//
// This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF 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 existing signatures
// from a PDF that had been digitally signed.
// See the RemoveSignatureFields for code that removes any
// signature fields instead.
// The PDF used in this sample was created by TimeSheet.
public class RemoveSignatures
{
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:
removeSignatures(doc.AcroForm.Fields);
// Done:
doc.Save(stream);
return doc.Pages.Count;
void removeSignatures(FieldCollection fields)
{
foreach (var f in fields)
{
if (f is SignatureField sf)
sf.Value = null;
removeSignatures(f.Children);
}
}
}
}
}
}