Signature box in form (Access 2016)

[ddansie]

In Word 2016 there is a way that you can put in a signature box that you can use on a "tablet" type of device to get a persons signature. Is there a way in an Access 2016 form to do the same? I have looked all over the Internet and can't find anything with the exception of one place that wants to sell you their code. I am hoping that that is not the only way that I can do this.

[June7]

Word has graphic tools not available in Access.

You could have a graphic file (png, jpg, bmp) of each person's signature. Then load the image onto form or report with an Image control.

I expect the 3rd party app is interfacing with a graphic application that saves signature to an image file and loads that file to control on form or report. So every time user signs a record, there is a new image file created. The filename of that image file would be saved into record or the image file embedded into an attachment type field. If embedded, likely the external file is deleted.

[ddansie]

How sad! Now I'm not sure what I am going to do about that.

[kd2017]

How sad! Now I'm not sure what I am going to do about that.

[June7]

I have not viewed this YouTube but maybe it will offer something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3IMLn11j90

and the following which appears to be VisualStudio code (vb.net ?). No idea if the control is available to Access.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...or=-2147217396

and this discussion

https://it.toolbox.com/question/stor...atabase-031407

[ddansie]

The video is the only one that I found, but they want to charge you $100 for their "template". I will look into the VS code see if I can make that work.

Thank you for your help.

[June7]

$100 might be a reasonable investment compared to value of your time to develop the same thing, if the template allows access to all code.

[isladogs]

In this case $100 is an unnecessary expense.

See this thread for two examples - one that I created myself and another by the dbguy
https://www.access-programmers.co.uk...nature+capture




I also included an InkEdit example where handwritten input is changed to text
All examples include code

I also include my code to collect customer signatures as a feature in my UK Postal Address Finder database
http://www.mendipdatasystems.co.uk/u...der/4594138311
It's a commercial app but a free evaluation version is available