SignatureValidationOptions.ValidationFlags Property

Specifies the validation flags.

Namespace: DevExpress.Office.DigitalSignatures

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public ValidationFlags ValidationFlags { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ValidationFlags As ValidationFlags

Property Value

Type	Description
ValidationFlags	An enumeration value that indicates a validation flag.

Available values:

Name	Description
None	No flags.
ValidateSignature	Validate a signature.
ValidateSignatureCertificate	Validate the signature certificate.
ValidatePackageIntegrity	Validate package integrity.
ValidateTimestamp	Validate a timestamp.
ValidateTimestampCertificate	Validate the timestamp certificate.
All	All flags.

Remarks

Use the ValidationFlags property to exclude validation steps. The code sample below excludes signature and timestamp certificate validation.

C#

using DevExpress.Office.DigitalSignatures;

private static void ValidateSignature(string path)
{
    DocumentSigner validator = new DocumentSigner();

    SignatureValidationOptions validationOptions =
     new SignatureValidationOptions();
    validationOptions.ValidationFlags =
     ~ValidationFlags.ValidateSignatureCertificate & ~ValidationFlags.ValidateTimestampCertificate;

    validator.Validate(path, validationOptions);
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Office.DigitalSignatures

Private Shared Sub ValidateSignature(ByVal path As String)
  Dim validator As New DocumentSigner()

  Dim validationOptions As New SignatureValidationOptions()
  validationOptions.ValidationFlags = (Not ValidationFlags.ValidateSignatureCertificate) And Not ValidationFlags.ValidateTimestampCertificate

  validator.Validate(path, validationOptions)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-sign-document-and-validate-signature/CS/WordDocumentDigitalSignatureSample/Program.cs#L79

//In this example, signature and timestamp certificate validation is skipped
validationOptions.ValidationFlags = ~ValidationFlags.ValidateSignatureCertificate & ~ValidationFlags.ValidateTimestampCertificate;

spreadsheet-document-api-sign-workbook-and-validate-signature/CS/WorkbookDigitalSignatureSample/Program.cs#L81

//In this example, signature and timestamp certificate validation is skipped
validationOptions.ValidationFlags = ~ValidationFlags.ValidateSignatureCertificate & ~ValidationFlags.ValidateTimestampCertificate;

VB.NET

word-document-api-sign-document-and-validate-signature/VB/WordDocumentDigitalSignatureSample/Program.vb#L70

'In this example, signature and timestamp certificate validation is skipped
validationOptions.ValidationFlags = Not ValidationFlags.ValidateSignatureCertificate And Not ValidationFlags.ValidateTimestampCertificate
'Validate the signature:

spreadsheet-document-api-sign-workbook-and-validate-signature/VB/WorkbookDigitalSignatureSample/Program.vb#L74

'In this example, signature and timestamp certificate validation is skipped
validationOptions.ValidationFlags = (Not ValidationFlags.ValidateSignatureCertificate) And Not ValidationFlags.ValidateTimestampCertificate