Hhi Chuck,
Real Estate Appraisers have been using electronic signatures forever.
To build it into FileMaker, you might want to take the same approach
the CRAL appraisals did when I was appraising. I am going back 10
years here.
1. They had the person actually sign a piece of paper and send it back to them.
2. That signature was scanned to a file and then imported into the
database. The appraiser was given a password to access the signature
so that he could "sign things".
3. When doing appraisals, at the signature step and password dialogue
box came up. The appraiser could not sign without a password. The
signature showed up as a graphic on the document once it was "signed".
4. Every appraiser had their own password and the only access to the
file storing signatures was via the import signature function. There
may have been a remove signature function also, but I cannot remember.
In FileMaker, you would store the signature in a global field or in
it's own prefs table or with many people in a signature table. Then
a second dialogue box would be built for people to access the
password.
You could possibly put the dialogue in the initial log in, but I
would not suggest that. If the program is open and the person leaves
the desk, the signature is open to be used.
HTH
Dave McQueen
Hi Lee,
An act of Congress authorized the use of electronic signatures as
part of commerce over the internet.
MS Access apparently has that capability built into it.
I would suggest that FileMaker come up to the 21s Century with
respect to the same.
Regards,
Chuck
On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Lee wrote:
not being a lawyer i thought this sort of thing would come under
the same legal fact that you may have a signed check but that
doesn't mean its your check. The validity of any document is only
as good as your legal right to it
Lee Mills
Chuck Pelto wrote:
The question becomes....
...how does Adobe 'get away with it' in their PDF electronic
signature system?
Regards,
Chuck
On Aug 22, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Timothy Brown wrote:
Chuck,
I don't think there is a legal way. I am not sure what you are
trying to do here.
Since the fm file would leave the chain of custody, the
authentication of an electronic record maybe considered
compromised.
Tim
On Aug 22, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Chuck Pelto wrote:
Is there a way to apply an electronic signature to a FMP record
or even a one-record DB?
I need some legally acceptable means of verifying that a certain
individual using a certain computer generated or populated a
single-record database, as in a FMPA generated solution that has
only one record in it that a user populates and then sends via
e- mail to another individual. The document/database is in blank
and not specifically designated for that individual when they
get it and begin to populate it.
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Chuck
Tim Brown
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