RemoveSignatureFields.cs
C# VB
//// This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF .NET demos.// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.//using System.IO;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.AcroForms;
namespace DsPdfWeb.Demos{ // This sample shows how to find and remove signature fields from a PDF. // The code in this sample is almost identical to the code in RemoveSignatures, // which also finds all signature fields, but removes just the signatures, // leaving the fields. // The PDF used in this sample was created by TimeSheet. public class RemoveSignatureFields { public int CreatePDF(Stream stream) { var doc = new GcPdfDocument(); using (var fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "TimeSheet.pdf"))) { doc.Load(fs);
// Fields can be children of other fields, so we use // a recursive method to iterate through the whole tree: removeSignatureFields(doc.AcroForm.Fields);
// Done: doc.Save(stream); return doc.Pages.Count;
void removeSignatureFields(FieldCollection fields) { for (int i = fields.Count - 1; i >= 0; --i) { removeSignatureFields(fields[i].Children); // Note: if we just wanted to remove the signature // without removing the field itself, we would do: // ((SignatureField)fields[i]).Value = null; if (fields[i] is SignatureField) fields.RemoveAt(i); } } } } }}