Search Digital Signatures in RTF File

C# .NET native API to view & search digital signatures in an already signed RTF file and analyze signature certificate. Perform advanced e-signature operations within your documents using a few lines of code.


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About GroupDocs.Signature for .NET API

GroupDocs.Signature for .NET is an advanced .NET API to electronically sign digital documents using various signature types such as text, image, barcode, stamp, form-field, QR-code and metadata. Users can load, edit, validate, save, remove, find and preview digital signatures within PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, Adobe Photoshop, metafiles and image file formats, with additional support for customizing signature properties as needed.

How to Search Signatures in RTF

GroupDocs.Signature makes it easy for .NET developers to view & search digital signatures in RTF files from within their applications by implementing a few easy steps.

  • Create new instance of Signature class and pass source document path as a constructor parameter.
  • Instantiate the DigitalSearchOptions object according to your requirements and specify search options.
  • Call Search method of Signature class instance and pass DigitalSearchOptions to it.

System Requirements

GroupDocs.Signature for .NET APIs are supported on all major platforms and operating systems. Before executing the code below, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system.

  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS
  • Development Environments: Visual Studio, Xamarin, MonoDevelop
  • Frameworks: .NET Framework, .NET Standard, .NET Core, Mono
  • Download the latest version of GroupDocs.Signature for .NET from NuGet

using (Signature signature = new Signature("signed.pdf"))
{
    DigitalSearchOptions options = new DigitalSearchOptions()
    {
        // specify special search criteria
        Comments = "Test comment",
        // certificate issues criteria
        IssuerName = "John",
        // digital certificate subject
        SubjectName = "Test",
        // specify date range period of signature
        SignDateTimeFrom = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1),
        SignDateTimeTo = DateTime.Now,
        //
    };
    // search for signatures in document
    List signatures = signature.Search(options);
    Console.WriteLine("\nSource document contains following signatures.");
    foreach (var digitalSignature in signatures)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Digital signature found from {0} with validation flag {1}. Certificate SN {2}",
            digitalSignature.SignTime, digitalSignature.IsValid, digitalSignature.Certificate?.SerialNumber);
    }
}

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What is RTF File Format

Introduced and documented by Microsoft, the Rich Text Format (RTF) represents a method of encoding formatted text and graphics for use within applications. The format facilitates cross-platform document exchange with other Microsoft Products, thus serving the purpose of interoperability. This capability makes it a standard of data transfer between word processing software and, hence, contents can be transferred from one operating system to another without losing document formatting. The file format specifications are available by Microsoft for public download and can be referred to from developer’s perspective. Learn more about RTF file format

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Other Available Options

Multi format digital-signatures searching API for documents and images. Find signatures from some of the popular file formats as stated below.

Search e-Signatures in PDF

(Adobe Portable Document Format)

Search e-Signatures in DOC

(Microsoft Word Document)

Search e-Signatures in DOCM

(Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document)

Search e-Signatures in DOCX

(Microsoft Word Open XML Document)

Search e-Signatures in DOT

(Microsoft Word Document Template)

Search e-Signatures in DOTX

(Word Open XML Document Template)

Search e-Signatures in DOTM

(Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template)

Search e-Signatures in RTF

(Rich Text Document)

Search e-Signatures in ODT

(Open Document Text)

Search e-Signatures in OTT

(OpenDocument Text Template)

Search e-Signatures in XLS

(Microsoft Excel Binary File Format)

Search e-Signatures in XLSX

(Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet)

Search e-Signatures in XLSM

(Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet)

Search e-Signatures in XLSM

(Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet)

Search e-Signatures in XLSB

(Microsoft Excel Binary Worksheet)

Search e-Signatures in XLTX

(Microsoft Excel template)

Search e-Signatures in XLTM

(Microsoft Excel macro-enabled template)

Search e-Signatures in ODS

(Open Document Spreadsheet)

Search e-Signatures in OTS

(OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template)

Search e-Signatures in PPT

(PowerPoint Presentation)

Search e-Signatures in PPTX

(PowerPoint Open XML Presentation)

Search e-Signatures in PPS

(Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 Slide Show)

Search e-Signatures in PPSX

(PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show)

Search e-Signatures in POTM

(Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Template)

Search e-Signatures in POTX

(Microsoft PowerPoint Template)

Search e-Signatures in PPTM

(Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)

Search e-Signatures in ODP

(OpenDocument Presentation)

Search e-Signatures in OTP

(OpenDocument Presentation Template)

Search e-Signatures in TIFF

(Tagged Image File Format)

Search e-Signatures in GIF

(Graphics Interchange Format)

Search e-Signatures in PNG

(Portable Network Graphic)

Search e-Signatures in BMP

(Bitmap File Format)

Search e-Signatures in CDR

(CorelDraw Vector Graphic Drawing)

Search e-Signatures in SVG

(Scalable Vector Graphics)

Search e-Signatures in PSD

(Adobe Photoshop Document)

Search e-Signatures in WMF

(Windows Metafile)

Search e-Signatures in EMF

(Enhanced Metafile Format)

Search e-Signatures in CMX

(Corel Metafile eXchange Image)

Search e-Signatures in PPSM

(Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Slide Show)

Search e-Signatures in DCM

(Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)

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