
| [TspAttemptCount](#TspAttemptCount) | Specifies the number of timestamping request attempts. |
| [TspHashAlgorithm](#TspHashAlgorithm) | Sets a specific hash algorithm for use with the timestamping service. |
| [TspReqPolicy](#TspReqPolicy) | Sets a request policy ID to include in the timestamping request. |
| [UpdateKind](#UpdateKind) | Adjusts the scope of modifications that are made to the signature with the Update method. |
| [UseArabicLigature](#UseArabicLigature) | Specifies whether to use Arabic ligatures. |
| [UseDefaultTrustedLists](#UseDefaultTrustedLists) | Enables or disables the use of the default TrustedLists. |
| [UseDefaultTSLs](#UseDefaultTSLs) | Enables or disables the use of the default TrustedLists. |
| [UseEnvStorages](#UseEnvStorages) | Enables or disables use of the environment storages. |
| [UseLegacyVisualStyle](#UseLegacyVisualStyle) | Specifies whether to use the legacy signature visual style. |
| [UseMicrosoftCTL](#UseMicrosoftCTL) | Enables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list. |
| [UsePSS](#UsePSS) | Whether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm. |
| [UseSystemCertificates](#UseSystemCertificates) | Enables or disables the use of the system certificates. |
| [UseValidationCache](#UseValidationCache) | Enables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache. |
| [UseValidatorSettingsForTLSValidation](#UseValidatorSettingsForTLSValidation) | Whether to employ the primary chain validator setup for auxiliary TLS chain validations. |
| [WidgetHeight](#WidgetHeight) | Specifies the height of the signature widget. |
| [WidgetOffsetX](#WidgetOffsetX) | Specifies the signature widget offset from the left-hand page border. |
| [WidgetOffsetY](#WidgetOffsetY) | Specifies the signature widget offset from the bottom page border. |
| [WidgetWidth](#WidgetWidth) | Specifies the width of the signature widget. |
| [XMPMetadataContent](#XMPMetadataContent) | The XMP metadata content. |
| [ASN1UseGlobalTagCache](#ASN1UseGlobalTagCache) | Controls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache. |
| [AssignSystemSmartCardPins](#AssignSystemSmartCardPins) | Specifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys. |
| [CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse](#CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse) | Enables or disable private key integrity check before use. |
| [CookieCaching](#CookieCaching) | Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports. |
| [Cookies](#Cookies) | Gets or sets local cookies for the class. |
| [DefDeriveKeyIterations](#DefDeriveKeyIterations) | Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count. |
| [DNSLocalSuffix](#DNSLocalSuffix) | The suffix to assign for TLD names. |
| [EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE](#EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE) | Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients. |
| [EnableSSHMLKEM](#EnableSSHMLKEM) | Enables support for ML-KEM/hybrid key exchange algorithms in SSH client and server classes. |
| [EnableTLSMLKEM](#EnableTLSMLKEM) | Enables support for ML-KEM and hybrid groups in TLS client and server classes. |
| [GlobalCookies](#GlobalCookies) | Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports. |
| [HardwareCryptoUsePolicy](#HardwareCryptoUsePolicy) | The hardware crypto usage policy. |
| [HttpUserAgent](#HttpUserAgent) | Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients. |
| [HttpVersion](#HttpVersion) | The HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client classes created. |
| [IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCert](#IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCert) | Whether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate. |
| [ListDelimiter](#ListDelimiter) | The delimiter character for multi-element lists. |
| [LogDestination](#LogDestination) | Specifies the debug log destination. |
| [LogDetails](#LogDetails) | Specifies the debug log details to dump. |
| [LogFile](#LogFile) | Specifies the debug log filename. |
| [LogFilters](#LogFilters) | Specifies the debug log filters. |
| [LogFlushMode](#LogFlushMode) | Specifies the log flush mode. |
| [LogLevel](#LogLevel) | Specifies the debug log level. |
| [LogMaxEventCount](#LogMaxEventCount) | Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken. |
| [LogRotationMode](#LogRotationMode) | Specifies the log rotation mode. |
| [MaxASN1BufferLength](#MaxASN1BufferLength) | Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data. |
| [MaxASN1TreeDepth](#MaxASN1TreeDepth) | Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees. |
| [OCSPHashAlgorithm](#OCSPHashAlgorithm) | Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests. |
| [OldClientSideRSAFallback](#OldClientSideRSAFallback) | Specifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback. |
| [PKICache](#PKICache) | Specifies which PKI elements (certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses) should be cached. |
| [PKICachePath](#PKICachePath) | Specifies the file system path where cached PKI data is stored. |
| [ProductVersion](#ProductVersion) | Returns the version of the SecureBlackbox library. |
| [ServerSSLDHKeyLength](#ServerSSLDHKeyLength) | Sets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group. |
| [StaticDNS](#StaticDNS) | Specifies whether static DNS rules should be used. |
| [StaticIPAddress\[domain\]](#StaticIPAddress[domain]) | Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name. |
| [StaticIPAddresses](#StaticIPAddresses) | Gets or sets all the static DNS rules. |
| [Tag](#Tag) | Allows to store any custom data. |
| [TLSSessionGroup](#TLSSessionGroup) | Specifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption. |
| [TLSSessionLifetime](#TLSSessionLifetime) | Specifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session. |
| [TLSSessionPurgeInterval](#TLSSessionPurgeInterval) | Specifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions. |
| [UseCRLObjectCaching](#UseCRLObjectCaching) | Specifies whether reuse of loaded CRL objects is enabled. |
| [UseInternalRandom](#UseInternalRandom) | Switches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs. |
| [UseLegacyAdESValidation](#UseLegacyAdESValidation) | Enables legacy AdES validation mode. |
| [UseOCSPResponseObjectCaching](#UseOCSPResponseObjectCaching) | Specifies whether reuse of loaded OCSP response objects is enabled. |
| [UseOwnDNSResolver](#UseOwnDNSResolver) | Specifies whether the client classes should use own DNS resolver. |
| [UseSharedSystemStorages](#UseSharedSystemStorages) | Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores. |
| [UseSystemNativeSizeCalculation](#UseSystemNativeSizeCalculation) | An internal CryptoAPI access tweak. |
| [UseSystemOAEPAndPSS](#UseSystemOAEPAndPSS) | Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations. |
| [UseSystemRandom](#UseSystemRandom) | Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG. |
| [XMLRDNDescriptorName\[OID\]](#XMLRDNDescriptorName[OID]) | Defines an OID mapping to descriptor names for the certificate's IssuerRDN or SubjectRDN. |
| [XMLRDNDescriptorPriority\[OID\]](#XMLRDNDescriptorPriority[OID]) | Specifies the priority of descriptor names associated with a specific OID. |
| [XMLRDNDescriptorReverseOrder](#XMLRDNDescriptorReverseOrder) | Specifies whether to reverse the order of descriptors in RDN. |
| [XMLRDNDescriptorSeparator](#XMLRDNDescriptorSeparator) | Specifies the separator used between descriptors in RDN. |

# AttachedFiles Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Provides details of all attached files found in the PDF document.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxMailAttachment>* GetAttachedFiles();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to get the details of all the attached files identified in the document.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxMailAttachment](#mailattachment-type)

# AutoValidateSignatures Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Specifies whether PDFSigner should validate any present signatures when the document is opened.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetAutoValidateSignatures();int SetAutoValidateSignatures(int bAutoValidateSignatures);

Unicode (Windows)
BOOL GetAutoValidateSignatures();INT SetAutoValidateSignatures(BOOL bAutoValidateSignatures);
```

## Default Value

FALSE

## Remarks

This setting is switched off by default to speed up document processing. Even if the document is loaded with this property set to false, you can validate the signatures manually on a later stage using the [Revalidate](#revalidate-method-pdfsigner-class) method.

## Data Type

Boolean

# BlockedCertificates Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetBlockedCertificates();
int SetBlockedCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to provide a list of compromised or blocked certificates. Any chain containing a blocked certificate will fail validation.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# Certificates Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

A collection of certificates included in the electronic signature.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetCertificates();
```

## Remarks

This property includes a collection of certificates of the currently selected info.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# CheckTrustedLists Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Specifies whether the class should attempt to validate chain trust via a known Trusted List.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetCheckTrustedLists();int SetCheckTrustedLists(int bCheckTrustedLists);

Unicode (Windows)
BOOL GetCheckTrustedLists();INT SetCheckTrustedLists(BOOL bCheckTrustedLists);
```

## Default Value

FALSE

## Remarks

Set this property to true to enable the component to validate chain trust against an internal list of known Trusted Lists (such as EUTL).

## Data Type

Boolean

# CRLs Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

A collection of certificate revocation lists embedded into the signature by the signer.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* GetCRLs();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to access the CRLs embedded into the signature by the signer.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCRL](#crl-type)

# DecryptionCertificate Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

A decryption certificate.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxCertificate* GetDecryptionCertificate();
int SetDecryptionCertificate(SecureBlackboxCertificate* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to provide the decryption certificate. The certificate should have a private key associated with it.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# DocumentInfo Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Contains information about the document properties.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxPDFDocumentInfo* GetDocumentInfo();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to access general parameters of the document being processed. A good place to check this property is in the handler of the [DocumentLoaded](#documentloaded-event-pdfsigner-class) event.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxPDFDocumentInfo](#pdfdocumentinfo-type)

# EmptyFieldIndex Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Specifies the index of the empty signature field to sign.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetEmptyFieldIndex();int SetEmptyFieldIndex(int iEmptyFieldIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetEmptyFieldIndex();INT SetEmptyFieldIndex(INT iEmptyFieldIndex);
```

## Default Value

-1

## Remarks

Use this property to specify the empty form field that should be signed. If the default value of -1 is assigned to this property, a new signature field will be created.

NOTE: To read info about empty signature fields, use [EmptySignatureFieldCount](#EmptySignatureFieldCount) and other EmptySignatureFields* configuration settings.

## Data Type

Integer

# ExternalCrypto Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Provides access to external signing and DC parameters.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto* GetExternalCrypto();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to tune-up remote cryptography settings. SecureBlackbox supports two independent types of external cryptography: synchronous (based on the [ExternalSign](#externalsign-event-pdfsigner-class) event) and asynchronous (based on the DC protocol and the DCAuth signing component).

This property is read-only.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto](#externalcrypto-type)

# FIPSMode Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Reserved.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetFIPSMode();int SetFIPSMode(int bFIPSMode);

Unicode (Windows)
BOOL GetFIPSMode();INT SetFIPSMode(BOOL bFIPSMode);
```

## Default Value

FALSE

## Remarks

This property is reserved for future use.

## Data Type

Boolean

# IgnoreChainValidationErrors Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Makes the class tolerant to chain validation errors.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetIgnoreChainValidationErrors();int SetIgnoreChainValidationErrors(int bIgnoreChainValidationErrors);

Unicode (Windows)
BOOL GetIgnoreChainValidationErrors();INT SetIgnoreChainValidationErrors(BOOL bIgnoreChainValidationErrors);
```

## Default Value

FALSE

## Remarks

If this property is set to True, any errors emerging during certificate chain validation will be ignored. This setting may be handy if the purpose of validation is the creation of an LTV signature, and the validation is performed in an environment that doesn't trust the signer's certificate chain.

## Data Type

Boolean

# InputBytes Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Use this property to pass the input to class in byte array form.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetInputBytes(char* &lpInputBytes, int &lenInputBytes);int SetInputBytes(const char* lpInputBytes, int lenInputBytes);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetInputBytes(LPSTR &lpInputBytes, INT &lenInputBytes);INT SetInputBytes(LPCSTR lpInputBytes, INT lenInputBytes);
```

## Remarks

Assign a byte array containing the data to be processed to this property.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

Byte Array

# InputFile Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The PDF file to be signed or updated.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetInputFile();int SetInputFile(const char* lpszInputFile);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetInputFile();INT SetInputFile(LPCWSTR lpszInputFile);
```

## Default Value

""

## Remarks

Use this property to provide a path to the PDF document to be signed or updated, or to the pre-signed copy expected by [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class).

## Data Type

String

# KnownCertificates Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Additional certificates for chain validation.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetKnownCertificates();
int SetKnownCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of additional certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when intermediary CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the class manually.

The purpose of the certificates to be added to this collection is roughly equivalent to that of the Intermediate Certification Authorities system store in Windows.

Do not add trust anchors or root certificates to this collection: add them to [TrustedCertificates](#trustedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) instead.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# KnownCRLs Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Additional CRLs for chain validation.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* GetKnownCRLs();
int SetKnownCRLs(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to supply additional CRLs that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated CRLs are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCRL](#crl-type)

# KnownOCSPs Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Additional OCSP responses for chain validation.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse>* GetKnownOCSPs();
int SetKnownOCSPs(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse>* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to supply additional OCSP responses that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated OCSP responses are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse](#ocspresponse-type)

# NewSignature Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Provides access to new signature properties.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxPDFSignature* GetNewSignature();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to tune-up signature properties. Use the [Widget](#widget-property-pdfsigner-class) object to tune up visual parameters of the signature widget.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxPDFSignature](#pdfsignature-type)

# OCSPs Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

A collection of OCSP responses embedded into the signature.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse>* GetOCSPs();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to access the OCSP responses embedded into the signature by its creator.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse](#ocspresponse-type)

# OfflineMode Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Switches the class to offline mode.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetOfflineMode();int SetOfflineMode(int bOfflineMode);

Unicode (Windows)
BOOL GetOfflineMode();INT SetOfflineMode(BOOL bOfflineMode);
```

## Default Value

FALSE

## Remarks

When working in offline mode, the class restricts itself from using any online revocation information sources, such as CRL or OCSP responders.

Offline mode may be useful if there is a need to verify the completeness of the validation information included within the signature or provided via [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), and other related properties.

## Data Type

Boolean

# OutputBytes Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Use this property to read the output the class object has produced.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetOutputBytes(char* &lpOutputBytes, int &lenOutputBytes);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetOutputBytes(LPSTR &lpOutputBytes, INT &lenOutputBytes);
```

## Remarks

Read the contents of this property after the operation has completed to read the produced output. This property will only be set if the [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) and OutputStream properties had not been assigned.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

Byte Array

# OutputFile Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The file to save the signed or updated document to.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetOutputFile();int SetOutputFile(const char* lpszOutputFile);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetOutputFile();INT SetOutputFile(LPCWSTR lpszOutputFile);
```

## Default Value

""

## Remarks

Use this property to provide a path where the resulting PDF document should be saved to.

## Data Type

String

# Pages Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

A list of pages contained in the document.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxPDFPage>* GetPages();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to read document page information. This property is initialized when the [DocumentLoaded](#documentloaded-event-pdfsigner-class) event fires.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxPDFPage](#pdfpage-type)

# Password Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The decryption password.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetPassword();int SetPassword(const char* lpszPassword);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetPassword();INT SetPassword(LPCWSTR lpszPassword);
```

## Default Value

""

## Remarks

Use this property to provide the decryption password.

## Data Type

String

# Profile Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Specifies a pre-defined profile to apply when creating the signature.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetProfile();int SetProfile(const char* lpszProfile);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetProfile();INT SetProfile(LPCWSTR lpszProfile);
```

## Default Value

""

## Remarks

Advanced signatures come in many variants, which are often defined by parties that needs to process them or by local standards. SecureBlackbox profiles are sets of pre-defined configurations which correspond to particular signature variants. By specifying a profile, you are pre-configuring the component to make it produce the signature that matches the configuration corresponding to that profile.

Supported profiles:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "BR.AD_RB_v1_0" | Brazilian signature with Basic Reference (AD-RB) version 1.0 |
|  | "BR.AD_RB_v1_1" | Brazilian signature with Basic Reference (AD-RB) version 1.1 |
|  | "BR.AD_RT_v1_0" | Brazilian signature with Time Reference (AD-RT) version 1.0 |
|  | "BR.AD_RT_v1_1" | Brazilian signature with Time Reference (AD-RT) version 1.1 |
|  | "BR.AD_RC_v1_1" | Brazilian signature with Complete References (AD-RC) version 1.1 |
|  | "BR.AD_RC_v1_2" | Brazilian signature with Complete References (AD-RC) version 1.2 |
|  | "BR.AD_RA_v1_1" | Brazilian signature with References for Archiving (AD-RA) version 1.1 |
|  | "BR.AD_RA_v1_2" | Brazilian signature with References for Archiving (AD-RA) version 1.2 |

## Data Type

String

# Proxy Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The proxy server settings.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxProxySettings* GetProxy();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to tune up the proxy server settings.

This property is read-only.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxProxySettings](#proxysettings-type)

# RevocationCheck Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform for all chain certificates.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetRevocationCheck();int SetRevocationCheck(int iRevocationCheck);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetRevocationCheck();INT SetRevocationCheck(INT iRevocationCheck);
```

## Possible Values

```text
CRC_NONE(0), CRC_AUTO(1), CRC_ALL_CRL(2), CRC_ALL_OCSP(3), CRC_ALL_CRLAND_OCSP(4), CRC_ANY_CRL(5), CRC_ANY_OCSP(6), CRC_ANY_CRLOR_OCSP(7), CRC_ANY_OCSPOR_CRL(8)
```

## Default Value

1

## Remarks

Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.

Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responses serve the same purpose of ensuring that the certificate had not been revoked by the Certificate Authority (CA) at the time of use. Depending on your circumstances and security policy requirements, you may want to use either one or both of the revocation information source types.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| crcNone | 0 | No revocation checking. |
| crcAuto | 1 | Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future. |
| crcAllCRL | 2 | All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed. |
| crcAllOCSP | 3 | All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed. |
| crcAllCRLAndOCSP | 4 | All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed. |
| crcAnyCRL | 5 | All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. |
| crcAnyOCSP | 6 | All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. |
| crcAnyCRLOrOCSP | 7 | All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first. |
| crcAnyOCSPOrCRL | 8 | All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first. |

This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed for every certificate in the chain. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time.

There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs).

This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

NOTE: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

NOTE: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

## Data Type

Integer

# Signatures Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Provides details of all signatures and empty fields found in the PDF document.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxPDFSignature>* GetSignatures();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to get the details of all the signatures identified in the document.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxPDFSignature](#pdfsignature-type)

# SigningCertificate Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The certificate to be used for signing.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxCertificate* GetSigningCertificate();
int SetSigningCertificate(SecureBlackboxCertificate* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to specify the certificate that shall be used for signing the data. Note that this certificate should have a private key associated with it. Use [SigningChain](#signingchain-property-pdfsigner-class) to supply the rest of the certificate chain for inclusion into the signature.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# SigningChain Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The signing certificate chain.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetSigningChain();
int SetSigningChain(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to provide the chain for the signing certificate. Use the [SigningCertificate](#signingcertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) property, if it is available, to provide the signing certificate itself.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# SocketSettings Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Manages network connection settings.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxSocketSettings* GetSocketSettings();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to tune up network connection parameters.

This property is read-only.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxSocketSettings](#socketsettings-type)

# Timestamps Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Contains a collection of timestamps for the processed document.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxTimestampInfo>* GetTimestamps();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to access the timestamps included in the processed document.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxTimestampInfo](#timestampinfo-type)

# TimestampServer Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The address of the timestamping server.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetTimestampServer();int SetTimestampServer(const char* lpszTimestampServer);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetTimestampServer();INT SetTimestampServer(LPCWSTR lpszTimestampServer);
```

## Default Value

""

## Remarks

Use this property to provide the address of the Time Stamping Authority (TSA) server to be used for timestamping the signature.

SecureBlackbox supports RFC3161-compliant timestamping servers, available via HTTP or HTTPS.

If your timestamping service enforces credential-based user authentication (basic or digest), you can provide the credentials in the same URL:

http://user:password@timestamp.server.com/TsaService

For TSAs using certificate-based TLS authentication, provide the client certificate via the [TLSClientChain](#tlsclientchain-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

If this property is left empty, no timestamp will be added to the signature.

Starting from summer 2021 update (Vol. 2), the *virtual* timestamping service is supported, which allows you to intervene in the timestamping routine and provide your own handling for the TSA exchange. This may be handy if the service that you are requesting timestamps from uses a non-standard TSP protocol or requires special authentication option.

To employ the virtual service, assign an URI of the following format to this property:

virtual://localhost?hashonly=true&includecerts=true&reqpolicy=1.2.3.4.5&halg=SHA256&ignorenonce=true

Subscribe to [Notification](#notification-event-pdfsigner-class) event to get notified about the virtualized timestamping event. The EventID of the timestamping event is TimestampRequest. Inside the event handler, read the base16-encoded request from the EventParam parameter and forward it to the timestamping authority. Upon receiving the response, pass it back to the component, encoded in base16, via the TimestampResponse config property:

component.Config("TimestampResponse=308208ab...");

Note that all the exchange with your custom TSA should take place within the same invocation of the Notification event.

The *hashonly* parameter of the virtual URI tells the component to only return the timestamp message imprint via the EventParam parameter. If set to false, EventParam will contain the complete RFC3161 timestamping request.

The *includecerts* parameter specifies that the requestCertificates parameter of the timestamping request should be set to true.

The *reqpolicy* parameter lets you specify the request policy, and the *halg* parameter specifies the hash algorithm to use for timestamping.

The *ignorenonce* parameter allows you to switch off client nonce verification to enable compatibility with TSA services that do not support nonce mirroring.

All the parameters are optional.

## Data Type

String

# TLSClientChain Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The TLS client certificate chain.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetTLSClientChain();
int SetTLSClientChain(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
```

## Remarks

Assign a certificate chain to this property to enable TLS client authentication in the class. Note that the client's end-entity certificate should have a private key associated with it.

Use the [CertificateStorage](CertificateStorage.md#CertificateStorage) or [CertificateManager](CertificateManager.md#CertificateManager) components to import the certificate from a file, system store, or PKCS11 device.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# TLSServerChain Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The TLS server's certificate chain.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetTLSServerChain();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to access the certificate chain sent by the TLS server. This property is ready to read when the [TLSCertValidate](#tlscertvalidate-event-pdfsigner-class) event is fired by the client component.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# TLSSettings Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Manages TLS layer settings.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxTLSSettings* GetTLSSettings();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to tune up the TLS layer parameters.

This property is read-only.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxTLSSettings](#tlssettings-type)

# TrustedCertificates Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

A list of trusted certificates for chain validation.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetTrustedCertificates();
int SetTrustedCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
```

## Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of trusted certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when root CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.

The purpose of this certificate collection is largely the same as that of the Windows Trusted Root Certification Authorities system store.

Use this property with extreme care as it directly affects chain verifiability; a wrong certificate added to the trusted list may result in bad chains being accepted, and forfeited signatures being recognized as genuine. Only add certificates that originate from the parties that you know and trust.

This property is not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxCertificate](#certificate-type)

# ValidationMoment Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

The time point at which signature validity is to be established.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetValidationMoment();int SetValidationMoment(const char* lpszValidationMoment);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetValidationMoment();INT SetValidationMoment(LPCWSTR lpszValidationMoment);
```

## Default Value

""

## Remarks

Use this property to specify the moment in time at which signature validity should be established. The time is in UTC. Leave the setting empty to stick to the default moment (either the signature creation time or the current time).

The validity of the same signature may differ depending on the time point chosen due to temporal changes in chain validities, revocation statuses, and timestamp times.

## Data Type

String

# Widget Property ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Provides access to signature widget properties.

## Syntax

```text
SecureBlackboxPDFWidget* GetWidget();
```

## Remarks

Use this property to adjust the signature widget appearance parameters, such as background or texts.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

## Data Type

[SecureBlackboxPDFWidget](#pdfwidget-type)

# AddWidgetCustomData Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Adds a custom data to the signature widget.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int AddWidgetCustomData(const char* lpszCustomData);

Unicode (Windows)
INT AddWidgetCustomData(LPCWSTR lpszCustomData);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to quickly add a custom data block that contains PDF graphics operators to your signature widget.

The method returns the index of the new custom text in the CustomText collection (accessed via [Config](#config-method-pdfsigner-class)).

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns an Integer value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# AddWidgetText Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Adds a text block to the signature widget.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int AddWidgetText(const char* lpszText, int iX, int iY, const char* lpszFontSize);

Unicode (Windows)
INT AddWidgetText(LPCWSTR lpszText, INT iX, INT iY, LPCWSTR lpszFontSize);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to quickly add a custom text block to your signature widget.

The method returns the index of the new custom text in the CustomText collection (accessed via [Config](#config-method-pdfsigner-class)).

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns an Integer value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# AddWidgetTextEx Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Adds a text block to the signature widget.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int AddWidgetTextEx(const char* lpszText, const char* lpszSettings);

Unicode (Windows)
INT AddWidgetTextEx(LPCWSTR lpszText, LPCWSTR lpszSettings);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to add a custom text block to your signature widget.

*Text* represents the text string to add. *Settings* contains a list of parameters in the form of *PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;...* or in JSON format.

The following parameters are supported:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "X" | The text offset from the left-hand signature widget border. |
|  | "Y" | The text offset from the bottom signature widget border. |
|  | "FontSize" | The font size of the text (single value, or two values separated with a space character that represent horizontal and vertical font sizes). |
|  | "FontSizeX" | The horizontal font size of the text. |
|  | "FontSizeY" | The vertical font size of the text. |
|  | "FontName" | The font name or TrueType filename. It supports the same values as the Widget.FontName property. |

The method returns the index of the new custom text in the CustomText collection (accessed via [Config](#config-method-pdfsigner-class)).

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns an Integer value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# AttachBytes Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Adds an attachment to the PDF document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int AttachBytes(const char* lpData, int lenData, const char* lpszObjName, const char* lpszFileName, const char* lpszDescription, const char* lpszSubType, const char* lpszCDate, const char* lpszMDate);

Unicode (Windows)
INT AttachBytes(LPCSTR lpData, INT lenData, LPCWSTR lpszObjName, LPCWSTR lpszFileName, LPCWSTR lpszDescription, LPCWSTR lpszSubType, LPCWSTR lpszCDate, LPCWSTR lpszMDate);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to add an attachment (embedded file) to a PDF document.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# AttachFile Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Adds an attachment to the PDF document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int AttachFile(const char* lpszPath, const char* lpszObjName, const char* lpszFileName, const char* lpszDescription, const char* lpszSubType, const char* lpszCDate, const char* lpszMDate);

Unicode (Windows)
INT AttachFile(LPCWSTR lpszPath, LPCWSTR lpszObjName, LPCWSTR lpszFileName, LPCWSTR lpszDescription, LPCWSTR lpszSubType, LPCWSTR lpszCDate, LPCWSTR lpszMDate);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to add an attachment (embedded file) to a PDF document.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# AttachStream Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Adds an attachment to the PDF document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int AttachStream(SecureBlackboxStream* sStream, const char* lpszObjName, const char* lpszFileName, const char* lpszDescription, const char* lpszSubType, const char* lpszCDate, const char* lpszMDate);

Unicode (Windows)
INT AttachStream(SecureBlackboxStream* sStream, LPCWSTR lpszObjName, LPCWSTR lpszFileName, LPCWSTR lpszDescription, LPCWSTR lpszSubType, LPCWSTR lpszCDate, LPCWSTR lpszMDate);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to add an attachment (embedded file) to a PDF document.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Close Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Closes an opened document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Close(int bSaveChanges);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Close(BOOL bSaveChanges);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to close a previously opened document. Set *SaveChanges* to true to apply any changes made.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Config Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* Config(const char* lpszConfigurationString);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR Config(LPCWSTR lpszConfigurationString);
```

## Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve [configuration settings](#config-settings-pdfsigner-class) for the class.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these *internal properties* is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named *PROPERTY*, you must call *Config("PROPERTY=VALUE")*, where *VALUE* is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a [configuration setting](#config-settings-pdfsigner-class), you must call *Config("PROPERTY")*. The value will be returned as a string.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# DoAction Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Performs an additional action.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* DoAction(const char* lpszActionID, const char* lpszActionParams);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR DoAction(LPCWSTR lpszActionID, LPCWSTR lpszActionParams);
```

## Remarks

DoAction is a generic method available in every class. It is used to perform an additional action introduced after the product major release. The list of actions is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier (case insensitive) of the action is provided in the *ActionID* parameter.

*ActionParams* contains the value of a single parameter, or a list of multiple parameters for the action in the form of *PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;...*.

Common ActionIDs:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Action | Parameters | Returned value | Description |
| ResetTrustedListCache | none | none | Clears the cached list of trusted lists. |
| ResetCertificateCache | none | none | Clears the cached certificates. |
| ResetCRLCache | none | none | Clears the cached CRLs. |
| ResetOCSPResponseCache | none | none | Clears the cached OCSP responses. |

The PDFSigner class ActionIDs:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Action | Description |  |
|  | "AddImage" | Adds an image to the foreground layer. |
|  | "GetTextWidth" | Calculates the width of the given text for a specific font. |
|  | "GetSystemFontNames" | Gets the list of system font names. |
|  | "IsAllGlyphsAvailable" | Checks if all glyphs from the given text are available for a specific font. |

Use "AddImage" action to add an image to the foreground layer. The following parameters are supported:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "ImageData" | The image data in hex or base64 encoding. To use base64 encoding prepend an encoded data with "base64:" prefix. |
|  | "ImageWidth" | The width of the image in pixels. |
|  | "ImageHeight" | The height of the image in pixels. |
|  | "ImageType" | The type of the image contained in ImageData parameter. Supported values: "jpeg", "jpeg2000", "custom". |
|  | "ImageBitsPerComponent" | The number of bits per color space component for the image. |
|  | "ImageColorSpace" | The image color space. Supported values: "RGB", "CMYK" and "Gray". |
|  | "ImageInterpolate" | Specifies whether an image interpolation shall be performed by a conforming reader. |
|  | "X" | The image offset from the left-hand signature widget border. |
|  | "Y" | The image offset from the bottom signature widget border. |
|  | "Width" | The width of the image in points. |
|  | "Height" | The height of the image in points. |

Parameters *ImageData*, *ImageWidth*, *ImageHeight*, *ImageType*, *X*, *Y*, *Width* and *Height* are required.

Sample code to add a JPEG image of size 100px x 100px and place it in position (10, 10) with an image size (30, 30):

```text
Signer.DoAction("AddImage",
  "ImageData=" + Utils.HexEncode(BinaryImageData) +
  "; ImageWidth=100; ImageHeight=100; ImageType=jpeg; X=10; Y=10; Width=30; Height=30");
```

Use "GetTextWidth" action to calculate the width of the given text for a specific font. The following parameters are supported:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "Text" | Represent the text string for which you want to determine the width. |
|  | "FontName" | The font name or TrueType filename. It supports the same values as Widget.FontName property. |
|  | "FontSize" | The horizontal font size of the text. If omitted, the width of the text returned in units, and the width for a specific font size could be calculated by the formula: (Width / 1000) * FontSize |

Sample code:

```text
Signer.DoAction("GetTextWidth",
  "Text=Lorem Ipsum; FontSize=10; FontName=Arial Bold Italic");
```

Use "GetSystemFontNames" action to get a CRLF-separated list of system TrueType font names that the component supports.

Use "IsAllGlyphsAvailable" action to check if all glyphs that correspond to the given text are available for a specific font. The following parameters are required:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "Text" | Represent the text string that you want to check. |
|  | "FontName" | The font name or TrueType filename. It supports the same values as Widget.FontName property. |

For standard Type 1 fonts this action always returns a "true" value.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# ExtractAsyncData Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Extracts user data from the DC signing service response.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* ExtractAsyncData(const char* lpszAsyncReply);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR ExtractAsyncData(LPCWSTR lpszAsyncReply);
```

## Remarks

Call this method before finalizing the asynchronous signing process to extract the data passed to the ExternalCrypto.Data property on the pre-signing stage.

The Data parameter can be used to pass some state or document identifier along with the signing request from the pre-signing to the completion async stage.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# GetAttachedBytes Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Saves a PDF attachment to a byte array.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetAttachedBytes(int iIndex, int *lpSize = NULL);

Unicode (Windows)
LPSTR GetAttachedBytes(INT iIndex, LPINT lpSize = NULL);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to retrieve the contents of an attached file as a byte array.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a Byte Array value (with length *lpSize*); after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# GetAttachedFile Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Saves a PDF attachment to a file.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetAttachedFile(int iIndex, const char* lpszPath);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetAttachedFile(INT iIndex, LPCWSTR lpszPath);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to retrieve the contents of an attached file and save it to a file.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# GetAttachedStream Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Saves a PDF attachment to a stream.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetAttachedStream(int iIndex, SecureBlackboxStream* sStream);

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetAttachedStream(INT iIndex, SecureBlackboxStream* sStream);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to retrieve the contents of an attached file and save it to a stream.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Open Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Opens a document for signing or updating.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Open();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Open();
```

## Remarks

Use this method to open a document for signing or updating. When finished, call [Close](#close-method-pdfsigner-class) to complete or discard the operation.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Reset Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Resets the class settings.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Reset();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Reset();
```

## Remarks

Reset is a generic method available in every class.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Revalidate Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Revalidates a signature in accordance with current settings.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Revalidate(const char* lpszSigLabel);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Revalidate(LPCWSTR lpszSigLabel);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to re-validate a signature in the opened PDF document.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# SelectInfo Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Select signature information for a specific entity.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int SelectInfo(const char* lpszEntityLabel, int iInfoType, int bClearSelection);

Unicode (Windows)
INT SelectInfo(LPCWSTR lpszEntityLabel, INT iInfoType, BOOL bClearSelection);
```

## Remarks

Use this method to select (or filter) signature-related information for a specific signature element.

Provide the unique label of the entity that you are interested in via the *EntityLabel* parameter. Use one of the following filters, or their combination, to specify what information you are interested in:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sitEntity | 1 | Select the current entity |
| sitParentEntity | 2 | Select the parent entity of the current entity |
| sitTimestamps | 4 | Select all timestamps covering the current entity |
| sitSignatures | 8 | Select all signatures covering the current entity |
| sitSigningChain | 16 | Select the signing chain of the current entity |
| sitEmbeddedCertificates | 256 | Select all certificates embedded in the current entity |
| sitEmbeddedCRLs | 512 | Select all CRLs embedded in the current entity |
| sitEmbeddedOCSPs | 1024 | Select all OCSP responses embedded in the current entity |
| sitEmbeddedRevInfo | 1792 | Select the whole pack of embedded revocation information (certificates, CRLs and OCSPs) |
| sitUsedCertificates | 4096 | Select all the certificates used to validate this entity's chain |
| sitUsedCRLs | 8192 | Select all the CRLs used to validate this entity's chain |
| sitUsedOCSPs | 16384 | Select all the OCSP responses used to validate this entity's chain |
| sitUsedRevInfo | 28672 | Select the whole pack of revocation information used to validate this entity's chain (certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses) |
| sitAttributes | 65536 | Select this entity's CMS attributes |
| sitReferences | 131072 | Select this entity's XML references |
| sitSignedParts | 262144 | Select this entity's signed parts |

Following the call, the relevant pieces of information will be copied to the respective component properties (Certificates, CRLs, OCSPs). Note that you can accumulate information in the properties by making repeated calls to SelectInfo and keeping *ClearSelection* set to false.

This method is useful if you would like to read/display detailed information about a particular signature or timestamp.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Sign Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Signs a PDF document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Sign();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Sign();
```

## Remarks

Call this method to sign the document referenced by the [InputFile](#inputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or InputStream) property. The document will be signed with [SigningCertificate](#signingcertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) as configured in [NewSignature](#newsignature-property-pdfsigner-class), and saved in [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (OutputStream).

Use [TrustedCertificates](#trustedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [RevocationCheck](#revocationcheck-property-pdfsigner-class), [OfflineMode](#offlinemode-property-pdfsigner-class) and other properties of the class to adjust chain validation parameters. After the signing, the chain validation log will be available in the [ValidationLog](#PDFSignature_f_ValidationLog) property.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# SignAsyncBegin Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Initiates the asynchronous signing operation.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* SignAsyncBegin();

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR SignAsyncBegin();
```

## Remarks

When using the DC framework, call this method to initiate the asynchronous signing process. Upon completion, a pre-signed copy of the document will be saved in [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or OutputStream). Keep the pre-signed copy somewhere local, and pass the returned string ('the request state') to the DC processor for handling.

Upon receiving the response state from the DC processor, assign the path to the pre-signed copy to [InputFile](#inputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or InputStream), and call [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class) to finalize the signing.

Note that depending on the signing method and DC configuration used, you may still need to provide the public part of the signing certificate via the [SigningCertificate](#signingcertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

Use the *ExternalCrypto.AsyncDocumentID* property to supply a unique document ID to include in the request. This is helpful when creating batches of multiple async requests, as it allows you to pass the whole response batch to [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class) and expect it to recover the correct response from the batch automatically.

*AsyncState* is a message of the distributed cryptography (DC) protocol. The DC protocol is based on the exchange of async states between a DC client (an application that wants to sign a PDF, XML, or Office document) and a DC server (an application that controls access to the private key). An async state can carry one or more signing requests, comprised of document hashes, or one or more signatures produced over those hashes.

In a typical scenario you get a client-side async state from the SignAsyncBegin method. This state contains document hashes to be signed on the DC server side. You then send the async state to the DC server (often represented by the DCAuth class), which processes it and produces a matching signature state. The async state produced by the server is then passed to the [SignAsyncEnd](#signasyncend-method-pdfsigner-class) method.

There are some conditions that should be met when signing PDF documents asynchronously. The advanced PDF signature levels, specifically BES, EPES, and LTV, require that the 'signingCertificate' attribute is included in the signature. This can only be satisfied if either [ExternalCrypto](#externalcrypto-property-pdfsigner-class) is configured to use the asmdPKCS7 method, or the public copy of the signing certificate is provided on the pre-signing stage.

Please note that you will still be able to sign a document with the asmdPKCS1 method and no public copy of the certificate provided (resulting in the omission of the 'signingCertificate' attribute from the signature); however, most modern PDF processors will reject such signatures as invalid or non-compliant.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain its result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

# SignAsyncEnd Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Completes the asynchronous signing operation.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int SignAsyncEnd(const char* lpszAsyncReply);

Unicode (Windows)
INT SignAsyncEnd(LPCWSTR lpszAsyncReply);
```

## Remarks

When using the DC framework, call this method upon receiving the response state from the DC processor to complete the asynchronous signing process.

Before calling this method, assign the path to the pre-signed copy of the document obtained from the prior [SignAsyncBegin](#signasyncbegin-method-pdfsigner-class) call to [InputFile](#inputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or InputStream). The method will embed the signature into the pre-signed document, and save the complete signed document to [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or OutputStream).

Note that depending on the signing method and DC configuration used, you may still need to provide the public part of the signing certificate via the [SigningCertificate](#signingcertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

Use the *ExternalCrypto.AsyncDocumentID* parameter to pass a specific document ID if using batched AsyncReply. If used, it should match the value provided on the pre-signing ([SignAsyncBegin](#signasyncbegin-method-pdfsigner-class)) stage.

*AsyncState* is a message of the distributed cryptography (DC) protocol. The DC protocol is based on the exchange of async states between a DC client (an application that wants to sign a PDF, XML, or Office document) and a DC server (an application that controls access to the private key). An async state can carry one or more signing requests, comprised of document hashes, or one or more signatures produced over those hashes.

In a typical scenario you get a client-side async state from the [SignAsyncBegin](#signasyncbegin-method-pdfsigner-class) method. This state contains document hashes to be signed on the DC server side. You then send the async state to the DC server (often represented by the DCAuth class), which processes it and produces a matching signature state. The async state produced by the server is then passed to the SignAsyncEnd method.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# SignExternal Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Signs the document using an external signing facility.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int SignExternal();

Unicode (Windows)
INT SignExternal();
```

## Remarks

Use this method to create a PDF signature using an external signing facility for the cryptographic computations. SignExternal delegates the low-level signing operation to an external, remote, or custom signing engine. This method is useful if the signature has to be made by a device accessible through a custom or non-standard signing interface.

When all preparations are done and the hash is computed, the class fires the [ExternalSign](#externalsign-event-pdfsigner-class) event which allows the hash value to be passed for signing.

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# Update Method ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Updates a signature.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Update(const char* lpszSigLabel);

Unicode (Windows)
INT Update(LPCWSTR lpszSigLabel);
```

## Remarks

PDF signatures may be updated from time to time by embedding newer/missing revocation information. The update approach is typically used to extend the validity of an LTV signature. Set *SigLabel* to the label of the signature field to update.

Updating is typically accompanied with a document timestamping operation. Set [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) to have the class obtain and embed a document timestamp for you.

Before calling this method, provide the signed document via the [InputFile](#inputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or InputStream) property. The updated document will be saved to [OutputFile](#outputfile-property-pdfsigner-class) (or OutputStream).

## Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the *GetLastErrorCode()* method after it returns.)

# ChainElementDownload Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when there is a need to download a chain element from an online source.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireChainElementDownload(PDFSignerChainElementDownloadEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Kind;  const char *CertRDN;  const char *CACertRDN;  const char *Location;  int Action;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerChainElementDownloadEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireChainElementDownload(PDFSignerChainElementDownloadEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Kind;  LPCWSTR CertRDN;  LPCWSTR CACertRDN;  LPCWSTR Location;  INT Action;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerChainElementDownloadEventParams;
```

## Remarks

Subscribe to this event to be notified about validation element retrievals. Use the *Action* parameter to suppress the download if required.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| veaAuto | 0 | Handle the action automatically (the default behaviour) |
| veaContinue | 1 | Accept the request implied by the event (accept the certificate, allow the object retrieval) |
| veaReject | 2 | Reject the request implied by the event (reject the certificate, disallow the object retrieval) |
| veaAcceptNow | 3 | Accept the validated certificate immediately |
| veaAbortNow | 4 | Abort the validation, reject the certificate |

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cekUnknown | 0 | Unknown or unsupported element type |
| cekCertificate | 1 | An X.509 certificate |
| cekCRL | 2 | A CRL |
| cekOCSP | 3 | An OCSP response |

# ChainElementNeeded Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when an element required to validate the chain was not located.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireChainElementNeeded(PDFSignerChainElementNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Kind;  const char *CertRDN;  const char *CACertRDN;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerChainElementNeededEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireChainElementNeeded(PDFSignerChainElementNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Kind;  LPCWSTR CertRDN;  LPCWSTR CACertRDN;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerChainElementNeededEventParams;
```

## Remarks

Subscribe to this event to be notified about missing validation elements. Use the [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), and [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) properties in the event handler to provide the missing piece.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cekUnknown | 0 | Unknown or unsupported element type |
| cekCertificate | 1 | An X.509 certificate |
| cekCRL | 2 | A CRL |
| cekOCSP | 3 | An OCSP response |

# ChainValidated Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Reports the completion of a certificate chain validation.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireChainValidated(PDFSignerChainValidatedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Index;  const char *EntityLabel;  const char *SubjectRDN;  int ValidationResult;  int ValidationDetails;  int Cancel;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerChainValidatedEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireChainValidated(PDFSignerChainValidatedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Index;  LPCWSTR EntityLabel;  LPCWSTR SubjectRDN;  INT ValidationResult;  INT ValidationDetails;  BOOL Cancel;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerChainValidatedEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event is fired when a certificate chain validation routine completes. *SubjectRDN* identifies the owner of the validated certificate.

*ValidationResult* set to 0 (zero) indicates successful chain validation.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cvtValid | 0 | The chain is valid |
| cvtValidButUntrusted | 1 | The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted |
| cvtInvalid | 2 | The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature) |
| cvtCantBeEstablished | 3 | The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses) |

 Any other value reports a failure, and *ValidationDetails* provides more details on its reasons.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cvrBadData | 0x0001 | One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed |
| cvrRevoked | 0x0002 | One or more certificates are revoked |
| cvrNotYetValid | 0x0004 | One or more certificates are not yet valid |
| cvrExpired | 0x0008 | One or more certificates are expired |
| cvrInvalidSignature | 0x0010 | A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature |
| cvrUnknownCA | 0x0020 | A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete) |
| cvrCAUnauthorized | 0x0040 | One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA |
| cvrCRLNotVerified | 0x0080 | One or more CRLs could not be verified |
| cvrOCSPNotVerified | 0x0100 | One or more OCSP responses could not be verified |
| cvrIdentityMismatch | 0x0200 | The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate |
| cvrNoKeyUsage | 0x0400 | A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates |
| cvrBlocked | 0x0800 | One or more certificates are blocked |
| cvrFailure | 0x1000 | General validation failure |
| cvrChainLoop | 0x2000 | Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself |
| cvrWeakAlgorithm | 0x4000 | A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements |
| cvrUserEnforced | 0x8000 | The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code |

# ChainValidationProgress Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

This event is fired multiple times during chain validation to report various stages of the validation procedure.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireChainValidationProgress(PDFSignerChainValidationProgressEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *EventKind;  const char *CertRDN;  const char *CACertRDN;  int Action;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerChainValidationProgressEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireChainValidationProgress(PDFSignerChainValidationProgressEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR EventKind;  LPCWSTR CertRDN;  LPCWSTR CACertRDN;  INT Action;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerChainValidationProgressEventParams;
```

## Remarks

Subscribe to this event to be notified about chain validation progress. Use the *Action* parameter to alter the validation flow.

The *EventKind* parameter reports the nature of the event being reported. The *CertRDN* and *CACertRDN* parameters report the distinguished names of the certificates that are relevant for the event invocation (one or both can be empty, depending on *EventKind*). Use the *Action* parameter to adjust the validation flow.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| veaAuto | 0 | Handle the action automatically (the default behaviour) |
| veaContinue | 1 | Accept the request implied by the event (accept the certificate, allow the object retrieval) |
| veaReject | 2 | Reject the request implied by the event (reject the certificate, disallow the object retrieval) |
| veaAcceptNow | 3 | Accept the validated certificate immediately |
| veaAbortNow | 4 | Abort the validation, reject the certificate |

# DocumentLoaded Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

This event is fired when the document has been loaded into memory.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireDocumentLoaded(PDFSignerDocumentLoadedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Cancel;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerDocumentLoadedEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireDocumentLoaded(PDFSignerDocumentLoadedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  BOOL Cancel;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerDocumentLoadedEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The handler for this event is a good place to check the document structure, which may be useful when preparing the signature. For example, you can use the [Pages](#pages-property-pdfsigner-class) information to find the optimal position for the signature widget.

Set *Cancel* to true to terminate document processing on this stage.

# Encrypted Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Notifies the application that the document is encrypted and provides recipient certificate details if asymmetric encryption was used to encrypt the document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireEncrypted(PDFSignerEncryptedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int CertUsed;  const char *IssuerRDN;  const char *SerialNumber;
  int lenSerialNumber;  const char *SubjectKeyID;
  int lenSubjectKeyID;  int NeedCredential;  int SkipThis;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerEncryptedEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireEncrypted(PDFSignerEncryptedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  BOOL CertUsed;  LPCWSTR IssuerRDN;  LPCSTR SerialNumber;
  INT lenSerialNumber;  LPCSTR SubjectKeyID;
  INT lenSubjectKeyID;  BOOL NeedCredential;  BOOL SkipThis;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerEncryptedEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The class fires this event when processing encrypted documents to report the fact of encryption and pass certificate parameters to the user.

This event fires repeatedly for each encryption mechanism used in the document until the user provides the correct credential via the [DecryptionCertificate](#decryptioncertificate-property-pdfsigner-class) or [Password](#password-property-pdfsigner-class) property (depending on the encryption method used), or sets *SkipThis* to true.

The *CertUsed* parameter specifies the encryption method used. If set to true, it indicates that the document uses asymmetric (certificate-based) encryption. In that case, the *IssuerRDN*, *SerialNumber*, and *SubjectKeyID* parameters provide the details of the encryption certificate. Note that the document can be encrypted with more than one certificate (or have "more than one recipient"), in which case each certificate will invoke its own Encrypted event loop.

*CertUsed* set to false indicates that the document uses password encryption. In this case, provide the password via the [Password](#password-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

The *NeedCredential* parameter specifies whether the correct credential is already available to the class or still needs to be set. One example where *NeedCredential* would be set to false is where it had been provided by the application prior to processing the document (e.g. by setting the [Password](#password-property-pdfsigner-class) property to a known pre-defined value). If *NeedCredential* is set to true, you must provide the valid credential for the decryption process to succeed.

# Error Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Information about errors during signing/validation.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireError(PDFSignerErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int ErrorCode;  const char *Description;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerErrorEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireError(PDFSignerErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT ErrorCode;  LPCWSTR Description;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerErrorEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during PDF processing.

*ErrorCode* contains an error code and *Description* contains a textual description of the error.

# ExternalDecrypt Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Handles remote or external decryption.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireExternalDecrypt(PDFSignerExternalDecryptEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *OperationId;  const char *Algorithm;  const char *Pars;  const char *EncryptedData;  char *Data;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerExternalDecryptEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireExternalDecrypt(PDFSignerExternalDecryptEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR OperationId;  LPCWSTR Algorithm;  LPCWSTR Pars;  LPCWSTR EncryptedData;  LPWSTR Data;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerExternalDecryptEventParams;
```

## Remarks

Assign a handler to this event if you need to delegate a low-level decryption operation to an external, remote, or custom decryption engine. The handler receives an encrypted value in the *EncryptedData* parameter, and is expected to decrypt it and place the decrypted value into the *Data* parameter.

*OperationId* provides a comment about the operation and its origin. It depends on the exact class being used, and may be empty. *Algorithm* specifies the encryption algorithm being used, and *Pars* contains algorithm-dependent parameters.

The class uses base16 (hex) encoding for the *EncryptedData*, *Data*, and *Pars* parameters. If your decryption engine uses a different input and output encoding, you may need to decode and/or encode the data before and/or after the decryption.

Sample data encoded in base16: a0dee2a0382afbb09120ffa7ccd8a152 - lower case base16 A0DEE2A0382AFBB09120FFA7CCD8A152 - upper case base16

# ExternalSign Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Handles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireExternalSign(PDFSignerExternalSignEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *OperationId;  const char *HashAlgorithm;  const char *Pars;  const char *Data;  char *SignedData;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerExternalSignEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireExternalSign(PDFSignerExternalSignEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR OperationId;  LPCWSTR HashAlgorithm;  LPCWSTR Pars;  LPCWSTR Data;  LPWSTR SignedData;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerExternalSignEventParams;
```

## Remarks

Assign a handler to this event if you need to delegate a low-level signing operation to an external, remote, or custom signing engine. Depending on the settings, the handler will receive a hashed or unhashed value to be signed.

The event handler must pass the value of *Data* to the signer, obtain the signature, and pass it back to the class via the *SignedData* parameter.

*OperationId* provides a comment about the operation and its origin. It depends on the exact class being used, and may be empty. *HashAlgorithm* specifies the hash algorithm being used for the operation, and *Pars* contains algorithm-dependent parameters.

The class uses base16 (hex) encoding for the *Data*, *SignedData*, and *Pars* parameters. If your signing engine uses a different input and output encoding, you may need to decode and/or encode the data before and/or after the signing.

A sample MD5 hash encoded in base16: a0dee2a0382afbb09120ffa7ccd8a152 - lower case base16 A0DEE2A0382AFBB09120FFA7CCD8A152 - upper case base16

A sample event handler that uses the .NET RSACryptoServiceProvider class may look like the following:

```text
signer.OnExternalSign += (s, e) =>
{
       var cert = new X509Certificate2("cert.pfx", "", X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
       var key = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)cert.PrivateKey;

       var dataToSign = e.Data.FromBase16String();
       var signedData = key.SignHash(dataToSign, "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1");
       e.SignedData = signedData.ToBase16String();
};
```

# Notification Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireNotification(PDFSignerNotificationEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *EventID;  const char *EventParam;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerNotificationEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireNotification(PDFSignerNotificationEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR EventID;  LPCWSTR EventParam;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerNotificationEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The class fires this event to let the application know about some event, occurrence, or milestone in the class. For example, it may fire to report completion of the document processing. The list of events being reported is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier of the event is provided in the *EventID* parameter. *EventParam* contains any parameters accompanying the occurrence. Depending on the type of the class, the exact action it is performing, or the document being processed, one or both may be omitted.

This class can fire this event with the following *EventID* values:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| DocumentLoaded | Reports the completion of PDF document processing by the component. Use the event handler to access document-related information, such as page number and document file details. The EventParam value passed with this EventID is empty. |
| BeforeTimestamp | This event is fired before a timestamp is requested from the timestamping authority. Use the event handler to modify TSA and HTTP settings. |
| TimestampError | This event is only fired if the class failed to obtain a timestamp from the timestamping authority. The EventParam parameter contains extended error info. |
| TimestampRequest | A timestamp is requested from the custom timestamping authority. This event is only fired if [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) was set to a virtual:// URI. The EventParam parameter contains the TSP request (or the plain hash, depending on the value provided to [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class)), in base16, that needs to be sent to the TSA. Use the event handler to send the request to the TSA. Upon receiving the response, assign it, in base16, to the TimestampResponse configuration property. |
| BeforeDocumentTimestamp | This event is fired before adding document timestamp. Use the event handler to modify signature settings. |
| SignatureWidgetPrepare | Another copy of the signature widget needs to be configured. Use the event handler to configure individual widgets when creating multi-widget signatures. The Notification event with this event ID will be fired repeatedly until the [LastSignatureWidget](#LastSignatureWidget) configuration setting is set to true. The EventParam value passed with this EventID is empty. |
| SignaturesLoaded | Notifies the application that the component has finished loading signatures. |

# PreRenderWidget Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when a signature widget is ready to be written to the document.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FirePreRenderWidget(PDFSignerPreRenderWidgetEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int AddAnother;  int ResetAnother;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerPreRenderWidgetEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FirePreRenderWidget(PDFSignerPreRenderWidgetEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  BOOL AddAnother;  BOOL ResetAnother;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerPreRenderWidgetEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The class fires this event when it is ready to insert a new instance of the signature widget to the document. This event is fired repeatedly until the event handler sets the *AddAnother* parameter to false, allowing your application to create as many copies of the signature widget as required.

You can use this event handler to adjust the look of each widget copy. Set the *ResetAnother* parameter to true to automatically clean up all the existing widget settings after the current widget is saved. Setting *ResetAnother* to true will let you start every new widget from scratch. Keeping it set to false would result in every new widget looking the same as the previous one.

# SignatureFound Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Signifies the start of signature validation.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireSignatureFound(PDFSignerSignatureFoundEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Index;  const char *EntityLabel;  const char *IssuerRDN;  const char *SerialNumber;
  int lenSerialNumber;  const char *SubjectKeyID;
  int lenSubjectKeyID;  int CertFound;  int ValidateSignature;  int ValidateChain;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerSignatureFoundEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireSignatureFound(PDFSignerSignatureFoundEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Index;  LPCWSTR EntityLabel;  LPCWSTR IssuerRDN;  LPCSTR SerialNumber;
  INT lenSerialNumber;  LPCSTR SubjectKeyID;
  INT lenSubjectKeyID;  BOOL CertFound;  BOOL ValidateSignature;  BOOL ValidateChain;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerSignatureFoundEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event tells the application that signature validation is about to start, and provides the details about the signer's certificate via its *IssuerRDN*, *SerialNumber*, and *SubjectKeyID* parameters. It fires for every signature located in the verified document or message.

The *CertFound* parameter is set to True if the class has found the needed certificate in one of the known locations, and to False otherwise, in which case you must provide it manually via the [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

Signature validation consists of two independent stages: cryptographic signature validation and chain validation. Separate validation results are reported for each, with the [SignatureValidationResult](#PDFSignature_f_SignatureValidationResult) and [ChainValidationResult](#PDFSignature_f_ChainValidationResult) properties respectively.

Use the *ValidateSignature* and *ValidateChain* parameters to tell the verifier which stages to include in the validation.

# SignatureValidated Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Marks the completion of the signature validation routine.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireSignatureValidated(PDFSignerSignatureValidatedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Index;  const char *EntityLabel;  const char *IssuerRDN;  const char *SerialNumber;
  int lenSerialNumber;  const char *SubjectKeyID;
  int lenSubjectKeyID;  int ValidationResult;  int Cancel;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerSignatureValidatedEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireSignatureValidated(PDFSignerSignatureValidatedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Index;  LPCWSTR EntityLabel;  LPCWSTR IssuerRDN;  LPCSTR SerialNumber;
  INT lenSerialNumber;  LPCSTR SubjectKeyID;
  INT lenSubjectKeyID;  INT ValidationResult;  BOOL Cancel;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerSignatureValidatedEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event is fired upon the completion of the signature validation routine, and reports the respective validation result.

Use the *IssuerRDN*, *SerialNumber*, and/or *SubjectKeyID* parameters to identify the signing certificate.

*ValidationResult* is set to 0 if the validation has been successful, or to a non-zero value in case of a validation failure.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| svtValid | 0 | The signature is valid |
| svtUnknown | 1 | Signature validity is unknown |
| svtCorrupted | 2 | The signature is corrupted |
| svtSignerNotFound | 3 | Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated. |
| svtFailure | 4 | General failure |
| svtReferenceCorrupted | 5 | Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only) |

# TimestampFound Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Signifies the start of a timestamp validation routine.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTimestampFound(PDFSignerTimestampFoundEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Index;  const char *EntityLabel;  const char *IssuerRDN;  const char *SerialNumber;
  int lenSerialNumber;  const char *SubjectKeyID;
  int lenSubjectKeyID;  int CertFound;  int ValidateTimestamp;  int ValidateChain;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTimestampFoundEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTimestampFound(PDFSignerTimestampFoundEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Index;  LPCWSTR EntityLabel;  LPCWSTR IssuerRDN;  LPCSTR SerialNumber;
  INT lenSerialNumber;  LPCSTR SubjectKeyID;
  INT lenSubjectKeyID;  BOOL CertFound;  BOOL ValidateTimestamp;  BOOL ValidateChain;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTimestampFoundEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event fires for every timestamp identified during signature processing, and reports the details about the signer's certificate via its *IssuerRDN*, *SerialNumber*, and *SubjectKeyID* parameters.

The *CertFound* parameter is set to True if the class has found the needed certificate in one of the known locations, and to False otherwise, in which case you must provide it manually via the [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

Just like with signature validation, timestamp validation consists of two independent stages: cryptographic signature validation and chain validation. Separate validation results are reported for each, with the [ValidationResult](#TimestampInfo_f_ValidationResult) and [ChainValidationResult](#TimestampInfo_f_ChainValidationResult) properties respectively.

Use the *ValidateSignature* and *ValidateChain* parameters to tell the verifier which stages to include in the validation.

# TimestampRequest Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when the class is ready to request a timestamp from an external TSA.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTimestampRequest(PDFSignerTimestampRequestEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *TSA;  const char *TimestampRequest;  char *TimestampResponse;  int SuppressDefault;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTimestampRequestEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTimestampRequest(PDFSignerTimestampRequestEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR TSA;  LPCWSTR TimestampRequest;  LPWSTR TimestampResponse;  BOOL SuppressDefault;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTimestampRequestEventParams;
```

## Remarks

Subscribe to this event to intercept timestamp requests. You can use it to override timestamping requests and perform them in your code.

The *TSA* parameter indicates the timestamping service being used. It matches the value passed to the [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) property. Set the *SuppressDefault* parameter to true if you would like to stop the built-in TSA request from going ahead. The built-in TSA request is also not performed if the returned *TimestampResponse* parameter is not empty.

# TimestampValidated Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Reports the completion of the timestamp validation routine.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTimestampValidated(PDFSignerTimestampValidatedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  int Index;  const char *EntityLabel;  const char *IssuerRDN;  const char *SerialNumber;
  int lenSerialNumber;  const char *SubjectKeyID;
  int lenSubjectKeyID;  const char *Time;  int ValidationResult;  int ChainValidationResult;  int ChainValidationDetails;  int Cancel;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTimestampValidatedEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTimestampValidated(PDFSignerTimestampValidatedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  INT Index;  LPCWSTR EntityLabel;  LPCWSTR IssuerRDN;  LPCSTR SerialNumber;
  INT lenSerialNumber;  LPCSTR SubjectKeyID;
  INT lenSubjectKeyID;  LPCWSTR Time;  INT ValidationResult;  INT ChainValidationResult;  INT ChainValidationDetails;  BOOL Cancel;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTimestampValidatedEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event is fired upon the completion of the timestamp validation routine, and reports the respective validation result.

*ValidationResult* is set to 0 if the validation has been successful, or to a non-zero value in case of a failure.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| svtValid | 0 | The signature is valid |
| svtUnknown | 1 | Signature validity is unknown |
| svtCorrupted | 2 | The signature is corrupted |
| svtSignerNotFound | 3 | Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated. |
| svtFailure | 4 | General failure |
| svtReferenceCorrupted | 5 | Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only) |

# TLSCertNeeded Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSCertNeeded(PDFSignerTLSCertNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *Host;  const char *CANames;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSCertNeededEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTLSCertNeeded(PDFSignerTLSCertNeededEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR Host;  LPCWSTR CANames;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSCertNeededEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event fires to notify the implementation that a remote TLS server has requested a client certificate. The *Host* parameter identifies the host that makes a request, and the *CANames* parameter (optional, according to the TLS spec) advises on the accepted issuing CAs.

Use the [TLSClientChain](#tlsclientchain-property-pdfsigner-class) property in response to this event to provide the requested certificate. Please make sure the client certificate includes the associated private key. Note that you may set the certificates before the connection without waiting for this event to fire.

This event is preceded by the [TLSHandshake](#tlshandshake-event-pdfsigner-class) event for the given host and, if the certificate was accepted, succeeded by the [TLSEstablished](#tlsestablished-event-pdfsigner-class) event.

# TLSCertValidate Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

This event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSCertValidate(PDFSignerTLSCertValidateEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *ServerHost;  const char *ServerIP;  int Accept;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSCertValidateEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTLSCertValidate(PDFSignerTLSCertValidateEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR ServerHost;  LPCWSTR ServerIP;  BOOL Accept;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSCertValidateEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event is fired during a TLS handshake. Use the [TLSServerChain](#tlsserverchain-property-pdfsigner-class) property to access the certificate chain. In general, classes may contact a number of TLS endpoints during their work, depending on their configuration.

*Accept* is assigned in accordance with the outcome of the internal validation check performed by the class, and can be adjusted if needed.

# TLSEstablished Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSEstablished(PDFSignerTLSEstablishedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *Host;  const char *Version;  const char *Ciphersuite;  const char *ConnectionId;
  int lenConnectionId;  int Abort;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSEstablishedEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTLSEstablished(PDFSignerTLSEstablishedEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR Host;  LPCWSTR Version;  LPCWSTR Ciphersuite;  LPCSTR ConnectionId;
  INT lenConnectionId;  BOOL Abort;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSEstablishedEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The class uses this event to notify the application about a successful completion of a TLS handshake.

The *Version*, *Ciphersuite*, and *ConnectionId* parameters indicate the security parameters of the new connection. Use the *Abort* parameter if you need to terminate the connection at this stage.

# TLSHandshake Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Fires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSHandshake(PDFSignerTLSHandshakeEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *Host;  int Abort;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSHandshakeEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTLSHandshake(PDFSignerTLSHandshakeEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR Host;  BOOL Abort;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSHandshakeEventParams;
```

## Remarks

The class uses this event to notify the application about the start of a new TLS handshake to *Host*. If the handshake is successful, this event will be followed by the [TLSEstablished](#tlsestablished-event-pdfsigner-class) event. If the server chooses to request a client certificate, the [TLSCertNeeded](#tlscertneeded-event-pdfsigner-class) event will also be fired.

# TLSShutdown Event ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.

## Syntax

```text
ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireTLSShutdown(PDFSignerTLSShutdownEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  const char *Host;
  int reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSShutdownEventParams;

Unicode (Windows)
virtual INT FireTLSShutdown(PDFSignerTLSShutdownEventParams *e);
typedef struct {  LPCWSTR Host;
  INT reserved;
} PDFSignerTLSShutdownEventParams;
```

## Remarks

This event notifies the application about the closure of an earlier established TLS connection. Note that only graceful connection closures are reported.

# Certificate Type

Encapsulates an individual X.509 certificate.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxCertificate* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

This type keeps and provides access to X.509 certificate details.

The following fields are available:

- [Bytes](#Certificate_f_Bytes)

- [CA](#Certificate_f_CA)

- [CAKeyID](#Certificate_f_CAKeyID)

- [CertType](#Certificate_f_CertType)

- [CRLDistributionPoints](#Certificate_f_CRLDistributionPoints)

- [Curve](#Certificate_f_Curve)

- [Fingerprint](#Certificate_f_Fingerprint)

- [FriendlyName](#Certificate_f_FriendlyName)

- [Handle](#Certificate_f_Handle)

- [HashAlgorithm](#Certificate_f_HashAlgorithm)

- [Issuer](#Certificate_f_Issuer)

- [IssuerRDN](#Certificate_f_IssuerRDN)

- [KeyAlgorithm](#Certificate_f_KeyAlgorithm)

- [KeyBits](#Certificate_f_KeyBits)

- [KeyFingerprint](#Certificate_f_KeyFingerprint)

- [KeyUsage](#Certificate_f_KeyUsage)

- [KeyValid](#Certificate_f_KeyValid)

- [OCSPLocations](#Certificate_f_OCSPLocations)

- [OCSPNoCheck](#Certificate_f_OCSPNoCheck)

- [Origin](#Certificate_f_Origin)

- [PolicyIDs](#Certificate_f_PolicyIDs)

- [PrivateKeyBytes](#Certificate_f_PrivateKeyBytes)

- [PrivateKeyExists](#Certificate_f_PrivateKeyExists)

- [PrivateKeyExtractable](#Certificate_f_PrivateKeyExtractable)

- [PublicKeyBytes](#Certificate_f_PublicKeyBytes)

- [Qualified](#Certificate_f_Qualified)

- [QualifiedStatements](#Certificate_f_QualifiedStatements)

- [Qualifiers](#Certificate_f_Qualifiers)

- [SelfSigned](#Certificate_f_SelfSigned)

- [SerialNumber](#Certificate_f_SerialNumber)

- [SigAlgorithm](#Certificate_f_SigAlgorithm)

- [Source](#Certificate_f_Source)

- [Subject](#Certificate_f_Subject)

- [SubjectAlternativeName](#Certificate_f_SubjectAlternativeName)

- [SubjectKeyID](#Certificate_f_SubjectKeyID)

- [SubjectRDN](#Certificate_f_SubjectRDN)

- [Valid](#Certificate_f_Valid)

- [ValidFrom](#Certificate_f_ValidFrom)

- [ValidTo](#Certificate_f_ValidTo)

## Fields

 **Bytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

 **CA** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether the certificate has a CA capability. For the certificate to be considered a CA, it must have its Basic Constraints extension set with the CA indicator enabled.

Set this field when generating a new certificate to have its Basic Constraints extension generated automatically.

 **CAKeyID** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's cryptographic key.

Authority Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows identification of certificates belonging to the same issuer, but with different public keys. It is a de-facto standard to include this extension in all certificates to facilitate chain building.

This setting cannot be set when generating a certificate as it always derives from another certificate property. [CertificateManager](CertificateManager.md#CertificateManager) generates this setting automatically if enough information is available to it: for self-signed certificates, this value is copied from the [SubjectKeyID](#Certificate_f_SubjectKeyID) setting, and for lower-level certificates, from the parent certificate's subject key ID extension.

 **CertType** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the type of the entity contained in the [Certificate](#certificate-type) object.

A [Certificate](#certificate-type) object can contain two types of cryptographic objects: a ready-to-use X.509 certificate, or a certificate request ("an unsigned certificate"). Certificate requests can be upgraded to full certificates by signing them with a CA certificate.

Use the [CertificateManager](CertificateManager.md#CertificateManager) class to load or create new certificate and certificate requests objects.

 **CRLDistributionPoints** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains a list of locations of CRL distribution points used to check this certificate's validity. The list is taken from the respective certificate extension.

Use this field when generating a certificate to provide a list of CRL endpoints that should be made part of the new certificate.

The endpoints are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

 **Curve** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the elliptic curve associated with the certificate's public key. This setting only applies to certificates containing EC keys.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_EC_SECP112R1 | SECP112R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP112R2 | SECP112R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP128R1 | SECP128R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP128R2 | SECP128R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP160K1 | SECP160K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP160R1 | SECP160R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP160R2 | SECP160R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP192K1 | SECP192K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP192R1 | SECP192R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP224K1 | SECP224K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP224R1 | SECP224R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP256K1 | SECP256K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP256R1 | SECP256R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP384R1 | SECP384R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECP521R1 | SECP521R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT113R1 | SECT113R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT113R2 | SECT113R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT131R1 | SECT131R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT131R2 | SECT131R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT163K1 | SECT163K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT163R1 | SECT163R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT163R2 | SECT163R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT193R1 | SECT193R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT193R2 | SECT193R2 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT233K1 | SECT233K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT233R1 | SECT233R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT239K1 | SECT239K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT283K1 | SECT283K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT283R1 | SECT283R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT409K1 | SECT409K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT409R1 | SECT409R1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT571K1 | SECT571K1 |  |
| SB_EC_SECT571R1 | SECT571R1 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME192V1 | PRIME192V1 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME192V2 | PRIME192V2 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME192V3 | PRIME192V3 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME239V1 | PRIME239V1 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME239V2 | PRIME239V2 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME239V3 | PRIME239V3 |  |
| SB_EC_PRIME256V1 | PRIME256V1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB163V1 | C2PNB163V1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB163V2 | C2PNB163V2 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB163V3 | C2PNB163V3 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB176W1 | C2PNB176W1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB191V1 | C2TNB191V1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB191V2 | C2TNB191V2 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB191V3 | C2TNB191V3 |  |
| SB_EC_C2ONB191V4 | C2ONB191V4 |  |
| SB_EC_C2ONB191V5 | C2ONB191V5 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB208W1 | C2PNB208W1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB239V1 | C2TNB239V1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB239V2 | C2TNB239V2 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB239V3 | C2TNB239V3 |  |
| SB_EC_C2ONB239V4 | C2ONB239V4 |  |
| SB_EC_C2ONB239V5 | C2ONB239V5 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB272W1 | C2PNB272W1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB304W1 | C2PNB304W1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB359V1 | C2TNB359V1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2PNB368W1 | C2PNB368W1 |  |
| SB_EC_C2TNB431R1 | C2TNB431R1 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTP192 | NISTP192 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTP224 | NISTP224 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTP256 | NISTP256 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTP384 | NISTP384 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTP521 | NISTP521 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTB163 | NISTB163 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTB233 | NISTB233 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTB283 | NISTB283 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTB409 | NISTB409 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTB571 | NISTB571 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTK163 | NISTK163 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTK233 | NISTK233 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTK283 | NISTK283 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTK409 | NISTK409 |  |
| SB_EC_NISTK571 | NISTK571 |  |
| SB_EC_GOSTCPTEST | GOSTCPTEST |  |
| SB_EC_GOSTCPA | GOSTCPA |  |
| SB_EC_GOSTCPB | GOSTCPB |  |
| SB_EC_GOSTCPC | GOSTCPC |  |
| SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHA | GOSTCPXCHA |  |
| SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHB | GOSTCPXCHB |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160R1 | BRAINPOOLP160R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160T1 | BRAINPOOLP160T1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192R1 | BRAINPOOLP192R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192T1 | BRAINPOOLP192T1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224R1 | BRAINPOOLP224R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224T1 | BRAINPOOLP224T1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256R1 | BRAINPOOLP256R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256T1 | BRAINPOOLP256T1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320R1 | BRAINPOOLP320R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320T1 | BRAINPOOLP320T1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384R1 | BRAINPOOLP384R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384T1 | BRAINPOOLP384T1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512R1 | BRAINPOOLP512R1 |  |
| SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512T1 | BRAINPOOLP512T1 |  |
| SB_EC_CURVE25519 | CURVE25519 |  |
| SB_EC_CURVE448 | CURVE448 |  |

 **Fingerprint** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the fingerprint (a hash imprint) of this certificate.

While there is no formal standard defining what a fingerprint is, a SHA1 hash of the certificate's DER-encoded body is typically used.

 **FriendlyName** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Contains an associated alias (friendly name) of the certificate. The friendly name is not a property of a certificate: it is maintained by the certificate media rather than being included in its DER representation. Windows certificate stores are one example of media that does support friendly names.

 **Handle** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.

```text
  pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
```

 **HashAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Provides means to set the hash algorithm to be used in the subsequent operation on the certificate (such as generation or key signing). It is not a property of a certificate; use [SigAlgorithm](#Certificate_f_SigAlgorithm) to find out the hash algorithm that is part of the certificate signature.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1 | SHA1 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224 | SHA224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256 | SHA256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384 | SHA384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512 | SHA512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2 | MD2 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4 | MD4 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5 | MD5 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160 | RIPEMD160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32 | CRC32 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3 | SSL3 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994 | GOST1994 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL | WHIRLPOOL |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305 | POLY1305 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224 | SHA3_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256 | SHA3_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384 | SHA3_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512 | SHA3_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128 | BLAKE2S_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160 | BLAKE2S_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224 | BLAKE2S_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256 | BLAKE2S_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160 | BLAKE2B_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256 | BLAKE2B_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384 | BLAKE2B_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512 | BLAKE2B_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128 | SHAKE_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256 | SHAKE_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LEN | SHAKE_128_LEN |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LEN | SHAKE_256_LEN |  |

 **Issuer** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The common name of the certificate issuer (CA), typically a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via [IssuerRDN](#Certificate_f_IssuerRDN).

 **IssuerRDN** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

A list of *Property=Value* pairs that uniquely identify the certificate issuer.

Example: */C=US/O=Nationwide CA/CN=Web Certification Authority*

 **KeyAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: "0"*

Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTION | rsaEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTION | md2withRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTION | md5withRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha1withRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA | id-dsa |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1 | id-dsa-with-sha1 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLIC | dhpublicnumber |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha224WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha256WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha384WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha512WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSS | id-RSASSA-PSS |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEP | id-RSAES-OAEP |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160 | ripemd160withRSA |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMAL | elGamal |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA1 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSA | ecdsa-recommended |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EC | id-ecPublicKey |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSA | ecdsa-specified |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994 | id-GostR3410-94 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001 | id-GostR3410-2001 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994 | id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001 | id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA1 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTION | whirlpoolWithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224 | id-dsa-with-sha224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256 | id-dsa-with-sha256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224 | id-dsa-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256 | id-dsa-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s128 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224 | id-dsa-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256 | id-dsa-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519 | id-Ed25519 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448 | id-Ed448 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PH | id-Ed25519ph |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PH | id-Ed448ph |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA | id-EdDSA |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATURE | id-EdDSA-sig |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLDSA_44 | id-ml-dsa-44 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLDSA_65 | id-ml-dsa-65 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLDSA_87 | id-ml-dsa-87 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_HASH_MLDSA_44_SHA512 | id-hash-ml-dsa-44-with-sha512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_HASH_MLDSA_65_SHA512 | id-hash-ml-dsa-65-with-sha512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_HASH_MLDSA_87_SHA512 | id-hash-ml-dsa-87-with-sha512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLKEM_512 | id-ml-kem-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLKEM_768 | id-ml-kem-768 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLKEM_1024 | id-ml-kem-1024 |  |

Use the [KeyBits](#Certificate_f_KeyBits), [Curve](#Certificate_f_Curve), and [PublicKeyBytes](#Certificate_f_PublicKeyBytes) fields to get more details about the key the certificate contains.

 **KeyBits** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the length of the public key in bits.

This value indicates the length of the principal cryptographic parameter of the key, such as the length of the RSA modulus or ECDSA field. The key data returned by the [PublicKeyBytes](#Certificate_f_PublicKeyBytes) or [PrivateKeyBytes](#Certificate_f_PrivateKeyBytes) field would typically contain auxiliary values, and therefore be longer.

 **KeyFingerprint** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Returns a SHA1 fingerprint of the public key contained in the certificate.

Note that the key fingerprint is different from the certificate fingerprint accessible via the [Fingerprint](#Certificate_f_Fingerprint) field. The key fingerprint uniquely identifies the public key, and so can be the same for multiple certificates containing the same key.

 **KeyUsage** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Indicates the purposes of the key contained in the certificate, in the form of an OR'ed flag set.

This value is a bit mask of the following values:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ckuUnknown | 0x00000 | Unknown key usage |
| ckuDigitalSignature | 0x00001 | Digital signature |
| ckuNonRepudiation | 0x00002 | Non-repudiation |
| ckuKeyEncipherment | 0x00004 | Key encipherment |
| ckuDataEncipherment | 0x00008 | Data encipherment |
| ckuKeyAgreement | 0x00010 | Key agreement |
| ckuKeyCertSign | 0x00020 | Certificate signing |
| ckuCRLSign | 0x00040 | Revocation signing |
| ckuEncipherOnly | 0x00080 | Encipher only |
| ckuDecipherOnly | 0x00100 | Decipher only |
| ckuServerAuthentication | 0x00200 | Server authentication |
| ckuClientAuthentication | 0x00400 | Client authentication |
| ckuCodeSigning | 0x00800 | Code signing |
| ckuEmailProtection | 0x01000 | Email protection |
| ckuTimeStamping | 0x02000 | Timestamping |
| ckuOCSPSigning | 0x04000 | OCSP signing |
| ckuSmartCardLogon | 0x08000 | Smartcard logon |
| ckuKeyPurposeClientAuth | 0x10000 | Kerberos - client authentication |
| ckuKeyPurposeKDC | 0x20000 | Kerberos - KDC |

Set this field before generating the certificate to propagate the key usage flags to the new certificate.

 **KeyValid** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Returns *True* if the certificate's key is cryptographically valid, and *False* otherwise.

 **OCSPLocations** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Locations of OCSP services that can be used to check this certificate's validity in real time, as recorded by the CA.

Set this field before calling the certificate manager's [Generate](CertificateManager.md#CertificateManager_m_Generate) method to propagate it to the new certificate.

The OCSP locations are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

 **OCSPNoCheck** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Accessor to the value of the certificate's ocsp-no-check extension.

 **Origin** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the location that the certificate was taken or loaded from.

 **PolicyIDs** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains identifiers (OIDs) of the applicable certificate policies.

The Certificate Policies extension identifies a sequence of policies under which the certificate has been issued, and which regulate its usage.

Set this field when generating a certificate to propagate the policies information to the new certificate.

The policies are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the policy element separator.

 **PrivateKeyBytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Returns the certificate's private key in DER-encoded format. It is normal for this field to be empty if the private key is non-exportable, which, for example, is typical for certificates originating from hardware security devices.

 **PrivateKeyExists** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether the certificate has a usable private key associated with it. If it is set to *True*, the certificate can be used for private key operations, such as signing or decryption.

This field is independent from [PrivateKeyBytes](#Certificate_f_PrivateKeyBytes), and can be set to *True* even if the former is empty. This would imply that the private key is non-exportable, but still can be used for cryptographic operations.

 **PrivateKeyExtractable** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether the private key is extractable (exportable).

 **PublicKeyBytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Contains the certificate's public key in DER format.

This typically would contain an ASN.1-encoded public key value. The exact format depends on the type of the public key contained in the certificate.

 **Qualified** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether the certificate is qualified.

This property is set to *True* if the certificate is confirmed by a Trusted List to be qualified.

 **QualifiedStatements** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns a simplified qualified status of the certificate.

 **Qualifiers** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

A list of qualifiers.

Contains a comma-separated list of qualifier aliases for the certificate, for example *QCP-n-qscd,QCWithSSCD*.

 **SelfSigned** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether the certificate is self-signed (root) or signed by an external CA.

 **SerialNumber** *char**
*Default Value: *

Returns the certificate's serial number.

The serial number is a binary string that uniquely identifies a certificate among others issued by the same CA. According to the X.509 standard, the (issuer, serial number) pair should be globally unique to facilitate chain building.

 **SigAlgorithm** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Indicates the algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this certificate.

A signature algorithm typically combines hash and public key algorithms together, such as *sha256WithRSAEncryption* or *ecdsa-with-SHA256*.

 **Source** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

 **Subject** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The common name of the certificate holder, typically an individual's name, a URL, an e-mail address, or a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via [SubjectRDN](#Certificate_f_SubjectRDN).

 **SubjectAlternativeName** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Returns or sets the value of the Subject Alternative Name extension of the certificate.

Subject alternative names are used to provide additional names that are impractical to store in the main [SubjectRDN](#Certificate_f_SubjectRDN) field. For example, it is often used to store all the domain names that a TLS certificate is authorized to protect.

The alternative names are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the element separator.

 **SubjectKeyID** *char**
*Default Value: *

Contains a unique identifier of the certificate's cryptographic key.

Subject Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows a specific public key to be associated with a certificate holder. Typically, subject key identifiers of CA certificates are recorded as respective CA key identifiers in the subordinate certificates that they issue, which facilitates chain building.

The [SubjectKeyID](#Certificate_f_SubjectKeyID) and [CAKeyID](#Certificate_f_CAKeyID) fields of self-signed certificates typically contain identical values, as in that specific case, the issuer and the subject are the same entity.

 **SubjectRDN** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

A list of *Property=Value* pairs that uniquely identify the certificate holder (subject).

Depending on the purpose of the certificate and the policies of the CA that issued it, the values included in the subject record may differ drastically and contain business or personal names, web URLs, email addresses, and other data.

Example: */C=US/O=Oranges and Apples, Inc./OU=Accounts Receivable/1.2.3.4.5=Value with unknown OID/CN=Margaret Watkins*.

 **Valid** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether or not the signature over the certificate or the request is valid and matches the public key contained in the CA certificate/request.

 **ValidFrom** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The time point at which the certificate becomes valid, in UTC.

 **ValidTo** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The time point at which the certificate expires, in UTC.

## Constructors

```text
Certificate()
```

 Creates a new object with default field values.

# CRL Type

Represents a Certificate Revocation List.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxCRL* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

CRLs store information about revoked certificates, i.e., certificates that have been identified as invalid by their issuing certificate authority (CA) for any number of reasons.

Each CRL object lists certificates from a single CA and identifies them by their serial numbers. A CA may or may not publish a CRL, may publish several CRLs, or may publish the same CRL in multiple locations.

Unlike OCSP responses, CRLs only list certificates that have been revoked. They do not list certificates that are still valid.

The following fields are available:

- [Bytes](#CRL_f_Bytes)

- [CAKeyID](#CRL_f_CAKeyID)

- [EntryCount](#CRL_f_EntryCount)

- [Handle](#CRL_f_Handle)

- [Issuer](#CRL_f_Issuer)

- [IssuerRDN](#CRL_f_IssuerRDN)

- [Location](#CRL_f_Location)

- [NextUpdate](#CRL_f_NextUpdate)

- [SigAlgorithm](#CRL_f_SigAlgorithm)

- [Source](#CRL_f_Source)

- [TBS](#CRL_f_TBS)

- [ThisUpdate](#CRL_f_ThisUpdate)

## Fields

 **Bytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Returns the raw CRL data in DER format.

 **CAKeyID** *char**
*Default Value: *

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's private key, if present in the CRL.

 **EntryCount** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the number of certificate status entries in the CRL.

 **Handle** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.

```text
  pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
```

 **Issuer** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The common name of the CRL issuer (CA), typically a company name.

 **IssuerRDN** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the CRL issuer.

 **Location** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The URL that the CRL was downloaded from.

 **NextUpdate** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The planned time and date of the next version of this CRL to be published.

 **SigAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: "0"*

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this CRL.

 **Source** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

 **TBS** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

The to-be-signed part of the CRL (the CRL without the signature part).

 **ThisUpdate** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The date and time at which this version of the CRL was published.

## Constructors

```text
CRL()
```

 Creates an empty CRL object.

# ExternalCrypto Type

Specifies the parameters of external cryptographic calls.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

External cryptocalls are used in a Distributed Cryptography (DC) subsystem, which allows the delegation of security operations to the remote agent. For instance, it can be used to compute the signature value on the server, while retaining the client's private key locally.

The following fields are available:

- [AsyncDocumentID](#ExternalCrypto_f_AsyncDocumentID)

- [CustomParams](#ExternalCrypto_f_CustomParams)

- [Data](#ExternalCrypto_f_Data)

- [ExternalHashCalculation](#ExternalCrypto_f_ExternalHashCalculation)

- [HashAlgorithm](#ExternalCrypto_f_HashAlgorithm)

- [KeyID](#ExternalCrypto_f_KeyID)

- [KeySecret](#ExternalCrypto_f_KeySecret)

- [Method](#ExternalCrypto_f_Method)

- [Mode](#ExternalCrypto_f_Mode)

- [PublicKeyAlgorithm](#ExternalCrypto_f_PublicKeyAlgorithm)

## Fields

 **AsyncDocumentID** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies an optional document ID for SignAsyncBegin() and SignAsyncEnd() calls.

Use this property when working with multi-signature DCAuth requests and responses to uniquely identify documents signed within a larger batch. On the completion stage, this value helps the signing component identify the correct signature in the returned batch of responses.

If using batched requests, make sure to set this property to the same value on both the pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) and completion (SignAsyncEnd) stages.

 **CustomParams** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Custom parameters to be passed to the signing service (uninterpreted).

 **Data** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Additional data to be included in the async state and mirrored back by the requestor.

 **ExternalHashCalculation** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Specifies whether the message hash is to be calculated at the external endpoint. Please note that this mode is not supported by the DCAuth class.

If set to true, the class will pass a few kilobytes of to-be-signed data from the document to the OnExternalSign event. This only applies when SignExternal() is called.

 **HashAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: "SHA256"*

Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1 | SHA1 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224 | SHA224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256 | SHA256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384 | SHA384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512 | SHA512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2 | MD2 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4 | MD4 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5 | MD5 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160 | RIPEMD160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32 | CRC32 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3 | SSL3 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994 | GOST1994 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL | WHIRLPOOL |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305 | POLY1305 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224 | SHA3_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256 | SHA3_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384 | SHA3_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512 | SHA3_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128 | BLAKE2S_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160 | BLAKE2S_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224 | BLAKE2S_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256 | BLAKE2S_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160 | BLAKE2B_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256 | BLAKE2B_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384 | BLAKE2B_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512 | BLAKE2B_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128 | SHAKE_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256 | SHAKE_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LEN | SHAKE_128_LEN |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LEN | SHAKE_256_LEN |  |

 **KeyID** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The ID of the pre-shared key used for DC request authentication.

Asynchronous DCAuth-driven communication requires that parties authenticate each other with a secret pre-shared cryptographic key. This provides an extra protection layer for the protocol and diminishes the risk of the private key becoming abused by foreign parties. Use this property to provide the pre-shared key identifier, and use [KeySecret](#ExternalCrypto_f_KeySecret) to pass the key itself.

The same KeyID/KeySecret pair should be used on the DCAuth side for the signing requests to be accepted.

Note: The KeyID/KeySecret scheme is very similar to the AuthKey scheme used in various Cloud service providers to authenticate users.

Example:

```text
  signer.ExternalCrypto.KeyID = "MainSigningKey";
  signer.ExternalCrypto.KeySecret = "abcdef0123456789";
```

 **KeySecret** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The pre-shared key used for DC request authentication. This key must be set and match the key used by the DCAuth counterpart for the scheme to work.

Read more about configuring authentication in the [KeyID](#ExternalCrypto_f_KeyID) topic.

 **Method** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the asynchronous signing method. This is typically defined by the DC server capabilities and setup.

Available options:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| asmdPKCS1 | 0 |
| asmdPKCS7 | 1 |

 **Mode** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the external cryptography mode.

Available options:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| ecmDefault | The default value (0) |
| ecmDisabled | Do not use DC or external signing (1) |
| ecmGeneric | Generic external signing with the OnExternalSign event (2) |
| ecmDCAuth | DCAuth signing (3) |
| ecmDCAuthJSON | DCAuth signing in JSON format (4) |

 **PublicKeyAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Provide the public key algorithm here if the certificate is not available on the pre-signing stage.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTION | rsaEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTION | md2withRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTION | md5withRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha1withRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA | id-dsa |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1 | id-dsa-with-sha1 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLIC | dhpublicnumber |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha224WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha256WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha384WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTION | sha512WithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSS | id-RSASSA-PSS |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEP | id-RSAES-OAEP |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160 | ripemd160withRSA |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMAL | elGamal |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA1 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSA | ecdsa-recommended |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA | ecdsa-with-SHA512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EC | id-ecPublicKey |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSA | ecdsa-specified |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994 | id-GostR3410-94 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001 | id-GostR3410-2001 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994 | id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001 | id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA1 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-SHA512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAIN | ecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTION | whirlpoolWithRSAEncryption |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224 | id-dsa-with-sha224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256 | id-dsa-with-sha256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-sha3-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224 | id-dsa-with-sha3-224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256 | id-dsa-with-sha3-256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTION | id-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s128 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA | id-ecdsa-with-blake2b512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAIN | id-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224 | id-dsa-with-blake2s224 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256 | id-dsa-with-blake2s256 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519 | id-Ed25519 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448 | id-Ed448 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PH | id-Ed25519ph |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PH | id-Ed448ph |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA | id-EdDSA |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATURE | id-EdDSA-sig |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLDSA_44 | id-ml-dsa-44 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLDSA_65 | id-ml-dsa-65 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLDSA_87 | id-ml-dsa-87 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_HASH_MLDSA_44_SHA512 | id-hash-ml-dsa-44-with-sha512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_HASH_MLDSA_65_SHA512 | id-hash-ml-dsa-65-with-sha512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_HASH_MLDSA_87_SHA512 | id-hash-ml-dsa-87-with-sha512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLKEM_512 | id-ml-kem-512 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLKEM_768 | id-ml-kem-768 |  |
| SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MLKEM_1024 | id-ml-kem-1024 |  |

## Constructors

```text
ExternalCrypto()
```

 Creates a new ExternalCrypto object with default field values.

# MailAttachment Type

Represents an attachment to an e-mail message.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxMailAttachment* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

This object is a container for message attachments.

The following fields are available:

- [ContentSubtype](#MailAttachment_f_ContentSubtype)

- [ContentType](#MailAttachment_f_ContentType)

- [CreationDate](#MailAttachment_f_CreationDate)

- [Data](#MailAttachment_f_Data)

- [Description](#MailAttachment_f_Description)

- [FileName](#MailAttachment_f_FileName)

- [Handle](#MailAttachment_f_Handle)

- [ID](#MailAttachment_f_ID)

- [ModificationDate](#MailAttachment_f_ModificationDate)

- [ReadDate](#MailAttachment_f_ReadDate)

- [Size](#MailAttachment_f_Size)

## Fields

 **ContentSubtype** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the content subtype of the attachment.

 **ContentType** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the content type of the attachment.

 **CreationDate** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The creation date.

 **Data** *char**
*Default Value: *

The content of the attachment.

 **Description** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Textual description of the attachment.

This property maps to the Content-Description e-mail header field. Although the field is optional, the ability to associate descriptive information with a given body is often desirable. One example is specifying the title of an image using this property.

 **FileName** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the name of the attachment file.

 **Handle** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.

```text
  pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
```

 **ID** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the attachment's unique identifier.

 **ModificationDate** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the date and time of the file's last modification.

 **ReadDate** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the file's last read date.

 **Size** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

The attachment's size in bytes.

## Constructors

```text
MailAttachment(const char* lpszContentType)
```

 Creates an empty mail attachment object.

# OCSPResponse Type

Represents a single OCSP response originating from an OCSP responder.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

OCSP is a protocol that allows verification of certificate status in real-time, and is an alternative to Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).

An OCSP response is a snapshot of the certificate status at a given time.

The following fields are available:

- [Bytes](#OCSPResponse_f_Bytes)

- [EntryCount](#OCSPResponse_f_EntryCount)

- [Handle](#OCSPResponse_f_Handle)

- [Issuer](#OCSPResponse_f_Issuer)

- [IssuerRDN](#OCSPResponse_f_IssuerRDN)

- [Location](#OCSPResponse_f_Location)

- [ProducedAt](#OCSPResponse_f_ProducedAt)

- [SigAlgorithm](#OCSPResponse_f_SigAlgorithm)

- [Source](#OCSPResponse_f_Source)

## Fields

 **Bytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

A buffer containing the raw OCSP response data.

 **EntryCount** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

The number of SingleResponse elements contained in this OCSP response. Each SingleResponse element corresponds to a certificate status.

 **Handle** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.

```text
  pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
```

 **Issuer** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Indicates the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

 **IssuerRDN** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Indicates the RDN of the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

 **Location** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The location of the OCSP responder.

 **ProducedAt** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the time when the response was produced, in UTC.

 **SigAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: "0"*

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this OCSP response.

 **Source** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

## Constructors

```text
OCSPResponse()
```

 Creates an empty OCSP response object.

# PDFDocumentInfo Type

Contains document security information.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxPDFDocumentInfo* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

This type provides an overview of the document security parameters, including the encryption method (if used) and signature count. This information is available early into the signing/validation process and lets you prepare for the subsequent signature validation.

The following fields are available:

- [EncryptionAlgorithm](#PDFDocumentInfo_f_EncryptionAlgorithm)

- [EncryptionType](#PDFDocumentInfo_f_EncryptionType)

- [MetadataEncrypted](#PDFDocumentInfo_f_MetadataEncrypted)

- [Permissions](#PDFDocumentInfo_f_Permissions)

## Fields

 **EncryptionAlgorithm** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The symmetric algorithm used to encrypt the document.

This property contains the encryption algorithm that was used to encrypt the PDF document.

Supported values:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_SYMMETRIC_ALGORITHM_RC4 | RC4 |  |
| SB_SYMMETRIC_ALGORITHM_AES128 | AES128 |  |
| SB_SYMMETRIC_ALGORITHM_AES256 | AES256 |  |

 **EncryptionType** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 1*

The document encryption type.

This property indicates the kind of encryption that was used to encrypt the PDF document.

Supported values:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| petPassword | 1 | The document is encrypted with a password. |
| petCertificate | 2 | The document is encrypted with a certificate (or many certificates). |

 **MetadataEncrypted** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: TRUE*

Indicates if the document metadata is encrypted.

Use this property to check if the document metadata is encrypted.

Metadata contains additional information about the document such as its name and author.

 **Permissions** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Contains the document permissions associated with the encryption.

Use this property to check the permissions protected by this encryption. The PDF specification expects applications to comply with these permissions when handling encrypted documents. Contains a bit mask of the following flags:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pepAnnotations | 0x0001 | Annotating is allowed |
| pepAssemble | 0x0002 | Assembling a new document on the basis of the processed one is allowed |
| pepExtract | 0x0004 | Extraction/copying of the pictures and text from the document is allowed |
| pepExtractAcc | 0x0008 | Content extraction is allowed for accessibility purposes only |
| pepFillInForms | 0x0010 | Filling forms in is allowed |
| pepHighQualityPrint | 0x0020 | High quality printing is allowed |
| pepLowQualityPrint | 0x0040 | Low quality printing is allowed |
| pepModify | 0x0080 | Modifications are allowed |

## Constructors

```text
PDFDocumentInfo()
```

 Initializes an instance of PDFDocumentInfo class.

# PDFPage Type

This component is a container for PDF page details.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxPDFPage* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

Use this object to read general information about a document page, such as its dimensions and content positioning details.

The following fields are available:

- [CropLLX](#PDFPage_f_CropLLX)

- [CropLLY](#PDFPage_f_CropLLY)

- [CropURX](#PDFPage_f_CropURX)

- [CropURY](#PDFPage_f_CropURY)

- [Height](#PDFPage_f_Height)

- [MediaLLX](#PDFPage_f_MediaLLX)

- [MediaLLY](#PDFPage_f_MediaLLY)

- [MediaURX](#PDFPage_f_MediaURX)

- [MediaURY](#PDFPage_f_MediaURY)

- [Rotate](#PDFPage_f_Rotate)

- [Width](#PDFPage_f_Width)

## Fields

 **CropLLX** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the lower-left X coordinate of the page crop area.

Specifies the lower-left X coordinate of the page crop area rectangle.

 **CropLLY** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the lower-left Y coordinate of the page crop area.

Specifies the lower-left Y coordinate of the page crop area rectangle.

 **CropURX** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the upper-right X coordinate of the page crop area.

Specifies the upper-right X coordinate of the page crop area rectangle.

 **CropURY** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the upper-right Y coordinate of the page crop area.

Specifies the upper-right Y coordinate of the page crop area rectangle.

 **Height** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the height of the page.

Returns the height of the page.

 **MediaLLX** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the lower-left X coordinate of the page media area.

Specifies the lower-left X coordinate of the page media area rectangle.

 **MediaLLY** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the lower-left Y coordinate of the page media area.

Specifies the lower-left Y coordinate of the page media area rectangle.

 **MediaURX** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the upper-right X coordinate of the page media area.

Specifies the upper-right X coordinate of the page media area rectangle.

 **MediaURY** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the upper-right Y coordinate of the page media area.

Specifies the upper-right Y coordinate of the page media area rectangle.

 **Rotate** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the rotation angle of the page in degrees. Values of 0, 90, 180, and 270 are allowed.

 **Width** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the width of the page.

Returns the width of the page.

## Constructors

```text
PDFPage()
```

 Creates a new PDF page object.

# PDFSignature Type

This component is a container for PDF signature details.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxPDFSignature* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

Use it to tune up signature properties and widget appearance when creating a signature, or to read the signature information when processing it.

The following fields are available:

- [AllowedChanges](#PDFSignature_f_AllowedChanges)

- [AuthorName](#PDFSignature_f_AuthorName)

- [Certification](#PDFSignature_f_Certification)

- [ChainValidationDetails](#PDFSignature_f_ChainValidationDetails)

- [ChainValidationResult](#PDFSignature_f_ChainValidationResult)

- [ClaimedSigningTime](#PDFSignature_f_ClaimedSigningTime)

- [CompatibilityErrors](#PDFSignature_f_CompatibilityErrors)

- [ContactInfo](#PDFSignature_f_ContactInfo)

- [ContainsLongTermInfo](#PDFSignature_f_ContainsLongTermInfo)

- [CoverageEndsAt](#PDFSignature_f_CoverageEndsAt)

- [CustomData](#PDFSignature_f_CustomData)

- [EmptyField](#PDFSignature_f_EmptyField)

- [EntityLabel](#PDFSignature_f_EntityLabel)

- [FilterName](#PDFSignature_f_FilterName)

- [FullSignatureName](#PDFSignature_f_FullSignatureName)

- [Handle](#PDFSignature_f_Handle)

- [HashAlgorithm](#PDFSignature_f_HashAlgorithm)

- [Height](#PDFSignature_f_Height)

- [IssuerRDN](#PDFSignature_f_IssuerRDN)

- [Level](#PDFSignature_f_Level)

- [Location](#PDFSignature_f_Location)

- [OffsetX](#PDFSignature_f_OffsetX)

- [OffsetY](#PDFSignature_f_OffsetY)

- [Page](#PDFSignature_f_Page)

- [PolicyHash](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHash)

- [PolicyHashAlgorithm](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHashAlgorithm)

- [PolicyID](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyID)

- [PolicyURI](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyURI)

- [Reason](#PDFSignature_f_Reason)

- [SerialNumber](#PDFSignature_f_SerialNumber)

- [SignatureBytes](#PDFSignature_f_SignatureBytes)

- [SignatureName](#PDFSignature_f_SignatureName)

- [SignatureType](#PDFSignature_f_SignatureType)

- [SignatureValidationResult](#PDFSignature_f_SignatureValidationResult)

- [SubjectKeyID](#PDFSignature_f_SubjectKeyID)

- [SubjectRDN](#PDFSignature_f_SubjectRDN)

- [Timestamped](#PDFSignature_f_Timestamped)

- [ValidatedSigningTime](#PDFSignature_f_ValidatedSigningTime)

- [ValidationLog](#PDFSignature_f_ValidationLog)

- [Width](#PDFSignature_f_Width)

## Fields

 **AllowedChanges** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The changes to the document allowed by the signature.

This field is only applicable to MDP/certification signatures and has no effect for any other kinds of signatures (regular or document timestamps).

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| psacNone | 0 | No changes are allowed by the signature |
| psacFillInForms | 1 | Only form fill-in is allowed |
| psacComment | 2 | Commenting is allowed |
| psacAll | 3 | Form fill-in and commenting are allowed |

 **AuthorName** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

A human-readable signer name. This is a PDF document property.

 **Certification** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Specifies whether this is a Certification (MDP) signature.

Certification signatures certify the current revision of the document and define which changes, if any, may be made afterwards without invalidating that certification. Use [AllowedChanges](#PDFSignature_f_AllowedChanges) to specify the permitted changes.

A PDF document normally contains at most one certification signature, and it is the first signature in the document. This setting does not apply to document timestamps.

 **ChainValidationDetails** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

The details of a certificate chain validation outcome. They may often suggest the reasons that contributed to the overall validation result.

Returns a bit mask of the following options:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cvrBadData | 0x0001 | One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed |
| cvrRevoked | 0x0002 | One or more certificates are revoked |
| cvrNotYetValid | 0x0004 | One or more certificates are not yet valid |
| cvrExpired | 0x0008 | One or more certificates are expired |
| cvrInvalidSignature | 0x0010 | A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature |
| cvrUnknownCA | 0x0020 | A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete) |
| cvrCAUnauthorized | 0x0040 | One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA |
| cvrCRLNotVerified | 0x0080 | One or more CRLs could not be verified |
| cvrOCSPNotVerified | 0x0100 | One or more OCSP responses could not be verified |
| cvrIdentityMismatch | 0x0200 | The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate |
| cvrNoKeyUsage | 0x0400 | A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates |
| cvrBlocked | 0x0800 | One or more certificates are blocked |
| cvrFailure | 0x1000 | General validation failure |
| cvrChainLoop | 0x2000 | Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself |
| cvrWeakAlgorithm | 0x4000 | A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements |
| cvrUserEnforced | 0x8000 | The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code |

 **ChainValidationResult** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

The outcome of a certificate chain validation routine.

Available options:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cvtValid | 0 | The chain is valid |
| cvtValidButUntrusted | 1 | The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted |
| cvtInvalid | 2 | The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature) |
| cvtCantBeEstablished | 3 | The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses) |

Use the ValidationLog property to access the detailed validation log.

 **ClaimedSigningTime** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Returns or sets the signature's creation time.

Use this property to get or set the signature creation time from the signer's computer. The claimed time, unlike [ValidatedSigningTime](#PDFSignature_f_ValidatedSigningTime), does not originate from a trusted TSA and may be forged or wrong. If this value is not set when a new signature is created, the component uses the current UTC time.

The time is provided in UTC.

 **CompatibilityErrors** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns compatibility errors encountered during validation.

Use this property to get specific compatibility errors encountered during validation. Unlike chain validation details, compatibility errors indicate violations by the signature of the assumed signature level/profile. For example, BES signatures are required to contain the signing time attribute. A prospective BES signature without such attribute will invoke a compatibility error.

 **ContactInfo** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the signer's contact information. This is a PDF document property.

 **ContainsLongTermInfo** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Returns true if the signature was found to contain long-term validation details (certificates, CRLs, and OCSP response).

 **CoverageEndsAt** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Indicates the byte offset in the PDF file where signature coverage ends.

PDF generators often use incremental updates to make changes in the documents. This may result in the signature only covering a part of the document (one of the past revisions), but not the subsequent changes.

Use this property to identify the offset where the signature coverage ends. One option is to compare it to the length of the whole document. Alternatively, use the [GetSignedVersion](PDFVerifier.md#PDFVerifier_m_GetSignedVersion) method of the PDFVerifier class to extract the exact revision that was signed.

A value of **-1** indicates that the component could not determine the coverage offset.

 **CustomData** *char**
*Default Value: *

Uninterpreted custom data to save with the PDF signature. The component stores and returns this value as-is and does not validate its contents.

 **EmptyField** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Indicates whether the signature is created as an empty field (a signature placeholder).

An empty field reserves a place for a future signature but does not contain a cryptographic signature value.

NOTE: This field is only applicable for creating new empty signature fields. To read info about empty signature fields, use EmptySignatureFieldCount and other EmptySignatureFields* configuration settings.

 **EntityLabel** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Use this property to get the signature entity label.

This property returns a string label that uniquely identifies the signature. The label can be used to establish the signature target in the SignatureFound event or to select the signing chain via the SelectInfo method.

 **FilterName** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the PDF security handler filter name to use when creating a new signature.

This value determines how PDF viewers, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, interpret and validate the digital signature. Commonly recognized values include:

- "Adobe.PPKLite" - the default value; instructs Adobe to use its built-in certificate infrastructure.
- "Adobe.PPKMS" - instructs Adobe to use the system-wide Windows certificate store for signature validation.

Custom values (e.g. "VeriSign.PPKVS" used by the VeriSign plug-in) are also supported. However, non-standard filter names may not be recognized by all PDF viewers or validators, which could lead to compatibility or validation issues.

For maximum compatibility across different PDF environments, it is recommended to use the default value **"Adobe.PPKLite"** unless integration with a specific custom handler is required.

 **FullSignatureName** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the full name of the signature field.

This is an internal identifier of a signature (such as Signature1) and is not meant to be human-readable.

 **Handle** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.

```text
  pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
```

 **HashAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: "SHA256"*

Specifies the hash algorithm to be used for signing.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1 | SHA1 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224 | SHA224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256 | SHA256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384 | SHA384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512 | SHA512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2 | MD2 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4 | MD4 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5 | MD5 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160 | RIPEMD160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32 | CRC32 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3 | SSL3 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994 | GOST1994 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL | WHIRLPOOL |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305 | POLY1305 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224 | SHA3_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256 | SHA3_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384 | SHA3_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512 | SHA3_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128 | BLAKE2S_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160 | BLAKE2S_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224 | BLAKE2S_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256 | BLAKE2S_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160 | BLAKE2B_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256 | BLAKE2B_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384 | BLAKE2B_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512 | BLAKE2B_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128 | SHAKE_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256 | SHAKE_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LEN | SHAKE_128_LEN |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LEN | SHAKE_256_LEN |  |

 **Height** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the height of the signature widget.

Note that the dimensions of the widget are provided in document-specific points, not pixels. This integer field uses whole points. To specify fractional values, use the **WidgetHeight** configuration setting.

 **IssuerRDN** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The Relative Distinguished Name of the signing certificate's issuer.

A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, about the certificate authority or entity that issued the signing certificate.

 **Level** *int*
*Default Value: 2*

Specifies the PAdES signature level.

PAdES standard defines a number of different 'levels' of signatures which can be used for different purposes.

Note that when validating a signature, the LTV modifier may be affected by the validation settings. These include OfflineMode (set it to true to obtain the clean LTV capability) and certificate caching (switch it off to stop earlier validations from affecting the current validation).

The supported levels are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| paslUnknown | 0 | Unknown signature level |
| paslGeneric | 1 | Generic signature: Legacy Adobe signature (adbe.pkcs7.detached), corresponds to pstLegacy signature type |
| paslBaselineB | 2 | Baseline B (B-B, basic) |
| paslBaselineT | 3 | Baseline T (B-T, timestamped) |
| paslBaselineLT | 4 | Baseline LT (B-LT, long-term) |
| paslBaselineLTA | 5 | Baseline LTA (B-LTA, long-term with archived timestamp) |
| paslBES | 6 | BES (Basic Electronic Signature) |
| paslEPES | 7 | EPES (Electronic Signature with an Explicit Policy) |
| paslLTV | 8 | LTV (Electronic Signature with with revocation info) |

When creating a signature, some levels require additional settings:

- **paslBaselineT** requires a timestamp server.
- **paslBaselineLT**, **paslBaselineLTA**, and **paslLTV** require deep validation and a timestamp server.
- **paslEPES** requires [PolicyID](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyID), [PolicyHashAlgorithm](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHashAlgorithm), and [PolicyHash](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHash).

When evaluating the level of a PAdES signature, SecureBlackbox uses the following criteria and conditions:

- If the signing chain is found to be invalid or incomplete, the level will be reported as **Baseline-B**, **BES**, or **EPES**, depending on the attributes included in the signature (such as policy details).
- If the signing chain is found to be valid, the signature includes a timestamp, and the timestamp chain is valid (or the IgnoreTimestampChainValidityForLevelDetection config property is set to true), the level will be reported as **Baseline-T**.
- If the Baseline-T conditions above are met, and all the validation material is included in the DSS, the level will be reported as **Baseline-LT**.
- If the Baseline-LT conditions above are met, and the signature is protected by a later document timestamp, the level will be reported as **Baseline-LTA**.
- If the signing chain is found to be valid, the signature includes a timestamp, and the timestamp chain is valid (or the IgnoreTimestampChainValidityForLevelDetection config property is set to true), and all the validation material is included in the DSS *or signature*, and the signature does not meet the Baseline-LT and Baseline-LTA criteria, the level will be reported as LTV. In other words, the LTV level is a relaxed version of Baseline-LT, that allows the validation material to be included in the signature itself and not DSS.

Note: The *LTV-enabled* property reported by Adobe Reader can be misleading, as it does not represent a valid PAdES level. Instead, it is a rather indicative claim that advises that the signature does include some form of an external timestamp (a signature timestamp or a document timestamp) and some piece of validation material, and the signing chain ends up with a local trust anchor. As such, it can be a much weaker property than the Baseline-LT, Baseline-LTA, and LTV levels reported by SecureBlackbox.

 **Location** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the host name or the physical location of the signing entity. This is a PDF property.

 **OffsetX** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the signature widget offset from the left-hand page border.

The value is expressed in document-specific points. When a new visible signature is created, a negative value is converted to the page width plus that value. This integer field uses whole points; to specify fractional values, use the **WidgetOffsetX** configuration setting.

 **OffsetY** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the signature widget offset from the bottom page border.

The value is expressed in document-specific points. When a new visible signature is created, a negative value is converted to the page height plus that value. This integer field uses whole points; to specify fractional values, use the **WidgetOffsetY** configuration setting.

 **Page** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: -1*

Indicates the index of the page on which the signature is placed. The value "-1" indicates an invisible signature.

 **PolicyHash** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The signature policy hash value for EPES signatures.

This property contains the hash of the external signature policy document. It must be set, together with [PolicyID](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyID) and [PolicyHashAlgorithm](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHashAlgorithm), when creating a **paslEPES** signature.

 **PolicyHashAlgorithm** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The algorithm that was used to calculate the signature policy hash.

This property must be set, together with [PolicyID](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyID) and [PolicyHash](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHash), when creating a **paslEPES** signature.

 **PolicyID** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The policy ID to be included in the signature.

This property identifies the signature policy for EPES signatures. It must be set, together with [PolicyHashAlgorithm](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHashAlgorithm) and [PolicyHash](#PDFSignature_f_PolicyHash), when creating a **paslEPES** signature.

 **PolicyURI** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The signature policy URI that was included in the signature.

Use this property to set or retrieve the URI of the signature policy for EPES signatures. The URI is optional metadata; the policy ID, policy hash algorithm, and policy hash identify the policy value itself.

 **Reason** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the reason for signing. This is a PDF document property.

 **SerialNumber** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

The serial number of the signing certificate that created the signature.

 **SignatureBytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Returns the binary representation of the underlying CMS/PKCS#7 signature container, or the timestamp token for document timestamp signatures.

 **SignatureName** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the unique signature identifier to use.

This is an internal identifier of a signature (such as Signature1) and is not meant to be human-readable.

 **SignatureType** *int*
*Default Value: 2*

The type of the PDF signature: Legacy, PAdES, document timestamp, or unknown.

The default value for new signatures is **pstPAdES**. PAdES signatures use [Level](#PDFSignature_f_Level) to select the PAdES profile. Document timestamp signatures require a timestamp server and do not contain signer certificate information.

The supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pstUnknown | 0 | Unknown signature type |
| pstLegacy | 1 | Legacy Adobe signature (adbe.pkcs7.detached or adbe.pkcs7.sha1) |
| pstPAdES | 2 | PAdES signature (ETSI.CAdES.detached), use Level field for detailed info |
| pstDocumentTimestamp | 3 | Document timestamp (ETSI.RFC3161) |

 **SignatureValidationResult** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

The outcome of the cryptographic signature validation.

The following signature validity values are supported:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| svtValid | 0 | The signature is valid |
| svtUnknown | 1 | Signature validity is unknown |
| svtCorrupted | 2 | The signature is corrupted |
| svtSignerNotFound | 3 | Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated. |
| svtFailure | 4 | General failure |
| svtReferenceCorrupted | 5 | Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only) |

 **SubjectKeyID** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Contains the subject key identifier of the signing certificate.

Subject Key Identifier is a (non-critical) X.509 certificate extension which allows the identification of certificates containing a particular public key. In SecureBlackbox, the unique identifier is represented by a SHA-1 hash of the bit string of the subject public key.

 **SubjectRDN** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the RDN of the owner of the signing certificate.

RDN is a set of OID=Value pairs declared in the certificate that provide the subject owner's details.

 **Timestamped** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Use this property to establish whether the signature contains an embedded timestamp.

 **ValidatedSigningTime** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the certified signing time.

Use this property to obtain the signing time as certified by a timestamp from a trusted timestamping authority. This property is only non-empty if there was a valid timestamp included in the signature.

[ClaimedSigningTime](#PDFSignature_f_ClaimedSigningTime) returns a non-trusted signing time from the signer's computer.

Both times are in UTC.

 **ValidationLog** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the signing certificate's chain validation log. This information may be very useful in investigating chain validation failures.

 **Width** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the width of the signature widget.

Note that the dimensions of the widget are provided in document-specific points, not pixels. This integer field uses whole points. To specify fractional values, use the **WidgetWidth** configuration setting.

## Constructors

```text
PDFSignature()
```

 Creates a new PDF signature object.

# PDFWidget Type

This component is a container for the signature widget parameters.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxPDFWidget* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

Use it to adjust the look of the signature widget when creating a signature.

The following fields are available:

- [AlgorithmCaption](#PDFWidget_f_AlgorithmCaption)

- [AlgorithmInfo](#PDFWidget_f_AlgorithmInfo)

- [BackgroundData](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundData)

- [BackgroundHeight](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundHeight)

- [BackgroundImageHeight](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundImageHeight)

- [BackgroundImageType](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundImageType)

- [BackgroundImageWidth](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundImageWidth)

- [BackgroundMask](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundMask)

- [BackgroundPosition](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundPosition)

- [BackgroundStyle](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundStyle)

- [BackgroundWidth](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundWidth)

- [CompressWidgetData](#PDFWidget_f_CompressWidgetData)

- [CustomAppearance](#PDFWidget_f_CustomAppearance)

- [CustomBackgroundContentStream](#PDFWidget_f_CustomBackgroundContentStream)

- [CustomVisualStatusMatrix](#PDFWidget_f_CustomVisualStatusMatrix)

- [DateFormat](#PDFWidget_f_DateFormat)

- [FontName](#PDFWidget_f_FontName)

- [Handle](#PDFWidget_f_Handle)

- [Header](#PDFWidget_f_Header)

- [HideDefaultText](#PDFWidget_f_HideDefaultText)

- [IgnoreExistingAppearance](#PDFWidget_f_IgnoreExistingAppearance)

- [InvertMask](#PDFWidget_f_InvertMask)

- [Invisible](#PDFWidget_f_Invisible)

- [PagesToPlaceOn](#PDFWidget_f_PagesToPlaceOn)

- [PositionAnchor](#PDFWidget_f_PositionAnchor)

- [RenderOptions](#PDFWidget_f_RenderOptions)

- [Rotate](#PDFWidget_f_Rotate)

- [ShowDate](#PDFWidget_f_ShowDate)

- [ShowVisualStatus](#PDFWidget_f_ShowVisualStatus)

- [SignerCaption](#PDFWidget_f_SignerCaption)

- [SignerInfo](#PDFWidget_f_SignerInfo)

## Fields

 **AlgorithmCaption** *char**
*Default Value: "#auto"*

The caption of the signature widget field with information about the signature algorithm.

 **AlgorithmInfo** *char**
*Default Value: "#auto"*

Information about the algorithm to be shown on the signature widget.

This property contains information about the algorithm to be displayed in the signature widget. Keep this property set to *#auto* to make the component generate the algorithm text automatically, in the form of "Algorithm/Key size", e.g. "RSA/1024 bits".

 **BackgroundData** *char**
*Default Value: *

Contains/takes the data of the signature widget background bitmap.

Assign the widget background data (in the form of JPEG or JPEG2000 bytes) to this property.

 **BackgroundHeight** *char**
*Default Value: "0"*

Use this field to manually adjust the size of the stretched background picture in the vertical direction.

 **BackgroundImageHeight** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The height of the background image in pixels.

It is important that this property matches the exact size of the image when a custom background is used. The width and height of the background image have no direct relation to the dimensions of the signature widget on the document page, and are only used to indicate the parameters of the image to the PDF processor. Big images will ultimately be squeezed to fit in the widget, and smaller ones stretched.

 **BackgroundImageType** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The type of the image contained in [BackgroundData](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundData). The JPEG and JPEG2000 formats are currently supported.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pwitJPEG2000 | 0 | JPEG 2000 format (supports transparency) |
| pwitJPEG | 1 | standard JPEG format (does not support transparency) |
| pwitCustom | 2 | Custom background format |

 **BackgroundImageWidth** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The width of the background image in pixels.

It is important that this property matches the exact size of the image when a custom background is used. The width and height of the background image have no direct relation to the dimensions of the signature widget on the document page, and are only used to indicate the parameters of the image to the PDF processor. Big images will ultimately be squeezed to fit in the widget, and smaller ones stretched.

 **BackgroundMask** *char**
*Default Value: *

Contains the background image mask.

Masks provide a means for marking transparent areas on your signature widgets. Specifically, a transparency mask tells PDF viewing apps which pixels of the signature widget should be kept visible and which should be rendered transparent instead.

In most cases, you will need a unique mask that is tailored for your signature widget image. This is something that you will need to create yourself based on your preferences and the actual image design.

A mask is effectively a matrix of bits, with each bit corresponding to a pixel on your background bitmap. A bit is set to 1 if the corresponding pixel needs to be made transparent, or to 0 if it needs to be opaque.

To create the mask that can be passed to BackgroundMask, please follow the below procedure:

Go through your signature widget bitmap row by row, processing each row of pixels from left to right. For each row,

1. Start with an empty bit string.

2. For every pixel in a row, add a '1' bit if you want it to be transparent, or a '0' bit if you want it to be opaque.

3. Upon reaching the end of the row, append '0' bits to your bit string until the number of bits in it is a multiple of 8. This is because each row of pixels needs to be represented with a whole number of bytes.

4. Convert the bit string to a byte array by grouping every 8 bits into a byte.

Do the same for every row of pixels, and then concatenate the received byte arrays together. Pass the created byte array to BackgroundMask.

A small example. Imagine your image is 19 pixels wide and 3 pixels tall. Imagine you want to make it 'semi-transparent' by using a 'mesh' pattern. The mask will therefore look like this:

10101010 10101010 10100000 // first row

01010101 01010101 01000000 // second row

10101010 10101010 10100000 // third row

Note that the last 5 bits of each row are padding '0' bits and are ignored: you only need them to make each row contain a whole number of bytes. When converted to a byte string, this would look like

0xAA 0xAA 0xA0

0x55 0x55 0x40

0xAA 0xAA 0xA0

, or, if written as a byte array, (0xAA, 0xAA, 0xA0, 0x55, 0x55, 0x40, 0xAA, 0xAA, 0xA0): this is what you need to pass to BackgroundMask.

 **BackgroundPosition** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The position of the widget background.

Specifies the position of the background image.

The value may be:

The keyword value "center", which centers the image.

A pair of coordinates ("10 5.5"), in which one value defines X and the other defines Y starting from the bottom-left corner.

 **BackgroundStyle** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The style of the signature widget background.

pwbsDefault uses the default image, pwbsNoBackground doesn't use a background image at all, and pwbsCustom expects the application to provide a custom background image.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pwbsDefault | 0 | The default widget background |
| pwbsNoBackground | 1 | No (empty) background |
| pwbsCustom | 2 | Custom background (picture or vector) |

 **BackgroundWidth** *char**
*Default Value: "0"*

Use this field to manually adjust the horizontal size of the stretched background picture.

 **CompressWidgetData** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Whether the signature widget data should be compressed before saving.

 **CustomAppearance** *char**
*Default Value: *

Contains a custom widget description in raw PDF graphic operators format.

Use this property to provide a PDF stream describing the widget appearance.

 **CustomBackgroundContentStream** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies a custom background content stream for the pwbsCustom [BackgroundStyle](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundStyle).

 **CustomVisualStatusMatrix** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Defines the custom visual status matrix.

Use of this property makes sense only if a visual status icon is displayed over the signature ([ShowVisualStatus](#PDFWidget_f_ShowVisualStatus)). Prior to Acrobat 6, a signature's visual appearance was modified with a status icon, e.g., "valid" or "invalid". The visual status matrix is used to position the icon in the signature widget. If CustomVisualStatusMatrix is empty, the value of '0.25 0 0 0.25 0 0' is used.

 **DateFormat** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The format string used to display the signing date and time in the signature widget.

Leave this property empty (default value) to use the default formatting.

Use the "L" value to convert UTC time to local time using the default formatting, or use the "L:" prefix with a custom date time formatting string.

 **FontName** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the font name for the signature text.

Use this property to specify a Type 1 or TrueType font name for the signature text. If this property is empty, the widget uses the standard PDF *Helvetica* font.

The PDF format supports 14 standard Type 1 fonts, specifically: "Times-Roman", "Helvetica", "Courier", "Symbol", "Times-Bold", "Helvetica-Bold", "Courier-Bold", "ZapfDingbats", "Times-Italic", "Helvetica-Oblique", "Courier-Oblique", "Times-BoldItalic", "Helvetica-BoldOblique", "Courier-BoldOblique".

Standard Type 1 fonts are used as standard PDF fonts and are not embedded by the component. If the target document profile, such as PDF/A, requires fonts used in visible text to be embedded, specify a TrueType font.

For TrueType fonts, the component supports a full font name (e.g. "Times New Roman", "Arial Bold Italic"), a file name (e.g. "times.ttf", "arialbi.ttf"), or a full file path.

If a TrueType font is used, then a font subset is embedded into the PDF document.

The list of system TrueType font names that the component supports can be obtained using the [DoAction](#doaction-method-pdfsigner-class) method with the "GetSystemFontNames" action ID.

Use the [FontPaths](#FontPaths) configuration setting (accessed via [Config](#config-method-pdfsigner-class)) to specify font search paths when a TrueType font is specified without a full file path. The [FontPaths](#FontPaths) setting contains a CRLF-separated list of directories. Alternatively, specify the full path to the TrueType font file in this property.

 **Handle** *int64*
*Default Value: 0*

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation.

```text
  pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());
```

 **Header** *char**
*Default Value: "#auto"*

Specifies the header text to put on the signature widget. Keep this property set to *#auto* to make the component generate the header automatically.

 **HideDefaultText** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Switches off the generation of any headers for the signature widget.

 **IgnoreExistingAppearance** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Tells the component to discard any existing widget parameters when signing empty signature fields.

*IgnoreExistingAppearance* only makes sense for signatures created by signing existing empty signature fields with pre-defined widget descriptions.

 **InvertMask** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Specifies whether [BackgroundMask](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundMask) should be inverted.

Set this property to flip all the bits in the mask, by making opaque all the bits declared by the mask as transparent, and making transparent all the bits declared as opaque.

 **Invisible** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Controls whether the signature widget is visible on the page.

 **PagesToPlaceOn** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The page numbers on which the signature is shown. This field supports a variety of syntaxes:

- A single page number: 3
- A comma-separated list of page numbers: 1,2,5,7
- The star character (*) indicates that the widget should be placed on all pages in the document
- The *first* and *last* placeholders specify that the signature should be placed on the respective page, independently of its number.

The page numbers are expected to be provided in zero-based notation. That is, the index of 0 stands for the first page, the index of 1 for the second page, and so on.

 **PositionAnchor** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The anchor to bind the position of the widget to.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ppaDefault | 0 | The signature's OffsetX and OffsetY properties specify the position of the bottom left widget corner starting from the page's physical bottom left corner (doesn't take into account page rotation). |
| ppaBottomLeft | 1 | The signature's OffsetX and OffsetY properties specify the position of the bottom left widget corner starting from the page's bottom left corner according to the viewer's perspective (take into account page rotation). |
| ppaBottomRight | 2 | The signature's OffsetX and OffsetY properties specify the position of the bottom right widget corner starting from the page's bottom right corner according to the viewer's perspective (take into account page rotation). |
| ppaTopLeft | 3 | The signature's OffsetX and OffsetY properties specify the position of the top left widget corner starting from the page's top left corner according to the viewer's perspective (take into account page rotation). |
| ppaTopRight | 4 | The signature's OffsetX and OffsetY properties specify the position of the top right widget corner starting from the page's top right corner according to the viewer's perspective (take into account page rotation). |
| ppaCenter | 5 | The signature's OffsetX and OffsetY properties specify the position of the widget center starting from the page's center according to the viewer's perspective. |

 **RenderOptions** *int*
*Default Value: 8*

This setting is a container for a selection of rendering options. OR or NOT an option to include or exclude it from the bit mask.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wroUnknown | 0x00000 | Unknown, unsupported, or uninitialized set of options |
| wroNoRotate | 0x00001 | Enabling this option prevents the signature widget from being rotated when the containing document is rotated in a viewing app. |
| wroNoView | 0x00002 | Enabling this option prevents the widget from being displayed when the document is viewed in an app (the widget will still be printed, if configured). |
| wroNoZoom | 0x00004 | Keeps the widget at the same size when the document is zoomed in or out. |
| wroPrint | 0x00008 | Makes the widget printable. |
| wroReadOnly | 0x00010 | Controls the ReadOnly flag of the widget object. |
| wroToggleNoView | 0x00020 | If set, the signature widget will only be displayed when the viewer hovers a mouse pointer over it. |

 **Rotate** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the rotation angle of the signature widget in degrees. Values of 0, 90, 180, and 270 are allowed.

 **ShowDate** *int*
*Default Value: TRUE*

Whether to display the signing date and time details on the widget.

 **ShowVisualStatus** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Specifies whether to show the signature's status icon.

It is a good idea to avoid using the visual status icon, as described below:

According to the Digital Signature Appearances Adobe Acrobat SDK (May 2015), "Prior to Acrobat 6.0, signature appearances were manipulated at run-time in order to display the validity of the signature. The validity was shown as a graphic icon and with an additional, optional text message. The manipulated portions of the signature appearance were contained in layers n1, n3 and n4. Beginning with version 6, Acrobat does not maintain support for signature appearances that can be manipulated, though legacy signatures with these appearances may continue to display correctly. Use of layers n1, n3, and n4 is not recommended."

 **SignerCaption** *char**
*Default Value: "#auto"*

Specifies the caption for the signer section on the signature widget.

The default value, which is used if the property is set to *#auto*, is "Signer: ".

 **SignerInfo** *char**
*Default Value: "#auto"*

Provides custom signer information to put on the signature widget.

 The standard signature widget allows for several short strings separated by CRLF. Keep this property set to *#auto* to make the component generate the signer text automatically.

## Constructors

```text
PDFWidget()
```

 Creates a new PDF widget object.

# ProxySettings Type

A container for proxy server settings.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxProxySettings* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

This type exposes a collection of properties for tuning up the proxy server configuration.

The following fields are available:

- [Address](#ProxySettings_f_Address)

- [Authentication](#ProxySettings_f_Authentication)

- [Password](#ProxySettings_f_Password)

- [Port](#ProxySettings_f_Port)

- [ProxyType](#ProxySettings_f_ProxyType)

- [RequestHeaders](#ProxySettings_f_RequestHeaders)

- [ResponseBody](#ProxySettings_f_ResponseBody)

- [ResponseHeaders](#ProxySettings_f_ResponseHeaders)

- [UseIPv6](#ProxySettings_f_UseIPv6)

- [Username](#ProxySettings_f_Username)

## Fields

 **Address** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The IP address of the proxy server.

 **Authentication** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The authentication type used by the proxy server.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| patNoAuthentication | 0 |
| patBasic | 1 |
| patDigest | 2 |
| patNTLM | 3 |

 **Password** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The password to authenticate to the proxy server.

 **Port** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The port on the proxy server to connect to.

 **ProxyType** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The type of the proxy server.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| cptNone | 0 |
| cptSocks4 | 1 |
| cptSocks5 | 2 |
| cptWebTunnel | 3 |
| cptHTTP | 4 |

 **RequestHeaders** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy.

 **ResponseBody** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy response body.

 **ResponseHeaders** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains response headers received from an HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy server.

 **UseIPv6** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Specifies whether IPv6 should be used when connecting through the proxy.

 **Username** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication.

## Constructors

```text
ProxySettings()
```

 Creates a new ProxySettings object.

# SocketSettings Type

A container for the socket settings.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxSocketSettings* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

This type is a container for socket-layer parameters.

The following fields are available:

- [DNSMode](#SocketSettings_f_DNSMode)

- [DNSPort](#SocketSettings_f_DNSPort)

- [DNSQueryTimeout](#SocketSettings_f_DNSQueryTimeout)

- [DNSServers](#SocketSettings_f_DNSServers)

- [DNSTotalTimeout](#SocketSettings_f_DNSTotalTimeout)

- [IncomingSpeedLimit](#SocketSettings_f_IncomingSpeedLimit)

- [LocalAddress](#SocketSettings_f_LocalAddress)

- [LocalPort](#SocketSettings_f_LocalPort)

- [OutgoingSpeedLimit](#SocketSettings_f_OutgoingSpeedLimit)

- [Timeout](#SocketSettings_f_Timeout)

- [UseIPv6](#SocketSettings_f_UseIPv6)

## Fields

 **DNSMode** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Selects the DNS resolver to use: the component's (secure) built-in one, or the one provided by the system.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| dmAuto | 0 |
| dmPlatform | 1 |
| dmOwn | 2 |
| dmOwnSecure | 3 |

 **DNSPort** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the port number to be used for sending queries to the DNS server.

 **DNSQueryTimeout** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The timeout (in milliseconds) for each DNS query. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

 **DNSServers** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated by commas or semicolons.

 **DNSTotalTimeout** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole resolution process. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

 **IncomingSpeedLimit** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The maximum number of bytes to read from the socket, per second.

 **LocalAddress** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

The local network interface to bind the socket to.

 **LocalPort** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The local port number to bind the socket to.

 **OutgoingSpeedLimit** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

The maximum number of bytes to write to the socket, per second.

 **Timeout** *int*
*Default Value: 60000*

The maximum period of waiting, in milliseconds, after which the socket operation is considered unsuccessful.

If *Timeout* is set to 0, a socket operation will expire after the system-default timeout (2 hrs 8 min for TCP stack).

 **UseIPv6** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Enables or disables IP protocol version 6.

## Constructors

```text
SocketSettings()
```

 Creates a new SocketSettings object.

# TimestampInfo Type

A container for timestamp information.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxTimestampInfo* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

The TimestampInfo object contains details of a third-party timestamp and the outcome of its validation.

The following fields are available:

- [Accuracy](#TimestampInfo_f_Accuracy)

- [Bytes](#TimestampInfo_f_Bytes)

- [CertificateIndex](#TimestampInfo_f_CertificateIndex)

- [ChainValidationDetails](#TimestampInfo_f_ChainValidationDetails)

- [ChainValidationResult](#TimestampInfo_f_ChainValidationResult)

- [ContainsLongTermInfo](#TimestampInfo_f_ContainsLongTermInfo)

- [EntityLabel](#TimestampInfo_f_EntityLabel)

- [HashAlgorithm](#TimestampInfo_f_HashAlgorithm)

- [ParentEntity](#TimestampInfo_f_ParentEntity)

- [SerialNumber](#TimestampInfo_f_SerialNumber)

- [Time](#TimestampInfo_f_Time)

- [TimestampType](#TimestampInfo_f_TimestampType)

- [TSAName](#TimestampInfo_f_TSAName)

- [ValidationLog](#TimestampInfo_f_ValidationLog)

- [ValidationResult](#TimestampInfo_f_ValidationResult)

## Fields

 **Accuracy** *int64 (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

This field indicates the accuracy of the included time mark, in microseconds.

 **Bytes** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Returns the raw timestamp data in DER format.

 **CertificateIndex** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: -1*

Returns the index of the TSA certificate in the Certificates collection.

Use this property to look up the TSA certificate in the Certificates collection.

 **ChainValidationDetails** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

The details of a certificate chain validation outcome. They may often suggest the reasons that contributed to the overall validation result.

Returns a bit mask of the following options:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cvrBadData | 0x0001 | One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed |
| cvrRevoked | 0x0002 | One or more certificates are revoked |
| cvrNotYetValid | 0x0004 | One or more certificates are not yet valid |
| cvrExpired | 0x0008 | One or more certificates are expired |
| cvrInvalidSignature | 0x0010 | A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature |
| cvrUnknownCA | 0x0020 | A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete) |
| cvrCAUnauthorized | 0x0040 | One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA |
| cvrCRLNotVerified | 0x0080 | One or more CRLs could not be verified |
| cvrOCSPNotVerified | 0x0100 | One or more OCSP responses could not be verified |
| cvrIdentityMismatch | 0x0200 | The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate |
| cvrNoKeyUsage | 0x0400 | A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates |
| cvrBlocked | 0x0800 | One or more certificates are blocked |
| cvrFailure | 0x1000 | General validation failure |
| cvrChainLoop | 0x2000 | Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself |
| cvrWeakAlgorithm | 0x4000 | A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements |
| cvrUserEnforced | 0x8000 | The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code |

 **ChainValidationResult** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

The outcome of a certificate chain validation routine.

Available options:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cvtValid | 0 | The chain is valid |
| cvtValidButUntrusted | 1 | The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted |
| cvtInvalid | 2 | The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature) |
| cvtCantBeEstablished | 3 | The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses) |

Use the ValidationLog property to access the detailed validation log.

 **ContainsLongTermInfo** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Returns true if the signature was found to contain long-term validation details (certificates, CRLs, and OCSP response).

 **EntityLabel** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Use this property to get the timestamp entity label.

This property returns a string label that uniquely identifies the timestamp. The label can be used to establish the signature target in the SignatureFound event or to select the signing chain via the SelectInfo method.

 **HashAlgorithm** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Returns the timestamp's hash algorithm.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1 | SHA1 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224 | SHA224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256 | SHA256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384 | SHA384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512 | SHA512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2 | MD2 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4 | MD4 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5 | MD5 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160 | RIPEMD160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32 | CRC32 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3 | SSL3 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994 | GOST1994 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL | WHIRLPOOL |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305 | POLY1305 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224 | SHA3_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256 | SHA3_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384 | SHA3_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512 | SHA3_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128 | BLAKE2S_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160 | BLAKE2S_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224 | BLAKE2S_224 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256 | BLAKE2S_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160 | BLAKE2B_160 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256 | BLAKE2B_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384 | BLAKE2B_384 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512 | BLAKE2B_512 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128 | SHAKE_128 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256 | SHAKE_256 |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LEN | SHAKE_128_LEN |  |
| SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LEN | SHAKE_256_LEN |  |

 **ParentEntity** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Use this property to get the label of the timestamp's parent entity.

This property references the EntityLabel of the object that the timestamp covers, typically a signature.

 **SerialNumber** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: *

Returns the timestamp's serial number.

 **Time** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

The time point incorporated into the timestamp.

 **TimestampType** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Returns the type of the timestamp.

Available options:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tstUnknown | 0 |  |
| tstLegacy | 1 | Supported by: Authenticode components |
| tstTrusted | 2 | Supported by: Authenticode components |
| tstGeneric | 3 | Supported by: CAdES components |
| tstESC | 4 | Supported by: CAdES components |
| tstContent | 5 | Supported by: CAdES components |
| tstCertsAndCRLs | 6 | Supported by: CAdES components |
| tstArchive | 7 | Archive timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, CAdES, JAdES, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |
| tstArchive2 | 8 | Archive v2 timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, CAdES components |
| tstArchive3 | 9 | Archive v3 timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, CAdES components |
| tstIndividualDataObjects | 10 | Individual data objects timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |
| tstAllDataObjects | 11 | All data objects timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |
| tstSignature | 12 | Signature timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, JAdES, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |
| tstRefsOnly | 13 | RefsOnly timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, JAdES, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |
| tstSigAndRefs | 14 | SigAndRefs timestamp. Supported by: ASiC, JAdES, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |
| tstSignedData | 15 | SignedData timestamp. Supported by: JAdES components |
| tstArchive141 | 16 | Archive timestamp v1.4.1. Supported by: ASiC, Office, SOAP, XAdES components |

Not all of the above timestamp types can be supported by a specific signature technology used (CAdES, PDF, XAdES).

 **TSAName** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

This value uniquely identifies the Timestamp Authority (TSA).

This property provides information about the entity that manages the TSA.

 **ValidationLog** *char* (read-only)*
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the TSA certificate chain validation log. This information is extremely useful if the timestamp validation fails.

 **ValidationResult** *int (read-only)*
*Default Value: 0*

Contains the timestamp validation outcome.

Use this property to check the result of the most recent timestamp validation.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| svtValid | 0 | The signature is valid |
| svtUnknown | 1 | Signature validity is unknown |
| svtCorrupted | 2 | The signature is corrupted |
| svtSignerNotFound | 3 | Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated. |
| svtFailure | 4 | General failure |
| svtReferenceCorrupted | 5 | Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only) |

## Constructors

```text
TimestampInfo()
```

 Creates a new TimestampInfo object with default field values.

# TLSSettings Type

A container for TLS connection settings.

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxTLSSettings* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

The TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol provides security for information exchanged over insecure connections such as TCP/IP.

The following fields are available:

- [AutoValidateCertificates](#TLSSettings_f_AutoValidateCertificates)

- [BaseConfiguration](#TLSSettings_f_BaseConfiguration)

- [Ciphersuites](#TLSSettings_f_Ciphersuites)

- [ClientAuth](#TLSSettings_f_ClientAuth)

- [Extensions](#TLSSettings_f_Extensions)

- [ForceResumeIfDestinationChanges](#TLSSettings_f_ForceResumeIfDestinationChanges)

- [Groups](#TLSSettings_f_Groups)

- [PreSharedIdentity](#TLSSettings_f_PreSharedIdentity)

- [PreSharedKey](#TLSSettings_f_PreSharedKey)

- [PreSharedKeyCiphersuite](#TLSSettings_f_PreSharedKeyCiphersuite)

- [RenegotiationAttackPreventionMode](#TLSSettings_f_RenegotiationAttackPreventionMode)

- [RevocationCheck](#TLSSettings_f_RevocationCheck)

- [SSLOptions](#TLSSettings_f_SSLOptions)

- [TLSMode](#TLSSettings_f_TLSMode)

- [UseExtendedMasterSecret](#TLSSettings_f_UseExtendedMasterSecret)

- [UseSessionResumption](#TLSSettings_f_UseSessionResumption)

- [Versions](#TLSSettings_f_Versions)

## Fields

 **AutoValidateCertificates** *int*
*Default Value: TRUE*

Specifies whether server-side TLS certificates should be validated automatically using internal validation rules.

 **BaseConfiguration** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Selects the base configuration for the TLS settings. Several profiles are offered and tuned up for different purposes, such as high security or higher compatibility.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| stpcDefault | 0 |  |
| stpcCompatible | 1 |  |
| stpcComprehensiveInsecure | 2 |  |
| stpcHighlySecure | 3 |  |

 **Ciphersuites** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

A list of ciphersuites separated with commas or semicolons. Each ciphersuite in the list may be prefixed with a minus sign (-) to indicate that the ciphersuite should be disabled rather than enabled. Besides the specific ciphersuite modifiers, this property supports the *all* (and *-all*) aliases, allowing all ciphersuites to be blanketly enabled or disabled at once.

Note: the list of ciphersuites provided to this property alters the baseline list of ciphersuites as defined by [BaseConfiguration](#TLSSettings_f_BaseConfiguration). Remember to start your ciphersuite string with -all; if you need to only enable a specific fixed set of ciphersuites. The list of supported ciphersuites is provided below:

- NULL_NULL_NULL
- RSA_NULL_MD5
- RSA_NULL_SHA
- RSA_RC4_MD5
- RSA_RC4_SHA
- RSA_RC2_MD5
- RSA_IDEA_MD5
- RSA_IDEA_SHA
- RSA_DES_MD5
- RSA_DES_SHA
- RSA_3DES_MD5
- RSA_3DES_SHA
- RSA_AES128_SHA
- RSA_AES256_SHA
- DH_DSS_DES_SHA
- DH_DSS_3DES_SHA
- DH_DSS_AES128_SHA
- DH_DSS_AES256_SHA
- DH_RSA_DES_SHA
- DH_RSA_3DES_SHA
- DH_RSA_AES128_SHA
- DH_RSA_AES256_SHA
- DHE_DSS_DES_SHA
- DHE_DSS_3DES_SHA
- DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA
- DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA
- DHE_RSA_DES_SHA
- DHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
- DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
- DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
- DH_ANON_RC4_MD5
- DH_ANON_DES_SHA
- DH_ANON_3DES_SHA
- DH_ANON_AES128_SHA
- DH_ANON_AES256_SHA
- RSA_RC2_MD5_EXPORT
- RSA_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
- RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
- DH_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
- DH_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
- DHE_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
- DHE_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
- DH_ANON_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
- DH_ANON_DES_SHA_EXPORT
- RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
- DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
- DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
- DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
- DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
- DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA
- RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
- DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
- DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
- DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
- DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
- DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA
- PSK_RC4_SHA
- PSK_3DES_SHA
- PSK_AES128_SHA
- PSK_AES256_SHA
- DHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
- DHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
- DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
- DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
- RSA_PSK_RC4_SHA
- RSA_PSK_3DES_SHA
- RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA
- RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA
- RSA_SEED_SHA
- DH_DSS_SEED_SHA
- DH_RSA_SEED_SHA
- DHE_DSS_SEED_SHA
- DHE_RSA_SEED_SHA
- DH_ANON_SEED_SHA
- SRP_SHA_3DES_SHA
- SRP_SHA_RSA_3DES_SHA
- SRP_SHA_DSS_3DES_SHA
- SRP_SHA_AES128_SHA
- SRP_SHA_RSA_AES128_SHA
- SRP_SHA_DSS_AES128_SHA
- SRP_SHA_AES256_SHA
- SRP_SHA_RSA_AES256_SHA
- SRP_SHA_DSS_AES256_SHA
- ECDH_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
- ECDH_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
- ECDH_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
- ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
- ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
- ECDHE_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
- ECDHE_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
- ECDHE_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
- ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
- ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
- ECDH_RSA_NULL_SHA
- ECDH_RSA_RC4_SHA
- ECDH_RSA_3DES_SHA
- ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA
- ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA
- ECDHE_RSA_NULL_SHA
- ECDHE_RSA_RC4_SHA
- ECDHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
- ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
- ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
- ECDH_ANON_NULL_SHA
- ECDH_ANON_RC4_SHA
- ECDH_ANON_3DES_SHA
- ECDH_ANON_AES128_SHA
- ECDH_ANON_AES256_SHA
- RSA_NULL_SHA256
- RSA_AES128_SHA256
- RSA_AES256_SHA256
- DH_DSS_AES128_SHA256
- DH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
- DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
- DH_DSS_AES256_SHA256
- DH_RSA_AES256_SHA256
- DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA256
- DH_ANON_AES128_SHA256
- DH_ANON_AES256_SHA256
- RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- DHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- DH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- DH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- DHE_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- DHE_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- DH_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- DH_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- DH_ANON_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- DH_ANON_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
- ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
- ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
- ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
- ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
- ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA384
- ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
- ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA384
- ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- DHE_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- DHE_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- RSA_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
- RSA_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
- PSK_AES128_SHA256
- PSK_AES256_SHA384
- PSK_NULL_SHA256
- PSK_NULL_SHA384
- DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
- DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
- DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
- DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
- RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA256
- RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA384
- RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA256
- RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA384
- RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
- DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
- DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
- DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
- DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
- ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- DH_anon_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- DH_anon_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
- RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
- PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
- ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
- ECDHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
- ECDHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
- ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
- ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
- ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
- ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
- ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA
- ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
- ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
- ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- ECDHE_ECDSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- DHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- ECDHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- DHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- RSA_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- AES128_GCM_SHA256
- AES256_GCM_SHA384
- CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- AES128_CCM_SHA256
- AES128_CCM8_SHA256

 **ClientAuth** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Enables or disables certificate-based client authentication.

Set this property to true to tune up the client authentication type:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ccatNoAuth | 0 |  |
| ccatRequestCert | 1 |  |
| ccatRequireCert | 2 |  |

 **Extensions** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Provides access to TLS extensions.

 **ForceResumeIfDestinationChanges** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Whether to force TLS session resumption when the destination address changes.

 **Groups** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Specifies a list of key exchange groups to attempt during the TLS key exchange.

Keep this setting at its default value (empty string) to stick with the default list of key exchange groups. You can tweak the list by using '+' and '-' modifiers that are immediately followed by a group name or the *all* placeholder:

```text
  // Ensure the two x25519-based groups are enabled and the finite field DHE2048 is disabled
  client.TLSSettings.Groups = "+x25519mlkem768;+x25519;-ffdhe2048";

  // Only enable the hybrid X25519/ML-KEM768 group
  client.TLSSettings.Groups = "-all;+x25519mlkem768";
```

The list of groups supported by the component is provided below. All the names are case-insensitive:

**Elliptic curve-based groups:**

- SECT163K1
- SECT163R1
- SECT163R2
- SECT193R1
- SECT193R2
- SECT233K1
- SECT233R1
- SECT239K1
- SECT283K1
- SECT283R1
- SECT409K1
- SECT409R1
- SECT571K1
- SECT571R1
- SECP160K1
- SECP160R1
- SECP160R2
- SECP192K1
- SECP192R1
- SECP224K1
- SECP224R1
- SECP256K1
- SECP256R1
- SECP384R1
- SECP521R1
- BRAINPOOLP256R1
- BRAINPOOLP384R1
- BRAINPOOLP512R1
- X25519
- X448

**Finite field-based groups:**

- FFDHE2048
- FFDHE3072
- FFDHE4096
- FFDHE6144
- FFDHE8192

**Post-Quantum and Hybrid groups:**

- MLKEM512
- MLKEM768
- MLKEM1024
- SECP256R1MLKEM768
- X25519MLKEM768
- SECP384R1MLKEM1024

Note: this property was called *ECCurves* in SecureBlackbox 2024 and older.

 **PreSharedIdentity** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Defines the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated.

 **PreSharedKey** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Contains the pre-shared key for the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism, encoded with base16.

 **PreSharedKeyCiphersuite** *char**
*Default Value: ""*

Defines the ciphersuite used for PSK (Pre-Shared Key) negotiation.

 **RenegotiationAttackPreventionMode** *int*
*Default Value: 2*

Selects the renegotiation attack prevention mechanism.

The following options are available:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| crapmCompatible | 0 | TLS 1.0 and 1.1 compatibility mode (renegotiation indication extension is disabled). |
| crapmStrict | 1 | Renegotiation attack prevention is enabled and enforced. |
| crapmAuto | 2 | Automatically choose whether to enable or disable renegotiation attack prevention. |

 **RevocationCheck** *int*
*Default Value: 1*

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform.

Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| crcNone | 0 | No revocation checking. |
| crcAuto | 1 | Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future. |
| crcAllCRL | 2 | All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed. |
| crcAllOCSP | 3 | All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed. |
| crcAllCRLAndOCSP | 4 | All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed. |
| crcAnyCRL | 5 | All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. |
| crcAnyOCSP | 6 | All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. |
| crcAnyCRLOrOCSP | 7 | All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first. |
| crcAnyOCSPOrCRL | 8 | All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first. |

This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed for every certificate in the chain. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time.

There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs).

This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

NOTE: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

NOTE: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

 **SSLOptions** *int*
*Default Value: 16*

Various SSL (TLS) protocol options, set of

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cssloExpectShutdownMessage | 0x001 | Wait for the close-notify message when shutting down the connection |
| cssloOpenSSLDTLSWorkaround | 0x002 | (DEPRECATED) Use a DTLS version workaround when talking to very old OpenSSL versions |
| cssloDisableKexLengthAlignment | 0x004 | Do not align the client-side PMS by the RSA modulus size. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it. |
| cssloForceUseOfClientCertHashAlg | 0x008 | Enforce the use of the client certificate hash algorithm. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it. |
| cssloAutoAddServerNameExtension | 0x010 | Automatically add the server name extension when known |
| cssloAcceptTrustedSRPPrimesOnly | 0x020 | Accept trusted SRP primes only |
| cssloDisableSignatureAlgorithmsExtension | 0x040 | Disable (do not send) the signature algorithms extension. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it. |
| cssloIntolerateHigherProtocolVersions | 0x080 | (server option) Do not allow fallback from TLS versions higher than currently enabled |
| cssloStickToPrefCertHashAlg | 0x100 | Stick to preferred certificate hash algorithms |
| cssloNoImplicitTLS12Fallback | 0x200 | Disable implicit TLS 1.3 to 1.2 fallbacks |
| cssloUseHandshakeBatches | 0x400 | Send the handshake message as large batches rather than individually |

 **TLSMode** *int*
*Default Value: 0*

Specifies the TLS mode to use.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| smDefault | 0 |  |
| smNoTLS | 1 | Do not use TLS |
| smExplicitTLS | 2 | Connect to the server without any encryption and then request an SSL session. |
| smImplicitTLS | 3 | Connect to the specified port, and establish the SSL session at once. |
| smMixedTLS | 4 | Connect to the specified port, and establish the SSL session at once, but allow plain data. |

 **UseExtendedMasterSecret** *int*
*Default Value: TRUE*

Enables the Extended Master Secret Extension, as defined in RFC 7627.

 **UseSessionResumption** *int*
*Default Value: FALSE*

Enables or disables the TLS session resumption capability.

 **Versions** *int*
*Default Value: 48*

The SSL/TLS versions to enable by default.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| csbSSL2 | 0x01 | SSL 2 |
| csbSSL3 | 0x02 | SSL 3 |
| csbTLS1 | 0x04 | TLS 1.0 |
| csbTLS11 | 0x08 | TLS 1.1 |
| csbTLS12 | 0x10 | TLS 1.2 |
| csbTLS13 | 0x20 | TLS 1.3 |

## Constructors

```text
TLSSettings()
```

 Creates a new TLSSettings object.

# SecureBlackboxList Type

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxList<T>* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

 *SecureBlackboxList* is a generic class that is used to hold a collection of objects of type *T*, where *T* is one of the custom types supported by the PDFSigner class.

```text
int GetCount() {}
```

```text
int SetCount(int count) {}
```

```text
T* Get(int index) {}
```

```text
T* Set(int index, T* value) {}
```

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Methods |  |
| GetCount | This method returns the current size of the collection. |
| SetCount | This method sets the size of the collection. This method returns 0 if setting the size was successful; or -1 if the collection is ReadOnly. When adding additional objects to a collection call this method to specify the new size. Increasing the size of the collection preserves existing objects in the collection. |
| Get | This method gets the item at the specified position. The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the collection. This method returns NULL if an invalid index is specified. |
| Set | This method sets the item at the specified position. The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the collection that is being set. This method returns -1 if an invalid index is specified. Note: Objects created using the new operator must be freed using the delete operator; they will not be automatically freed by the class. |

# SecureBlackboxStream Type

## Syntax

 *SecureBlackboxStream* (declared in *secureblackbox.h*)

## Remarks

 The PDFSigner class includes one or more API members that take a stream object as a parameter. To use such API members, create a concrete class that implements the SecureBlackboxStream interface and pass the PDFSigner class an instance of that concrete class.

 When implementing the SecureBlackboxStream interface's properties and methods, they must behave as described below. If the concrete class's implementation does not behave as expected, undefined behavior may occur.

```text
bool CanRead() { return true; }
```

```text
bool CanSeek() { return true; }
```

```text
bool CanWrite() { return true; }
```

```text
int64 GetLength() = 0;
```

```text
void Close() {}
```

```text
int Flush() { return 0; }
```

```text
int Read(void* buffer, int count) = 0;
```

```text
int64 Seek(int64 offset, int seekOrigin) = 0;
```

```text
int Write(const void* buffer, int count) = 0;
```

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Properties |  |
| CanRead | Whether the stream supports reading. |
| CanSeek | Whether the stream supports seeking. |
| CanWrite | Whether the stream supports writing. |
| Length | Gets the length of the stream, in bytes. |
| Methods |  |
| Close | Closes the stream, releasing all resources currently allocated for it. This method is called automatically when a SecureBlackboxStream object is deleted. |
| Flush | Forces all data held by the stream's buffers to be written out to storage. Must return 0 if flushing is successful; or -1 if an error occurs or the stream is closed. If the stream does not support writing, this method must do nothing and return 0. |
| Read | Reads a sequence of bytes from the stream and advances the current position within the stream by the number of bytes read. Buffer specifies the buffer to populate with data from the stream. Count specifies the number of bytes that should be read from the stream. Must return the total number of bytes read into Buffer; this may be less than Count if that many bytes are not currently available, or 0 if the end of the stream has been reached. Must return -1 if an error occurs, if reading is not supported, or if the stream is closed. |
| Seek | Sets the current position within the stream based on a particular point of origin. Offset specifies the offset in the stream to seek to, relative to SeekOrigin. Valid values for SeekOrigin are: 0: Seek from beginning. 1: Seek from current position. 2: Seek from end. Must return the new position within the stream; or -1 if an error occurs, if seeking is not supported, or if the stream is closed (however, see note below). If -1 is returned, the current position within the stream must remain unchanged. Note: If the stream is not closed, it must always be possible to call this method with an Offset of 0 and a SeekOrigin of 1 to obtain the current position within the stream, even if seeking is not otherwise supported. |
| Write | Writes a sequence of bytes to the stream and advances the current position within the stream by the number of bytes written. Buffer specifies the buffer with data to write to the stream. Count specifies the number of bytes that should be written to the stream. Must return the total number of bytes written to the stream; this may be less than Count if that many bytes could not be written. Must return -1 if an error occurs, if writing is not supported, or if the stream is closed. |

# Config Settings ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

 The class accepts one or more of the following *configuration settings*. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these *internal properties* is provided through the [Config](#config-method-pdfsigner-class) method.

### PDFSigner Config Settings

**AddOutputIntents**: Specifies output intents to be added to the document.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specify output intents that should be added to the document if they are not present.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GTS_PDFA1.sRGB |  | GTS_PDFA1 corresponding to the PDF/A standard as defined by ISO 19005. sRGB IEC61966-2.1 is a standard color space. |
| GTS_PDFX.sRGB |  | GTS_PDFX corresponding to the PDF/X format standard specified in ISO 15930. sRGB IEC61966-2.1 is a standard color space. |

Output intents describe the final destination device you will use to reproduce the color in the PDF, such as the separations printing device. Output intents override working spaces during viewing and printing, but they do not convert the colors in the PDF.

**AlternateName**: TBD.TBD

**AssemblyOptions**: Specifies the assembly options.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specify the assembly options of the PDF document.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AcrobatFriendlyAcroForm |  | Acrobat reader friendly form |
| AdjustTimesToUTC |  | Asserts that all the time properties are set in local time and should be adjusted to UTC when writing to the document |

**AsyncDocumentID**: Specifies the document ID for SignAsyncEnd() call.Use this property when working with multi-signature DCAuth requests and responses to uniquely identify documents signed within a larger batch. This value helps ASiCSigner identify the correct signature in the returned batch of responses. If using batched requests, make sure to set this property to the same value on both pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) and completion (SignAsyncEnd) stages.

**AutoCollectRevocationInfo**: Whether revocation info should be collected automatically.Specifies whether revocation info should be collected automatically.

Note: This property ignored and always disabled for PAdES levels BES/EPES/BaselineB/BaselineT. For PAdES levels LTV/BaselineLT/BaselineLTA this property is also ignored and always enabled if [IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature](#IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature) property is disabled.

**AutoReshapeArabicSymbols**: Specifies whether to auto-reshape Arabic symbols.Set this property to True to auto-reshape Arabic symbols in the signature widget. In this case, the appearance of a symbol can change depending on its position and the symbols around it. When disabled, the Arabic symbols are written in isolated form.

**AutoReverseRTLText**: Specifies whether to auto reverse RTL text.Set this property to True to automatically detect and reverse RTL text to ensure proper visual presentation in the signature widget.

**AutoRotateSignature**: Specifies whether to auto-rotate the signature widget.Set this property to True to auto-rotate the signature widget based on the page rotation.

**AutoUpdatePDFUAStructureTagging**: Specifies whether PDF/UA structure tagging should be updated for the signature widget.Use this property to control whether the PDF/UA structure tree should be updated with tagging elements related to the signature widget on signing the document.

Set this property to *True* to update the structure tree and to *False* to leave it unchanged.

This setting only makes sense for documents that already contain a *StructTreeRoot* entry. If this property is not set explicitly, the class may enable it automatically for loaded tagged PDF documents that do not yet contain signatures.

**BackgroundImageBitsPerComponent**: Specifies the number of bits per color component.Specifies the number of bits per color space component for the background image.

The default value is 0, which means that BitsPerComponent is set automatically according to the widget's [BackgroundImageType](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundImageType) field.

**BackgroundImageColorSpace**: Specifies the background image color space.Specifies the background image color space.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| "" |  | The default value is empty string or "none". If the widget's [BackgroundImageType](#PDFWidget_f_BackgroundImageType) field is JPEG or Custom, then the default value is "RGB". |
| RGB |  | DeviceRGB (3-component) color space that controls the intensities of red, green, and blue light, the three additive primary colors used in displays. |
| CMYK |  | DeviceCMYK (4-component) color space that controls the concentrations of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks, the four subtractive process colors used in printing. |
| Gray |  | DeviceGray (1-component) color space that controls the intensity of achromatic light, on a scale from black to white. |

**BackgroundImageInterpolate**: Specifies the background image interpolation flag.Specifies whether background image interpolation shall be performed by a conforming reader.

**BackgroundMaskImageBitsPerComponent**: TBD.TBD

**BackgroundMaskImageColorSpace**: TBD.TBD

**BackgroundMaskImageInterpolate**: TBD.TBD

**BackgroundPosition**: TBD.TBD

**BuildApplicationName**: Specifies the application name used to create the signature.Use this property to set the application name used to create the signature.

For advanced settings of the build properties, use the [BuildProperties](#BuildProperties) configuration setting.

**BuildApplicationVersion**: Specifies the application version used to create the signature.Use this property to set the application version used to create the signature.

For advanced settings of the build properties, use the [BuildProperties](#BuildProperties) configuration setting.

**BuildProperties**: Specifies the build properties of the signature.Use this property to set the build properties of the signature in JSON format. Names of JSON fields correspond to the entry names in Adobe's Digital Signature Build Dictionary Specification.

Sample value:

```text
{
   "App":{
      "Name":"TestApp",
      "REx":"8.0.0"
   }
}
```

The above value sets the application name and version used to create the signature. The same result could be achieved using the [BuildApplicationName](#BuildApplicationName) and [BuildApplicationVersion](#BuildApplicationVersion) configuration settings.

Sample value 2:

```text
{
   "App":{
      "Name":"TestApp",
      "REx":"8.0.0",
      "R":524288,
      "Date":"2023-01-01 00:01",
      "OS":[
         "Win"
      ],
      "TrustedMode":true
   },
   "Filter":{
      "Name":"TestFilter",
      "R":131101,
      "Date":"2023-01-01 00:02",
      "PreRelease":true
   },
   "PubSec":{
      "R":13102,
      "Date":"2023-01-01 00:03",
      "PreRelease":true,
      "NonEFontNoWarn":true
   }
}
```

**CachedCRLMaxAge**: Specifies the maximum age of a cached CRL.Use this setting to specify the maximum number of seconds that may pass since a CRL was added to the global cache. When the cached CRL is older than this value, it is disregarded and a new CRL should be fetched.

The default value is 1 day (86400 seconds). A value of 0 disables the absolute CRL age check. See [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) for configuring this setting together with the related cached revocation freshness settings.

**CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio**: Specifies the maximum age of a cached CRL as a percentage of its remaining lifetime.Use this setting to specify the percentage of the CRL's remaining lifetime, measured from the time the CRL was added to the global cache to the CRL's NextUpdate. When this portion of the remaining lifetime has passed, the cached CRL is disregarded and a new CRL should be fetched.

The default value is 50 percent. Values are interpreted in the 0..100 range. A value of 0 disables the CRL ratio check. See [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) for configuring this setting together with the related cached revocation freshness settings.

**CachedCRLOverlapTime**: Specifies the time period before a cached CRL's NextUpdate when it is considered stale and must be refreshed.Use this setting to specify the number of seconds before the NextUpdate time at which the cached CRL should be disregarded, and a new CRL should be fetched.

The default value is 10 minutes (600 seconds). A value of 0 disables the CRL overlap check. See [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) for configuring this setting together with the related cached revocation freshness settings.

This setting is evaluated independently from [CachedCRLMaxAge](#CachedCRLMaxAge) and [CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio](#CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio). If several cached CRL freshness settings are enabled, the cached CRL is used only if it satisfies all of them.

**CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge**: Specifies the maximum age of a cached OCSP response.Use this setting to specify the maximum number of seconds that may pass since an OCSP response was added to the global cache. When the cached OCSP response is older than this value, it is disregarded and a new OCSP response should be fetched.

The default value is 1 hour (3600 seconds). A value of 0 disables the absolute OCSP response age check. This setting is also used to limit open-ended OCSP responses that do not have NextUpdate. See [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) for configuring this setting together with the related cached revocation freshness settings.

**CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio**: Specifies the maximum age of a cached OCSP response as a percentage of its remaining lifetime.Use this setting to specify the percentage of the OCSP response's remaining lifetime, measured from the time the OCSP response was added to the global cache to the response's NextUpdate. When this portion of the remaining lifetime has passed, the cached OCSP response is disregarded and a new OCSP response should be fetched.

The default value is 50 percent. Values are interpreted in the 0..100 range. Open-ended OCSP responses without NextUpdate ignore this setting; use [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge) to limit their age. A value of 0 disables the OCSP response ratio check. See [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) for configuring this setting together with the related cached revocation freshness settings.

**CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime**: Specifies the time period before a cached OCSP response's NextUpdate when it is considered stale and must be refreshed.Use this setting to specify the number of seconds before the NextUpdate time at which the cached OCSP response should be disregarded, and a new OCSP response should be fetched.

The default value is 10 minutes (600 seconds). A value of 0 disables the OCSP response overlap check. See [RevocationCacheAgePolicy](#RevocationCacheAgePolicy) for configuring this setting together with the related cached revocation freshness settings.

This setting is evaluated independently from [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge) and [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio). If several cached OCSP response freshness settings are enabled, the cached OCSP response is used only if it satisfies all of them.

**ChainCurrentCACert**: Returns the current CA certificate.This property returns the CA certificate that is used on the current step.

**ChainCurrentCert**: Returns the certificate that is currently being validated.Use this property to obtain the body of the certificate that is currently being validated.

**ChainCurrentCRL**: Returns the current CRL.Returns the CRL object that is currently being processed.

**ChainCurrentCRLSize**: Returns the size of the current CRL.This property returns the size of the CRL object that is currently being processed.

**ChainCurrentOCSP**: Returns the current OCSP response.Returns the OCSP object that is currently being processed.

**ChainCurrentOCSPSigner**: Returns the signer of the current OCSP object.Returns the signer/CA that has issued the OCSP response that is currently being processed.

**ChainInterimDetails**: Returns the current interim validation details.This property returns the interim chain validation details.

**ChainInterimResult**: Returns the current interim validation result.Use this setting to obtain the current (mid-chain) validation result. This property applies to the current validation step and may change as the chain walk proceeds. The final result will be published in the ChainValidationResult property once the validation process completes.

**CheckValidityPeriodForTrusted**: Whether to check validity period for trusted certificates.Whether to check validity period for trusted certificates.

**CollectRevInfoForTimestamps**: Whether revocation info for timestamps should be collected automatically.Specifies whether revocation info for timestamps should be collected automatically.

This property enables collection of revocation info for any new ("fresh") timestamps, that are created during the current operation, such as signing or updating a signature with a document timestamp.

Note that revocation info for existing timestamps is always collected when updating the signature that contains them, regardless of this setting.

**Commitments**: TBD.TBD

**ConfigPreferLegacyLevels**: Indicates whether legacy signature levels should be preferred.Set this property to True to instruct the validation engine to prioritize legacy PAdES signature levels (BES, EPES, LTV) over Baseline levels (B-B, B-T, B-LT, B-LTA) when a signature can be determined as multiple levels.

TBD

**CustomSignedAttributes**: TBD.TBD

**CustomTextCount**: The number of custom text blocks on the signature widget. Use this property to set or get the number of custom text blocks on the signature widget.

**CustomTextFontResourceName[Index]**: The font resource name to use for the custom text block.This indexed setting specifies the font resource name to use for the custom text block.

**CustomTextFontSizeX[Index]**: The horizontal font size scale.This indexed setting provides access to the horizontal compound of the custom text font size.

**CustomTextFontSizeY[Index]**: The vertical font size scale.This indexed setting provides access to the vertical compound of the custom text font size.

**CustomTextText[Index]**: A text to show on a custom signature widget text block.This indexed setting provides access to the text to be placed on a specific signature widget text block. CustomTextText[0] specifies the text on the first block, CustomTextText[1] on the second block, and so on. Use the [CustomTextCount](#CustomTextCount) property to get or set the number of custom text blocks.

**CustomTextX[Index]**: The horizontal offset of the text block.This indexed setting provides access to the horizontal offset of the custom text block on the widget.

**CustomTextY[Index]**: The vertical offset of the text block.This indexed setting provides access to the vertical offset of the custom text block on the widget.

**CustomTrustedLists**: Specifies the custom TrustedLists.Use this property to specify the custom TSLs (Trust Service status Lists) to the validator. The URLs list is comma-separated.

**CustomTSLs**: Specifies the custom TrustedLists.Use this property to specify the custom TSLs (Trust Service status Lists) to the validator. The URLs list is comma-separated.

**CustomUnsignedAttributes**: TBD.TBD

**DateFontSize**: The font size of the date/time text on the signature widget.Use this property to specify the font size to be used for the date/time text on the signature widget.

**DeepValidation**: Whether a complete validation should be performed.If this property is switched on, a "deep" signature validation is performed, i.e., all certificate chains are validated, and all revocation checks are performed.

**DeltaCRLPreference**: Specifies whether complete or delta CRLs are preferred.Use this setting to specify which CRL type should be preferred during revocation checks performed by the AdES component.

The default value is **dcrlpPreferComplete** (1).

Supported values:

- **dcrlpPreferDelta** (0): retrieve and use delta CRLs when available, falling back to complete CRLs when needed.
- **dcrlpPreferComplete** (1): try complete CRLs first, and use delta CRLs only if complete CRLs cannot be retrieved.

**DislikeOpenEndedOCSPs**: Tells the class to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter.When this property is set to True, the validation engine treats OCSP response without a NextUpdate field as 'substandard' and tries to obtain some further revocation material for the certificate in question (a different OCSP or a CRL, even if the class is configured to prefer the OCSP route). This is to work around Adobe Reader's intolerance to such OCSPs when classifying signed documents as LTV (as of August 2022).

**DocumentVersion**: The document version from the PDF document header.This property contains the PDF document version provided in the document header. The version is returned in the form "Major.Minor": for example, PDF-1.7 will be returned as "1.7", and PDF-2.0 as "2.0".

**DTSAccuracy**: Indicates the accuracy of the document timestamp.Use this property to get the accuracy of the document timestamp in microseconds.

The value is set for document timestamp signatures and is 0 if the timestamp does not include accuracy information.

This is a signature property that can be accessed as "Signatures[index].DTSAccuracy", or as "DTSAccuracy" for the current signature (the signature being validated or the last signature).

**DTSSerialNumber**: Indicates the serial number of the document timestamp.Use this property to get the serial number of the document timestamp.

The value is set for document timestamp signatures.

This is a signature property that can be accessed as "Signatures[index].DTSSerialNumber", or as "DTSSerialNumber" for the current signature (the signature being validated or the last signature).

**DTSTime**: Indicates the time of the document timestamp.Use this property to get the time included in the document timestamp.

The value is set for document timestamp signatures.

This is a signature property that can be accessed as "Signatures[index].DTSTime", or as "DTSTime" for the current signature (the signature being validated or the last signature).

**DTSTSAName**: Indicates the TSA name of the document timestamp.Use this property to get the name of the timestamping authority that issued the document timestamp.

The value is set for document timestamp signatures when the timestamp includes a TSA name.

This is a signature property that can be accessed as "Signatures[index].DTSTSAName", or as "DTSTSAName" for the current signature (the signature being validated or the last signature).

**EmptyFullFieldName**: Specifies the full name of the empty signature field to sign.Use this property to specify the empty form field that should be signed. If the default value of "" is assigned to this property or the default value of -1 is assigned to the [EmptyFieldIndex](#emptyfieldindex-property-pdfsigner-class) property, then a new signature field will be created.

NOTE: To read info about empty signature fields, use [EmptySignatureFieldCount](#EmptySignatureFieldCount) and other EmptySignatureFields* configuration settings.

**EmptySignatureFieldAddRevInfo[Index]**: Specifies if revocation checking should be performed.This property contains True if the viewing application should check the signing certificate revocation info and include the revocation information within the signature value.

**EmptySignatureFieldAlternateName[Index]**: Contains an alternate field name.This property contains an alternate field name to be used in place of the actual field name wherever the field must be identified in the user interface.

**EmptySignatureFieldCount**: The number of empty signature form fields.Returns the number of empty signature form fields available.

NOTE: The information about empty signature fields is available when the PDF document is open. Read this setting either between [Open](#open-method-pdfsigner-class) and [Close](#close-method-pdfsigner-class) methods, or in [DocumentLoaded](#documentloaded-event-pdfsigner-class) event handler.

**EmptySignatureFieldFlags[Index]**: The field flags of the signature form field.This property contains the empty signature form field flags ("Ff" entry in the signature field dictionary).

**EmptySignatureFieldHeight[Index]**: The Height of the empty signature form field.This property contains the height of the empty signature form field.

**EmptySignatureFieldInvisible[Index]**: The visibility status of the field.This property contains True if the empty signature form field is visible.

**EmptySignatureFieldLegalAttestations[Index]**: Specifies the legal attestations that are associated with the signature.This property contains the legal attestations that are associated with the signature.

**EmptySignatureFieldMappingName[Index]**: The mapping name to be used when exporting form field data from the document.This property contains the name to be used when exporting form field data from the document.

**EmptySignatureFieldName[Index]**: Textual field name.This property contains the empty signature field name.

**EmptySignatureFieldOffsetX[Index]**: The field's offset from the left page border.This property contains the horizontal offset of the empty signature form field.

**EmptySignatureFieldOffsetY[Index]**: The field's offset from the bottom page border.This property contains the vertical offset of the empty signature form field.

**EmptySignatureFieldPage[Index]**: The index of the form field's page in the document.This property contains the index of the empty signature form field's page in the document.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredAllowedChanges[Index]**: Specifies the changes allowed by the signature.This property contains the changes that are allowed to the document when the signature field is signed.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredConstraints[Index]**: Specifies the required Seed Value Dictionary (SVD) constraints.This property contains the required SVD constraints. If a certain bit in RequiredConstraints is switched on, the corresponding data item is constrained.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredDigestAlgorithms[Index]**: Specifies the required digest algorithms.This property contains the list of the digest algorithms used for signature generation.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredFilter[Index]**: Specifies the required filter.This property contains the required filter (name of the preferred signature handler) to use for signature generation.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockAction[Index]**: Indicates which set of fields shall be locked.This property contains a set of form fields that shall be locked when the current signature field is signed.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockFields[Index]**: Indicates the fields that shall be locked on signing.This property contains the list of form field names that shall be locked when the current signature field is signed. Whether this list shall be included or excluded is defined by the EmptySignatureFieldRequiredLockAction[Index] property.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredReasons[Index]**: Specifies the required reasons.This property contains the required reasons used for signature generation.

**EmptySignatureFieldRequiredSubfilters[Index]**: Specifies the required subfilters.This property contains the list of subfilters required by the signature. A subfilter represents the encoding to use when signing the PDF form.

**EmptySignatureFieldTimestampRequired[Index]**: Specifies if the signature should be timestamped.This property contains True if the signature should be timestamped.

**EmptySignatureFieldTSPURL[Index]**: URL for a TSP server.This property contains the TSP server URL.

**EmptySignatureFieldWidth[Index]**: The Width of the empty signature form field.This property contains the width of the empty signature form field.

**EnableOldSignatures**: Enables support for prehistoric adbe.x509.sha1 signatures.Set this property to true to enable support for adbe.x509.sha1 signatures (based on raw PKCS#1 signing). Signatures of this kind are very old, insecure, and extremely rarely used. It is reasonable to only enable this setting if you are know what you are doing.

**EncryptionHandlerName**: Specifies the custom security handler PDF-name.Specifies the custom security handler PDF-name for the encryption handler.

**EvaluateSystemTrust**: Enables or disables usage of the platform's built-in trust validation facilities.When enabled, the component delegates the certificate chain validation to the operating system's native trust evaluation mechanism (e.g. SecTrustEvaluate on Apple platforms). This functionality is currently available on macOS and iOS systems only. This property is disabled by default, because enabling it may prevent the AdES components from collecting full revocation information required for long-term validation (LTV) signatures.

**EvaluateSystemTrustForSelfSignedCertificates**: Enables or disables usage of the platform's built-in trust validation facilities for self-signed certificates.When enabled, the component delegates the certificate chain validation to the operating system's native trust evaluation mechanism (e.g. SecTrustEvaluate on Apple platforms) for self-signed certificates. This functionality is currently available on macOS and iOS systems only. This property is enabled by default.

**EvaluateSystemTrustForSSL**: Enables or disables usage of the platform's built-in trust validation facilities for SSL/TLS.When enabled, the component delegates the certificate chain validation to the operating system's native trust evaluation mechanism (e.g. SecTrustEvaluate on Apple platforms) specifically for SSL/TLS certificates. This functionality is currently available on macOS and iOS systems only. This property is enabled by default.

**ExtensionIdentifierMode**: Specifies the extension identifier mode.Specifies the extension modifier mode that controls which Extension Level should be added to the PDF document while signing.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| none |  | No extensions |
| ESIC |  | ESIC Extension Level 2 |
| ADBE |  | Adobe Extension Level 8 |
| ADBEIfNotPresent |  | Adobe Extension Level 8 if not present |
| Both |  | Both (ESIC and Adobe) extensions |

**ExtraSpace**: Allows for the allocation of extra zero character space in the document behind the signature.Use this property to allocate extra zero character space in the document behind the signature. The allocated space can be used in the future to place a timestamp.

**FontPaths**: Specifies font search paths.Use this property to provide a CRLF-separated list of directories where TrueType font files should be searched. This setting is used when resolving a TrueType font specified in the [FontName](#PDFWidget_f_FontName) field without a full file path.

Each entry is interpreted as a directory path used during font lookup. To use a specific TrueType font file, specify its file name and include the containing directory in this setting, or specify the full file path in the [FontName](#PDFWidget_f_FontName) field.

The default value is the system font search paths. These paths are platform-dependent:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Windows | %windir%\Fonts and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts. |
| macOS | /System/Library/Fonts/, /Library/Fonts/, and ~/Library/Fonts/. |
| iOS | /System/Library/Fonts/, /Library/Fonts/, and ~/Library/Fonts/. |
| Linux | Directories listed by dir entries in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and /usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf. |
| Android | /system/fonts. |

On Windows, .NET and Java editions obtain these locations through the runtime APIs or the *windir*, *SystemRoot*, and *LOCALAPPDATA* environment variables.

Assigning this setting replaces the current search path list. To use custom directories together with the default system locations, include both in the assigned value.

**ForceCompleteChainValidation**: Whether to check the CA certificates when the signing certificate is invalid.Set this property to True to check issuer (CA) certificates if the signing or an intermediate chain certificate is invalid.

**ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrusted**: Whether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors. Set this property to True to enable full chain validation for explicitly trusted intermediary or end-entity certificates. This may be useful when creating signatures to enforce completeness of the collected revocation information. It often makes sense to set this property to false when validating signatures to reduce validation time and avoid issues with badly configured environments.

**GracePeriod**: Specifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks.Use this property to specify a grace period (in seconds). Grace period applies to certain subprotocols, such as OCSP, and caters to the inaccuracy and/or missynchronization of clocks on different participating systems. Any time deviations within the grace period will be tolerated.

**HardenedKeyGeneration**: Specifies if hardened Key generation should be used.Specifies if hardened Key generation should be used when the AES-256 encryption algorithm and password encryption are used.

**IgnoreChainLoops**: Whether chain loops should be ignored.Set this property to True to make the validation engine ignore chain loops. This may be an option when you need to process chains from buggy CAs that happen to include subchains that sign themselves.

**IgnoreChainValidationErrors**: Whether to ignore any certificate chain validation issues.Enable this property to ignore any chain validation errors when creating a signature. This may be useful if the signature is created in an environment which uses different trust settings to the validation environment.

**IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtension**: Whether the OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored.Set this property to True to make the validation engine ignore the OCSP no-check extension. You would normally need to set this property when validating severely non-compliant chains that misuse the extension, causing chain loops or other validation issues.

**IgnoreSystemTrust**: Whether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.Specifies whether, during chain validation, the class should respect the trust to CA certificates as configured in the operating system. In Windows this effectively defines whether the class should trust the certificates residing in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.

If [IgnoreSystemTrust](#IgnoreSystemTrust) is True, certificates residing in the trusted root store are treated as if they are known, rather than trusted. Only certificates provided via other means (such as the [TrustedCertificates](#trustedcertificates-property-pdfsigner-class) property) are considered trusted.

**IgnoreTimestampChainValidityForLevelDetection**: Specify whether timestamp chain validity should be ignored during signature level detection.Set this property to True to instruct the validation engine to disregard the validity of the timestamp signer certificate chain when determining the signature level.

TBD

**IgnoreTimestampFailure**: Whether to ignore timestamping failures during signing.Specifies whether to ignore timestamping failures during signing.

**ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificates**: Whether to trust self-signed certificates. Set this property to True to implicitly trust all self-signed certificates. Use it with care as trusting just about every self-signed certificate is unwise. One exceptional reason where this property may be handy is where a chain is validated in an environment that is not supposed to trust it (for example, a signing, rather than verifying environment, or a QA server). Trusting all self-signing certificates (which are normally trusted) allows emulating the verifying environment without actually changing its security settings.

**IncludeKnownRevInfoToSignature**: Whether to include custom revocation info into the signature.This property specifies whether revocation pieces provided via the [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), and [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) properties should be included into the signature. This property lets you include custom validation elements to the signature in addition to the ones comprising the signing chain.

Note: it makes sense to disable [AutoCollectRevocationInfo](#AutoCollectRevocationInfo) property when using this property. TBD equals to IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature

**IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature**: Whether to include custom revocation info into the signature.This property specifies whether revocation pieces provided via the [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), and [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) properties should be included into the signature. This property lets you include custom validation elements to the signature in addition to the ones comprising the signing chain.

Note: it makes sense to disable [AutoCollectRevocationInfo](#AutoCollectRevocationInfo) property when using this property.

**IncludeRevocationInfo**: Whether to include custom revocation info into the signature.This property specifies whether revocation pieces provided via the [KnownCertificates](#knowncertificates-property-pdfsigner-class), [KnownCRLs](#knowncrls-property-pdfsigner-class), and [KnownOCSPs](#knownocsps-property-pdfsigner-class) properties should be included into the signature. This property lets you include custom validation elements to the signature in addition to the ones comprising the signing chain.

Note: it makes sense to disable [AutoCollectRevocationInfo](#AutoCollectRevocationInfo) property when using this property. TBD equals to IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignature

**IncludeRevocationInfoToAdbeAttribute**: Whether to save revocation info in PDF-compliant form.The format of revocation info in AdES signatures does not comply with PDF standards. If this property is switched on, the revocation info will be saved in PDF-compliant form.

**IsLTVEnabled**: Indicates LTV-enabled signature.Use this property to check if the signature is *LTV-enabled*. This property is similar to *LTV-enabled* property reported by Adobe Reader.

This is a signature property that can be accessed as "Signatures[index].IsLTVEnabled", or as "IsLTVEnabled" for the current signature (the signature being validated or the last signature).

**LastSignatureWidget**: Specifies that it is the last signature widget to be added.Set this property to False to add one more signature widget along with the signature.

This setting is used by the [Notification](#notification-event-pdfsigner-class) event when the *EventID* parameter is "SignatureWidgetPrepare" to allow support for multi-widget signatures.

**Locked**: TBD.TBD

**LockedContents**: TBD.TBD

**MappingName**: TBD.TBD

**MDPHashAlgorithm**: Specifies the MDP hash algorithm.Use this property to control the hash algorithm's signature references (DocMDP, FieldMDP transforms).

The following values are supported:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "auto" | Default value. The class automatically select the hash algorithm based on the PDF document version. For version 1.6 and higher it uses "none" value, for the other versions it uses MD5 hash algorithm. |
|  | "MD5" | The class uses MD5 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA1" | The class uses SHA1 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA256" | The class uses SHA256 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA384" | The class uses SHA384 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA512" | The class uses SHA512 hash algorithm. |
|  | "RIPEMD160" | The class uses RIPEMD160 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA3_256" | The class uses SHA3-256 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA3_384" | The class uses SHA3-384 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHA3_512" | The class uses SHA3-512 hash algorithm. |
|  | "SHAKE_256" | The class uses SHAKE-256 hash algorithm. |
|  | "none" | The class will not calculate a digest and will not include DigestLocation, DigestMethod, and DigestValue keys of the Signature References dictionary. |

**NewCustomSignedAttributes**: TBD.TBD

**NewCustomUnsignedAttributes**: TBD.TBD

**PAdESOptions**: Specifies the PAdES options.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specify the PAdES options.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UseSigningCertificateV2 |  | When this flag is set, the signing certificate V2 attribute will be used. |
| IncludeAllRevInfoToDSS |  | When this flag is set, the full set of revocation information will be included in the DSS dictionary. |
| CreateVRIDictionaries |  | When this flag is set, VRI dictionaries will be created. A VRI dictionary references all the validation data that has been used for validating one specific signature. |
| UseUndefBEREncoding |  | When this flag is set, ASN.1 tags with undefined sizes are allowed in the signature. |
| TolerateMissingSigningCertificate |  | When this flag is set, a missing signing certificate attribute will be tolerated. |
| CompressDSS |  | When this flag is set, content in DSS dictionary will be compressed. |
| CreatePBADCompatibleSignature |  | When this flag is set, the PBAD.PAdES compatible signature is created. |
| EnforcePDFACompliance |  | When this flag is set, the component will enforce PDF/A compliance during signing. In rare cases this may lead to exceptions being thrown if the signing chain is too heavy to fit into the PDF/A restrictions. |

**PageInfoCount**: The number of pages.Returns the number of pages available.

**PageInfoCropBoxEmpty[Index]**: Check if the page's crop box is empty or not.This property contains True if the crop box is empty, and False otherwise. The crop box defines the region to which the contents of the page shall be clipped (cropped) when displayed or printed.

**PageInfoCropLLX[Index]**: Defines the X coordinate of the lower left corner of the crop box.This property contains the X coordinate of the lower left corner of the crop box of the page. The crop box defines the region to which the contents of the page shall be clipped (cropped) when displayed or printed.

**PageInfoCropLLY[Index]**: Defines the Y coordinate of the lower left corner of the crop box.This property contains the Y coordinate of the lower left corner of the crop box of the page. The crop box defines the region to which the contents of the page shall be clipped (cropped) when displayed or printed.

**PageInfoCropURX[Index]**: Defines the X coordinate of the upper right corner of the crop box.This property contains the X coordinate of the upper right corner of the crop box of the page. The crop box defines the region to which the contents of the page shall be clipped (cropped) when displayed or printed.

**PageInfoCropURY[Index]**: Defines the Y coordinate of the upper right corner of the crop box.This property contains the Y coordinate of the upper right corner of the crop box of the page. The crop box defines the region to which the contents of the page shall be clipped (cropped) when displayed or printed.

**PageInfoHeight[Index]**: The Height of the page.This property contains the page height value.

**PageInfoMediaLLX[Index]**: Defines the X coordinate of the lower left corner of the media box.This property contains the X coordinate of the lower left corner of the media box of the page. The media box defines the boundaries of the physical medium on which the page is to be printed.

**PageInfoMediaLLY[Index]**: Defines the Y coordinate of the lower left corner of the media box.This property contains the Y coordinate of the lower left corner of the media box of the page. The media box defines the boundaries of the physical medium on which the page is to be printed.

**PageInfoMediaURX[Index]**: Defines the X coordinate of the upper right corner of the media box.This property contains the X coordinate of the upper right corner of the media box of the page. The media box defines the boundaries of the physical medium on which the page is to be printed.

**PageInfoMediaURY[Index]**: Defines the Y coordinate of the upper right corner of the media box.This property contains the Y coordinate of the upper right corner of the media box of the page. The media box defines the boundaries of the physical medium on which the page is to be printed.

**PageInfoRotate[Index]**: The Rotate value of the page.This property contains the page rotation angle.

**PageInfoUserUnit[Index]**: Defines the size of default user space units.This property contains a positive number that shall give the size of default user space units, in multiples of 1/72 inch. The default value is 1.0 (user space unit is 1/72 inch).

**PageInfoWidth[Index]**: The Width of the page.This property contains the page width value.

**PolicyDescription**: signature policy description.This property specifies the Description of the signature policy.

**PolicyExplicitText**: The explicit text of the user notice.Use this property to specify the explicit text of the user notice to be displayed when the signature is verified.

**PolicyUNNumbers**: The noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute. Defines the "noticeNumbers" part of the NoticeReference signature policy qualifier for CAdES-EPES.

**PolicyUNOrganization**: The organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier.Defines the "organization" part of the NoticeReference signature policy qualifier for CAdES-EPES.

**PredefinedSignatureSize**: User-defined size of the signature.User-defined size of the signature.

**ProductionPlace**: Identifies the place of the signature production.The signature production place in JSON format that was included or to be included into the signature.

Sample value: '{"addressCountry": "UK", "addressLocality": "London", "postalCode": "N1 7GU", "streetAddress": "20-22 Wenlock Road"}'

**PromoteLongOCSPResponses**: Whether long OCSP responses are requested. Set this property to True to force the class to publish the 'long' form of OCSP responses. Otherwise, only BasicOCSPResponse blobs are promoted.

**PSSUsed**: Whether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm.Although the RSASSA-PSS algorithm provides better security than a classic RSA scheme (PKCS#1-1.5), please take into account that RSASSA-PSS is a relatively new algorithm which may not be understood by older implementations. This is an alias for *UsePSS*.

**RC4KeyBits**: Specifies the number of key bits used for the RC4 algorithm.Specifies the number of key bits used for the RC4 encryption algorithm.

**ReassembleMode**: Specifies the document reassemble mode.Use this property to control if the PDF document should be reassembled before signing/saving it. This property doesn't have any effect on PDF documents that have already been signed.

The following values are supported:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | "auto" | Default value. The class automatically reassembles PDF documents in case they contain errors that may invalidate new signatures. |
|  | "disabled" | The class never reassembles PDF documents. This value is not recommended. |
|  | "enabled" | The class always reassembles PDF documents. |
|  | "hybrid" | The class reassembles PDF documents in the same cases as in "auto" mode and additionally reassembles hybrid PDF documents - documents that contain cross-reference tables and cross-reference streams. |

**RevocationCacheAgePolicy**: Specifies a preset policy for cached CRL and OCSP response freshness settings.Use this setting to configure all cached revocation freshness settings at once. The default value is Default.

Supported values are case-insensitive:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Default | Applies the AdES default freshness settings: crl:86400;50;600,ocsp:3600;50;600. This means: CRL maximum age 1 day, CRL age ratio 50%, CRL overlap 10 minutes; OCSP response maximum age 1 hour, OCSP response age ratio 50%, OCSP response overlap 10 minutes. This value is the default. |
| Disabled | Sets [CachedCRLOverlapTime](#CachedCRLOverlapTime), [CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime](#CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime), [CachedCRLMaxAge](#CachedCRLMaxAge), [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge), [CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio](#CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio), and [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio) to 0. It only disables the cache-age freshness policy; it does not disable revocation checking or use of the revocation cache. |
| Short | Uses crl:43200;50;300,ocsp:1800;50;300. This means: CRL maximum age 12 hours, CRL age ratio 50%, CRL overlap 5 minutes; OCSP response maximum age 30 minutes, OCSP response age ratio 50%, OCSP response overlap 5 minutes. |
| Long | Uses crl:518400;50;3600,ocsp:21600;50;3600. This means: CRL maximum age 6 days, CRL age ratio 50%, CRL overlap 1 hour; OCSP response maximum age 6 hours, OCSP response age ratio 50%, OCSP response overlap 1 hour. |
| N | Interprets N as an integer number of seconds. The overlap settings are set to N seconds, CRL maximum age is set to N * 144, OCSP response maximum age is set to N * 6, and both ratio settings are set to 50. |
| crl:<maxAge>;<ratio>;<overlap>,ocsp:<maxAge>;<ratio>;<overlap> | Sets the CRL and OCSP response freshness values explicitly. |

Ratios must be in the 0..100 range. Maximum age and overlap values must be non-negative. Short and Long are time-scale profiles: Long allows older cached revocation information by increasing maximum ages, but also uses a larger pre-expiry safety margin by increasing overlap times. For individual [CachedCRLOverlapTime](#CachedCRLOverlapTime), [CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime](#CachedOCSPResponseOverlapTime), [CachedCRLMaxAge](#CachedCRLMaxAge), [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAge), [CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio](#CachedCRLMaxAgeRatio), and [CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio](#CachedOCSPResponseMaxAgeRatio) settings, a value of 0 disables the corresponding freshness check. The individual settings remain available for advanced configuration and can be used after this setting to override specific values.

**SchemeParams**: The algorithm scheme parameters to employ.Use this property to specify the parameters of the algorithm scheme if needed.

This setting is used to provide parameters for some cryptographic schemes. Use the Name1=Value1;Name2=Value2;... syntax to encode the parameters. For example: *Scheme=PSS;SaltSize=32;TrailerField=1*.

**SectionTextFontSize**: The font size of general text on the signature widget.Use this property to specify the font size to be used for general text on the signature widget.

**SectionTitleFontSize**: The font size of the section title on the signature widget.Use this property to specify the font size to be used for the section title text on the signature widget.

**SignatureOptions**: Specifies the signature options.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specify signature options.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SuppressEmptyAuthorName |  | When this flag is not set, the author name in the signature is set to "Not specified". |
| AddAnnotationForInvisibleSignature |  | When this flag is set, the annotation object is added for invisible signatures. |

**SignatureSizeEstimationStrategy**: Which mechanism to use to estimate the size of a PAdES signature.What mechanism should be used to estimate the size of a PAdES signature. Possible values: 0 - a very rough estimate: 16384 bytes for the signature, plus an extra 16384 bytes if the adbe-revInfoArchival attribute is included; 1 - sum the sizes of the certificate, revocation information, signer info and adds 8192 bytes for a timestamp; 2 - in addition to the sizes of the certificate and revocation data, estimate the exact size of the timestamp; 3 - user-defined size.

**SigPolicyDescription**: signature policy description.This property specifies the Description of the signature policy (an alias for PolicyDescription).

**SigPolicyExplicitText**: The explicit text of the user notice.Use this property to specify the explicit text of the user notice to be displayed when the signature is verified (an alias for PolicyExplicitText);

**SigPolicyHash**: The EPES policy hash.Use this configuration setting to provide the EPES policy hash.

**SigPolicyHashAlgorithm**: The hash algorithm that was used to generate the EPES policy hash.Use this setting to provide the hash algorithm that was used to generate the policy hash.

**SigPolicyID**: The EPES policy ID.The EPES signature policy identifier, in dotted OID format (1.2.3.4.5).

**SigPolicyNoticeNumbers**: The noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute. Defines the "noticeNumbers" part of the NoticeReference signature policy qualifier for CAdES-EPES (an alias for PolicyUNNumbers).

**SigPolicyNoticeOrganization**: The organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier.Defines the "organization" part of the NoticeReference signature policy qualifier for CAdES-EPES (an alias for PolicyUNOrganization).

**SigPolicyURI**: The EPES policy URI.Assign the EPES policy URI to this setting.

**TempPath**: Path for storing temporary files.This setting specifies an absolute path to the location on disk where temporary files are stored. This setting is supported only in the Java edition for all applicable signing components except [PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class), where this limitation does not apply.

**TextObjEncoding**: The encoding to apply to string objects stored with the signature.This property controls the way the string elements of the signature are encoded. The following values are supported: 0 (default), 1 (binary), 2 (hexadecimal). Non-ASCII elements often require the hexadecimal encoding to be used.

**TimestampResponse**: A base16-encoded timestamp response received from a TSA.When using *virtual://* timestamp endpoints, assign this property in your [Notification](#notification-event-pdfsigner-class) event handler with the TSP response that you receive from the TSA. Remember to encode the response in hex (base16).

**TitleFontSize**: The font size of the main title on the signature widget.Use this property to specify the font size to be used for the main title on the signature widget.

**TLSChainValidationDetails**: Contains the advanced details of the TLS server certificate validation.Check this property in the TLSCertValidate event handler to access the TLS certificate validation details.

**TLSChainValidationResult**: Contains the result of the TLS server certificate validation.Check this property in the TLSCertValidate event handler to obtain the TLS certificate validation result.

**TLSClientAuthRequested**: Indicates whether the TLS server requests client authentication.Check this property in the TLSCertValidate event handler to find out whether the TLS server requests the client to provide the authentication certificate. If this property is set to true, provide your certificate via the TLSClientChain property. Note that the class may fire this event more than once during each operation, as more than one TLS-enabled server may need to be contacted.

**TLSValidationLog**: Contains the log of the TLS server certificate validation.Check this property in the TLSCertValidate event handler to retrieve the validation log of the TLS server.

**TolerateMinorChainIssues**: Whether to tolerate minor chain issues.This parameter controls whether the chain validator should tolerate minor technical issues when validating the chain. Those are:

- CA, revocation source, TLS key usage requirements are not mandated
- Violation of OCSP issuer requirements are ignored
- The AuthorityKeyID extension in CRL- and certificate-issuing CAs are ignored (helps with incorrectly renewed certificates)
- Basic constraints and name constraints of CA certificates are ignored
- Some weaker algorithms are tolerated

**TransparentColor**: TBD.TBD

**TransparentColorDelta**: TBD.TBD

**TransparentColorX**: TBD.TBD

**TransparentColorY**: TBD.TBD

**TspAttemptCount**: Specifies the number of timestamping request attempts.Use this property to specify a number of timestamping request attempts.

In case of a timestamping failure, provide new TSA and HTTP settings inside the [Notification](#notification-event-pdfsigner-class) event handler ('BeforeTimestamp' and 'TimestampError' event IDs).

**TspHashAlgorithm**: Sets a specific hash algorithm for use with the timestamping service.In default configuration class uses the 'SHA256' hash algorithm. Use this property to specify a different hash algorithm for the timestamp.

Note: Unlike other classes, [PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) class uses the same hash algorithm for the main signature and any associated timestamps during signing. Use this property to specify a different hash algorithm for the timestamp.

**TspReqPolicy**: Sets a request policy ID to include in the timestamping request.Use this property to provide a specific request policy OID to include in the timestamping request. Use the standard human-readable OID notation (1.2.3.4.5).

**UpdateKind**: Adjusts the scope of modifications that are made to the signature with the Update method.This property adjusts the kind of modifications to the document that an Update() call makes.

With this property set to the default setting (*default*), Update() refreshes the validation details included in the signature using any available revocation information sources. It also seals the added elements with a Document Timestamp if the TSA is provided through the [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) property.

The only alternative setting is *TimestampOnly*, which instructs Update() to only timestamp the updated non-timestamped signature with a signature timestamp. No validation information collection is performed and no Document Timestamp is added. The *TimestampOnly* variant requires the [TimestampServer](#timestampserver-property-pdfsigner-class) property to be set.

**UseArabicLigature**: Specifies whether to use Arabic ligatures.Set this property to True to enable Arabic ligatures in the signature widget. When enabled, certain adjacent Arabic characters may be combined and rendered as a single ligature form (where supported by the shaping engine/font), improving the natural appearance of the text. When disabled, characters are rendered without ligature substitution, and only basic contextual shaping (if enabled) is applied.

**UseDefaultTrustedLists**: Enables or disables the use of the default TrustedLists.Use this property to tell the validator to use (or not to use) the default TSLs (Trust Service status Lists).

The following default TSLs are used: EU (European Union) LOTL (list of trusted lists).

**UseDefaultTSLs**: Enables or disables the use of the default TrustedLists.Use this property to tell the validator to use (or not to use) the default TSLs (Trust Service status Lists).

The following default TSLs are used: EU (European Union) LOTL (list of trusted lists).

**UseEnvStorages**: Enables or disables use of the environment storages.Enable this property to make the chain validation module automatically look up missing CA and intermediate certificates in the environment storages.

**UseLegacyVisualStyle**: Specifies whether to use the legacy signature visual style.Set this property to False to use the new signature visual style.

**UseMicrosoftCTL**: Enables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list.Enable this property to make the chain validation module automatically look up missing CA certificates in the public Windows Update repository.

**UsePSS**: Whether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm.Although the RSASSA-PSS algorithm provides better security than a classic RSA scheme (PKCS#1-1.5), please take into account that RSASSA-PSS is a relatively new algorithm which may not be understood by older implementations.

**UseSystemCertificates**: Enables or disables the use of the system certificates.Use this property to tell the chain validation module to automatically look up missing CA certificates in the system certificates. In many cases it is beneficial to switch this property on, as the operating system certificate configuration provides a representative trust framework.

**UseValidationCache**: Enables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache.Use this property to enable or disable the use of the global chain validation cache. If enabled, the class will consult the product-wide validation cache when validating the signing chains. Also, the outcomes of any new chain validations performed by the class, both interim and final, will be saved in the cache and available for re-use by any future validations. Disable this property to ignore the cache and always perform the validation from a fresh start.

**UseValidatorSettingsForTLSValidation**: Whether to employ the primary chain validator setup for auxiliary TLS chain validations.Use this property to specify whether you would like to use the primary (AdES) chain validator component to validate TLS chains for any connections involved (OCSP, CRL).

**WidgetHeight**: Specifies the height of the signature widget.Use this property to set the height of the signature widget in points. Integer and float values are supported.

This property extends the [Height](#PDFSignature_f_Height) field to allow the height of the signature widget to be specified in fractional points.

**WidgetOffsetX**: Specifies the signature widget offset from the left-hand page border.Use this property to set the signature widget offset from the left-hand page border. Integer and float values are supported.

This property extends the [OffsetX](#PDFSignature_f_OffsetX) field to allow the offset of the signature widget to be specified in fractional points.

**WidgetOffsetY**: Specifies the signature widget offset from the bottom page border.Use this property to set the signature widget offset from the bottom page border. Integer and float values are supported.

This property extends the [OffsetY](#PDFSignature_f_OffsetY) field to allow the offset of the signature widget to be specified in fractional points.

**WidgetWidth**: Specifies the width of the signature widget.Use this property to set the width of the signature widget in points. Integer and float values are supported.

This property extends the [Width](#PDFSignature_f_Width) field to allow the width of the signature widget to be specified in fractional points.

**XMPMetadataContent**: The XMP metadata content.Use this config property to read or set the XMP metadata content.

### Base Config Settings

**ASN1UseGlobalTagCache**: Controls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache.This is a performance setting. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

**AssignSystemSmartCardPins**: Specifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys.This is a low-level tweak for certain cryptographic providers. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

**CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse**: Enables or disable private key integrity check before use.This global property enables or disables private key material check before each signing operation. This slows down performance a bit, but prevents a selection of attacks on RSA keys where keys with unknown origins are used.

You can switch this property off to improve performance if your project only uses known, good private keys.

**CookieCaching**: Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.Set this property to enable or disable cookies caching for the class.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| off |  | No caching (default) |
| local |  | Local caching |
| global |  | Global caching |

**Cookies**: Gets or sets local cookies for the class.Use this property to get cookies from the internal cookie storage of the class and/or restore them back between application sessions.

**DefDeriveKeyIterations**: Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.This global property sets the default number of iterations for all supported key derivation algorithms. Note that you can provide the required number of iterations by using properties of the relevant key generation component; this global setting is used in scenarios where specific iteration count is not or cannot be provided.

**DNSLocalSuffix**: The suffix to assign for TLD names.Use this global setting to adjust the default suffix to assign to top-level domain names. The default is *.local*.

**EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE**: Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.This global property enables or disables support for finite field DHE key exchange methods in TLS clients. FF DHE is a slower algorithm if compared to EC DHE; enabling it may result in slower connections.

This setting only applies to sessions negotiated with TLS version 1.3.

**EnableSSHMLKEM**: Enables support for ML-KEM/hybrid key exchange algorithms in SSH client and server components.Use this setting to enable hybrid key exchange algorithms in client and server SSH and SFTP components. This is a global setting that enables ML-KEM blanketly in all SSH-dependent components.

**EnableTLSMLKEM**: Enables support for ML-KEM and hybrid groups in TLS client and server components.Use this setting to enable ML-KEM and hybrid key exchange groups in client and server TLS components. This is a global setting that enables ML-KEM blanketly in all TLS-dependent components.

**GlobalCookies**: Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.Use this property to get cookies from the GLOBAL cookie storage or restore them back between application sessions. These cookies will be used by all the classes that have its *CookieCaching* property set to "global".

**HardwareCryptoUsePolicy**: The hardware crypto usage policy.This global setting controls the hardware cryptography usage policy.

Supported Values:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| auto | Use hardware cryptography if available; otherwise, fall back to software-based cryptography (default). |
| enable | Always attempt to use hardware cryptography. If unavailable, exception will be thrown. |
| disable | Do not use hardware cryptography. |

**HttpUserAgent**: Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.This global setting defines the User-Agent field of the HTTP request provides information about the software that initiates the request. This value will be used by all the HTTP clients including the ones used internally in other classes.

**HttpVersion**: The HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client components created.Set this property to 1.0 or 1.1 to indicate the HTTP version that any internal HTTP clients should use.

**IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCert**: Whether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate.It is not uncommon for Microsoft Windows Update Certificate Trust List to be signed with an expired Microsoft certificate. Setting this global property to true makes SBB ignore the expired factor and take the Trust List into account.

**ListDelimiter**: The delimiter character for multi-element lists.Allows to set the delimiter for any multi-entry values returned by the component as a string object, such as file lists. For most of the components, this property is set to a newline sequence.

**LogDestination**: Specifies the debug log destination.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies where debug log should be dumped.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| file |  | File |
| console |  | Console |
| systemlog |  | System Log (supported for Android only) |
| debugger |  | Debugger (supported for VCL for Windows and .Net) |

**LogDetails**: Specifies the debug log details to dump.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies which debug log details to dump.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| time |  | Current time |
| level |  | Level |
| package |  | Package name |
| module |  | Module name |
| class |  | Class name |
| method |  | Method name |
| threadid |  | Thread Id |
| contenttype |  | Content type |
| content |  | Content |
| all |  | All details |

**LogFile**: Specifies the debug log filename.Use this property to provide a path to the log file.

**LogFilters**: Specifies the debug log filters.Contains a comma-separated list of value pairs ("name:value") that describe filters.

Supported filter names are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| exclude-package |  | Exclude a package specified in the value |
| exclude-module |  | Exclude a module specified in the value |
| exclude-class |  | Exclude a class specified in the value |
| exclude-method |  | Exclude a method specified in the value |
| include-package |  | Include a package specified in the value |
| include-module |  | Include a module specified in the value |
| include-class |  | Include a class specified in the value |
| include-method |  | Include a method specified in the value |

**LogFlushMode**: Specifies the log flush mode.Use this property to set the log flush mode. The following values are defined:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| none |  | No flush (caching only) |
| immediate |  | Immediate flush (real-time logging) |
| maxcount |  | Flush cached entries upon reaching LogMaxEventCount entries in the cache. |

**LogLevel**: Specifies the debug log level.Use this property to provide the desired debug log level.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| none |  | None (by default) |
| fatal |  | Severe errors that cause premature termination. |
| error |  | Other runtime errors or unexpected conditions. |
| warning |  | Use of deprecated APIs, poor use of API, 'almost' errors, other runtime situations that are undesirable or unexpected, but not necessarily "wrong". |
| info |  | Interesting runtime events (startup/shutdown). |
| debug |  | Detailed information on flow of through the system. |
| trace |  | More detailed information. |

**LogMaxEventCount**: Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.Use this property to specify the log event number threshold. This threshold may have different effects, depending on the rotation setting and/or the flush mode.

The default value of this setting is 100.

**LogRotationMode**: Specifies the log rotation mode.Use this property to set the log rotation mode. The following values are defined:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| none |  | No rotation |
| deleteolder |  | Delete older entries from the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount |
| keepolder |  | Keep older entries in the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount (newer entries are discarded) |

**MaxASN1BufferLength**: Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.This global property limits the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 tag data for non-content-carrying structures, such as certificates, CRLs, or timestamps. It does not affect structures that can carry content, such as CMS/CAdES messages. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.

**MaxASN1TreeDepth**: Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.This global property limits the maximal depth of ASN.1 trees that the component can handle without throwing an error. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.

**OCSPHashAlgorithm**: Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.This global setting defines the hash algorithm to use in OCSP requests during chain validation. Some OCSP responders can only use older algorithms, in which case setting this property to SHA1 may be helpful.

**OldClientSideRSAFallback**: Specifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback.Tells the SSH client to use a legacy ssh-rsa authentication even if the server indicates support for newer algorithms, such as rsa-sha-256. This is a backward-compatibility tweak.

**PKICache**: Specifies which PKI elements (certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses) should be cached.The PKICache setting specifies which Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) elements should be cached to optimize performance and reduce retrieval times. It supports comma-separated values to indicate the specific types of PKI data that should be cached.

Supported Values:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| certificate | Enables caching of certificates. |
| crl | Enables caching of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). |
| ocsp | Enables caching of OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) responses. |

Example (default value):

```text
PKICache=certificate,crl,ocsp
```

 In this example, the component caches certificates, CRLs, and OCSP responses.

**PKICachePath**: Specifies the file system path where cached PKI data is stored.The PKICachePath setting defines the file system path where cached PKI data (e.g., certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses and Trusted Lists) will be stored. This allows the system to persistently save and retrieve PKI cache data, even across application restarts.

The default value is an empty string - no cached PKI data is stored on disk.

Example:

```text
PKICachePath=C:\Temp\cache
```

 In this example, the cached PKI data is stored in the C:\Temp\cache directory.

**ProductVersion**: Returns the version of the SecureBlackbox library.This property returns the long version string of the SecureBlackbox library being used (major.minor.build.revision).

**ServerSSLDHKeyLength**: Sets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group.Use this property to adjust the length, in bits, of the DHE prime to be used by the TLS server.

**StaticDNS**: Specifies whether static DNS rules should be used.Set this property to enable or disable static DNS rules for the class. Works only if *UseOwnDNSResolver* is set to *true*.

Supported values are:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| none |  | No static DNS rules (default) |
| local |  | Local static DNS rules |
| global |  | Global static DNS rules |

**StaticIPAddress[domain]**: Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.Use this property to get or set an IP address for the specified domain name in the internal (of the class) or global DNS rules storage depending on the *StaticDNS* value. The type of the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) is determined automatically. If both addresses are available, they are divided by the | (pipe) character.

**StaticIPAddresses**: Gets or sets all the static DNS rules.Use this property to get static DNS rules from the current rules storage or restore them back between application sessions. If *StaticDNS* of the class is set to "*local*", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the internal storage of the class. If *StaticDNS* of the class is set to "*global*", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the GLOBAL storage. The rules list is returned and accepted in JSON format.

**Tag**: Allows to store any custom data.Use this config property to store any custom data.

**TLSSessionGroup**: Specifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.Use this property to limit the search of cached TLS sessions to the specified group. Sessions from other groups will be ignored. By default, all sessions are cached with an empty group name and available to all the classes.

**TLSSessionLifetime**: Specifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.Use this property to specify how much time the TLS session should be kept in the session cache. After this time, the session expires and will be automatically removed from the cache. Default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

**TLSSessionPurgeInterval**: Specifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.Use this property to specify the time interval of purging the expired TLS sessions from the session cache. Default value is 60 seconds (1 minute).

**UseCRLObjectCaching**: Specifies whether reuse of loaded CRL objects is enabled.This setting enables or disables the caching of CRL objects. When set to true (the default value), the system checks if a CRL object is already loaded in memory before attempting to load a new instance. If the object is found, the existing instance is reused, and its reference count is incremented to track its usage. When the reference count reaches zero, indicating that no references to the object remain, the system will free the object from memory. This setting enhances performance by minimizing unnecessary object instantiation and promotes efficient memory management, particularly in scenarios where CRL objects are frequently used.

**UseInternalRandom**: Switches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs.Allows to switch between internal/native PRNG implementation and the one provided by the platform.

**UseLegacyAdESValidation**: Enables legacy AdES validation mode.Use this setting to switch the AdES component to the validation approach that was used in SBB 2020/SBB 2022 (less attention to temporal details).

**UseOCSPResponseObjectCaching**: Specifies whether reuse of loaded OCSP response objects is enabled.This setting enables or disables the caching of OCSP response objects. When set to true (the default value), the system checks if a OCSP response object is already loaded in memory before attempting to load a new instance. If the object is found, the existing instance is reused, and its reference count is incremented to track its usage. When the reference count reaches zero, indicating that no references to the object remain, the system will free the object from memory. This setting enhances performance by minimizing unnecessary object instantiation and promotes efficient memory management, particularly in scenarios where OCSP response objects are frequently used.

**UseOwnDNSResolver**: Specifies whether the client components should use own DNS resolver.Set this global property to false to force all the client components to use the DNS resolver provided by the target OS instead of using own one.

**UseSharedSystemStorages**: Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.Set this global property to false to make each validation run use its own copy of system certificate stores.

**UseSystemNativeSizeCalculation**: An internal CryptoAPI access tweak.This is an internal setting. Please do not use it unless instructed by the support team.

**UseSystemOAEPAndPSS**: Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.This global setting defines who is responsible for performing RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS computations where the private key is stored in a Windows system store and is exportable. If set to true, SBB will delegate the computations to Windows via a CryptoAPI call. Otherwise, it will export the key material and perform the computations using its own OAEP/PSS implementation.

This setting only applies to certificates originating from a Windows system store.

**UseSystemRandom**: Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.Use this global property to enable or disable the use of operating system-driven pseudorandom number generation.

**XMLRDNDescriptorName[OID]**: Defines an OID mapping to descriptor names for the certificate's IssuerRDN or SubjectRDN.This property defines custom mappings between Object Identifiers (OIDs) and descriptor names. This mapping specifies how the certificate's issuer and subject information (ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements respectively) are represented in XML signatures.

The property accepts comma-separated values where the first descriptor name is used when the OID is mapped, and subsequent values act as aliases for parsing.

Syntax:

```text
Config("XMLRDNDescriptorName[OID]=PrimaryName,Alias1,Alias2");
```

Where:

OID: The Object Identifier from the certificate's IssuerRDN or SubjectRDN that you want to map.

PrimaryName: The main descriptor name used in the XML signature when the OID is encountered.

Alias1, Alias2, ...: Optional alternative names recognized during parsing.

Usage Examples:

Map OID 2.5.4.5 to SERIALNUMBER:

```text
Config("XMLRDNDescriptorName[2.5.4.5]=SERIALNUMBER");
```

Map OID 1.2.840.113549.1.9.1 to E, with aliases EMAIL and EMAILADDRESS:

```text
Config("XMLRDNDescriptorName[1.2.840.113549.1.9.1]=E,EMAIL,EMAILADDRESS");
```

**XMLRDNDescriptorPriority[OID]**: Specifies the priority of descriptor names associated with a specific OID.This property specifies the priority of descriptor names associated with a specific OID that allows to reorder descriptors in the ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements during signing.

**XMLRDNDescriptorReverseOrder**: Specifies whether to reverse the order of descriptors in RDN.Specifies whether to reverse the order of descriptors in the ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements during XML signing. By default, this property is set to true (as specified in RFC 2253, 2.1).

**XMLRDNDescriptorSeparator**: Specifies the separator used between descriptors in RDN.Specifies the separator used between descriptors in the ds:IssuerRDN and ds:SubjectRDN elements during XML signing. By default, this property is set to ", " value.

# Trappable Errors ([PDFSigner](#pdfsigner-class) Class)

## Error Handling (C++)

Call the *GetLastErrorCode()* method to obtain the last called method's result code; *0* indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. Known error codes are listed below. If an error occurs, the *GetLastError()* method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

### PDFSigner Errors

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 1048577 | Invalid parameter ([SB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER](constants.md#const_SBERRORINVALIDPARAMETER)) |
| 1048578 | Invalid configuration ([SB_ERROR_INVALID_SETUP](constants.md#const_SBERRORINVALIDSETUP)) |
| 1048579 | Invalid state ([SB_ERROR_INVALID_STATE](constants.md#const_SBERRORINVALIDSTATE)) |
| 1048580 | Invalid value ([SB_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE](constants.md#const_SBERRORINVALIDVALUE)) |
| 1048581 | Private key not found ([SB_ERROR_NO_PRIVATE_KEY](constants.md#const_SBERRORNOPRIVATEKEY)) |
| 1048582 | Cancelled by the user ([SB_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_USER](constants.md#const_SBERRORCANCELLEDBYUSER)) |
| 1048583 | The file was not found ([SB_ERROR_NO_SUCH_FILE](constants.md#const_SBERRORNOSUCHFILE)) |
| 1048584 | Unsupported feature or operation ([SB_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE](constants.md#const_SBERRORUNSUPPORTEDFEATURE)) |
| 1048585 | General error ([SB_ERROR_GENERAL_ERROR](constants.md#const_SBERRORGENERALERROR)) |
| 26214401 | The input file does not exist ([SB_ERROR_PDF_INPUTFILE_NOT_EXISTS](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFINPUTFILENOTEXISTS)) |
| 26214402 | Cannot encrypt already encrypted file ([SB_ERROR_PDF_ENCRYPTED](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFENCRYPTED)) |
| 26214403 | The file is not encrypted ([SB_ERROR_PDF_NOT_ENCRYPTED](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFNOTENCRYPTED)) |
| 26214405 | Invalid password ([SB_ERROR_PDF_INVALID_PASSWORD](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFINVALIDPASSWORD)) |
| 26214406 | Failed to decrypt the file ([SB_ERROR_PDF_DECRYPTION_FAILED](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFDECRYPTIONFAILED)) |
| 26214407 | The document is signed ([SB_ERROR_PDF_SIGNED](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFSIGNED)) |
| 26214408 | The document is not signed ([SB_ERROR_PDF_NOT_SIGNED](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFNOTSIGNED)) |
| 26214409 | Cannot update this type of signature ([SB_ERROR_PDF_INAPPROPRIATE_SIGNATURE](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFINAPPROPRIATESIGNATURE)) |
| 26214410 | Unsupported feature or operation ([SB_ERROR_PDF_NOT_SUPPORTED](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFNOTSUPPORTED)) |
| 26214411 | No timestamp server specified ([SB_ERROR_PDF_NO_TIMESTAMP_SERVER](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFNOTIMESTAMPSERVER)) |
| 26214412 | The component is not in edit mode ([SB_ERROR_PDF_READONLY](constants.md#const_SBERRORPDFREADONLY)) |