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Trying to pass a signature field variable to a workflow service task?

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Updated March 19

asked on March 19

I'm using the modern form designer in Laserfiche cloud, and I'm trying to pass a signature field form variable to a workflow service task. I've already selected the published the workflow, enabled it to be started by the business process, added the input parameters, and now I'm trying to match the form variables to the workflow parameters on the service task, but the signature field variables are not showing up as field variable options? Is there a different way of getting variable or token values for signatures?

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replied on March 19

Ya if the requirement is to have this specific word document with a digital signature you'll have to use another signing method.

If you can convince the process owner that the signed form is the digital record (since external signing providers all return PDFs anyway) you can stick with just saving the form to the repository.

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replied on March 19

It isn't possible to pass signatures to workflow as this kind of bypasses the security around the signatures. What are you trying to do?

It is common to save a version of the form with signatures to the repository and link it to any attachments/new documents

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replied on March 19

Oh... I was hoping to pass the form signature variable as an image of the signature to a workflow that updates a Word document merge field "Image:Signature" with the corresponding image of the signature. Maybe that's not possible?

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replied on March 19

Is the data from the word merge coming from the form? Its not a perfect solution, but you can generally build a form that looks very close to the word document using form fields and a little CSS.

Obvious downside is it creates a PDF not an editable word document

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replied on March 19

Yes, I'm using form values to merge into a Word document contract template, all the other values are merging well, and I was hoping to use the signature field on a form later in the process to also have it signed electronically. I'm not sure if I could attach a PDF form for signatures onto the Word document... maybe? Or, it kind of sounds like I might need to find a different signing method. Thank you for the information!

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replied on March 19

Ya if the requirement is to have this specific word document with a digital signature you'll have to use another signing method.

If you can convince the process owner that the signed form is the digital record (since external signing providers all return PDFs anyway) you can stick with just saving the form to the repository.

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