Provides a signature provider add-in the opportunity to display the Signature dialog box to users, allowing them to specify their identity and then be authenticated.

Note
Signature providers are implemented exclusively in custom COM add-ins and cannot be implemented in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

Syntax

expression.ShowSigningCeremony(ParentWindow, psigsetup, psiginfo)

expression An expression that returns a SignatureProvider object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
ParentWindow Required IOleWindow Contains the handle to the window containing the Signature dialog box.
psigsetup Required SignatureSetup Specifies initial settings of the signature provider.
psiginfo Required SignatureInfo Specifies information about the signature provider.

Remarks

This method is internally called by the Microsoft Office application when the user is attempting to sign a signature line, or if the add-in has called the Sign method in the Office application's object model on a SignatureLine object.

Example

The following example, written in C#, shows the implementation of the ShowSigningCeremony method in a custom signature provider project.

C# 
 public void ShowSigningCeremony(object parentWindow, SignatureSetup sigsetup, SignatureInfo siginfo) { using (Win32WindowFromOleWindow window = new Win32WindowFromOleWindow(parentWindow)) { if (!((bool) siginfo.GetCertificateDetail(CertificateDetail.certdetAvailable))) { MessageBox.Show(window, "You need a digital certificate to sign this document", "Signing Ceremony", MessageBoxButtons.OK); throw new System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException("Canceled", -2147467260 /*E_ABORT*/); } using (SigningCeremonyForm signForm = new SigningCeremonyForm(sigsetup, siginfo)) { signForm.ShowDialog(window); if (!signForm.success) throw new System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException("Cancelled", -2147467260 /*E_ABORT*/); } } }

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