InfoPath Dev

Does anybody know if it is possible to open the digital signatures wizard to sign a specific section by using a control other than the default "click here to sign this section" displayed under the section? My preferred solution would be to use a button ... anybody has a solution / suggestions?

Thanks a lot!
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

Welcome to the InfoPath Dev Forums!

You can use a button with code behind it that calls:

XDocument.UI.ShowSignatureDialog();

But this doesn't specify a particular section.

Thanks Greg. Works perfectly and the wizard lets user select the section that they want to sign (eg. initiator / approver) >> Acceptable workaround.

Does anybody know if the section can be predefined in the code when calling the wizard?

Hi Tobias,
Here is how you can select the block and sign the same.
SignedDataBlock oSignatureBlock = thisXDocument.SignedDataBlocks["BLOCKNAME"];
oSignatureBlock.Sign();

Reply back if you see any issues here.

Thanks for your help Agni.

Tried your code but get error messages. Have to say that I'm not really a coder so it might be something really stupid...

Anyway I put the code that you supplied into the function that is called by the onClick button event. I replaced BLOCKNAME with the section that shall be signed and I get error: Expected ';'

SignedDataBlock oSignatureBlock = thisXDocument.SignedDataBlocks["BLOCKNAME"];
oSignatureBlock.Sign();

I put a ";" after SignedDataBlock and can now open the form. Clicking the button gives me error 'SignedDataBlock' is undefined.

Would be great if you have an idea what I did wrong!

Thanks!
Tobi

BLOCKNAME - should be the name(name that you have given when creating the signature blocks) of the block that you are signing.

I gave "BLOCKNAME" as an example.