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boazsegev / combine_pdf

A Pure ruby library to merge PDF files, number pages and maybe more...
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Merging PDF with e-Signature PDF Template... #113

Open cwilliamsnh opened 7 years ago

cwilliamsnh commented 7 years ago

I want to be able to take a PDF that has only e-Signature placeholders and merge it with a PDF that contains the actual content (generated by a web app) and have the resulting document be able to be e-signed.

Can this be done? Has anyone done this? Are there any examples?

Thank you in advance, Chuck

boazsegev commented 7 years ago

Hi Chuck.

I'm not sure I understand the difference between merging PDF data, which can be achieved as indicated in the README, and the e-Signature placeholders.

Maybe I don't understand what e-Signature placeholders are... but I doubt that there should be any change to the current PDF merging process.

I assume you know that e-signing the PDF (when using digital signatures) can only be performed on the final PDF (after the merger), since signatures will be invalidated if any changes are made to the resulting PDF.

Everything else should pretty much work as is... assuming the PDF generation tool (the web app) doesn't do any funky stuff (some PDF features preclude editing or merging of the PDF).

B.