It seems that Foxit merged Ink Signing and their eSign service. I can understand why eSign would not be available in the PA, as it requires a local service to run. But without the UI for it, it doesn't seem possible to switch to Ink Sign.
The full app appears to use the following Reg entry to control which version of signing is active:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 11.0\plugins\FoxitSign]
"DoInkSignSave"=dword:00000001
I tried creating that key in the portable app, but the ribbon bar still doesn't show up. Neither does the PDF Sign entry in Preferences, where the eSign service can be permanently disabled.
Is it possible to get Ink Signing back in the portable version?
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I made some changes in Foxit Reader Portable 11.2.2 which may let things work. Give it a try.
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Just a note for reference, with the full version of Foxit still installed, I had the 'switch to ESign' button showing (in the PA), and when I clicked on it, it would open the login dialog. Having removed the full version, I now just have the regular ink signing ribbon button, still with my signature there, so all is good.
Many thanks!
It was broken for me for a while, then one recent update seemed to fix it, and now it's broken again.
When I click on "foxit esign" it's completely blank. When I click on "protect -> fill and sign" I get "add text", "comb field", check boxes, etc..
My current portable version is 12.0.0.12394
The non-portable version I installed on C drive works, but now it erased the signature I had saved. Very tedious.
Try changing your FoxitReaderPortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\FoxitReaderPortable.ini file to the following
[Launch] ProgramExecutable=Foxit Reader\FoxitPDFReader.exe WorkingDirectory=%PAL:AppDir%\Foxit Reader WaitForEXE1=FoxitUpdater.exe WaitForEXE2=FoxitPDFReaderUpdater.exe DirectoryMoveOK=yes SupportsUNC=yes MinOS=7 [Activate] Registry=true [RegistryKeys] FoxitReaderPortable12.0=HKCU\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 12.0 FoxitEditorPortable12.0=HKCU\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 12.0 -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\Foxit Reader.exe -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\FoxitReader.exe -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\FoxitReader.Document -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\FoxitReader.FDFDoc -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{14E8BBD8-1D1C-4D56-A4DA-D20B75EB814E} -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A43F4073-BEBD-4142-B590-27A74384620B} -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\PDFPreviewHandlerHost.FoxitPDFPreview.1 -=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\PDFPreviewHandlerHost.FoxitPDFPreviewHa -=HKCU\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Updater -=HKCU\Software\Wintertree [RegistryCleanupIfEmpty] 1=HKCU\Software\Foxit Software [DirectoriesMove] SpellCheck=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\Foxit PhantomPDF\SpellCheck FoxitPDFReader=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader Addon=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\Addon -=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\cache -=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\cacheData -=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\CertFile -=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\RMS -=%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Foxit Software -=%Public%\Foxit Software -=%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Foxit\Search [DirectoriesCleanupIfEmpty] 1=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 2=%APPDATA%\Foxit Software 3=%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Foxit [FileWrite1] Type=Replace File=%PAL:AppDir%\Foxit Reader\UpdaterInfo.xml Find=FoxitReaderPathToReplace Replace=%PAL:AppDir%\Foxit Reader [FileWrite2] Type=Replace File=%PAL:AppDir%\Foxit Reader\UpdaterInfo.xml Find=%PAL:LastDrive%%PAL:LastPackagePartialDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ Replace=%PAL:Drive%%PAL:PackagePartialDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ [FileWrite3] Type=Replace File=%PAL:AppDir%\Foxit Reader\UpdaterInfo.xml Find=%PAL:LastPortableAppsBaseDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ Replace=%PAL:PortableAppsBaseDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ [FileWrite4] Type=Replace File=%PAL:AppDir%\Foxit Reader\UpdaterInfo.xml Find=%PAL:LastDrive%\\ Replace=%PAL:Drive%\\ [FileWrite5] Type=Replace File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Find=%PAL:LastDrive%%PAL:LastPackagePartialDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ Replace=%PAL:Drive%%PAL:PackagePartialDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ [FileWrite6] Type=Replace File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Find=%PAL:LastPortableAppsBaseDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ Replace=%PAL:PortableAppsBaseDir:DoubleBackslash%\\ [FileWrite7] Type=Replace File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Find=%PAL:LastDrive%\\ Replace=%PAL:Drive%\\ [FileWrite8] Type=INI File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Section=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 12.0\Preferences\Languages Key='"langid"' Value='"%PAL:LanguageCustom%"' [FileWrite9] Type=INI File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Section=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 12.0\Preferences\Languages Key='"restartlangid"' Value='"%PAL:LanguageCustom%"' [FileWrite10] Type=INI File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Section=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 12.0\Preferences\Languages Key='"nChooseLan"' Value='"1"' [FileWrite11] Type=INI File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Section=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 12.0\ConnectedPDF Key='"DisablecPDF"' Value=dword:00000001 [Language] Base=%PortableApps.comLocaleName% [LanguageStrings] ;Arabic=49102d ;Bulgarian=49103d ;Catalan=49105d SimpChinese=49007d TradChinese=49008d ;Czech=49106d Danish=49009d Dutch=49010d English=49001d EnglishGB=49001d ;Estonian=49112d Finnish=49013d French=49014d ;Galician=49115d German=49016d ;Greek=49117d ;Hebrew=49132d ;Hungarian=49104d ;Irish=49136d Italian=49018d Japanese=49033d Korean=49019d ;Latvian=49120d ;Lithuanian=49121d Norwegian=49022d Polish=49023d Portuguese=49025d PortugueseBR=49025d ;Romanian=49126d Russian=49027d ;Serbian=49138d ;Slovenian=49128d Spanish=49039d SpanishInternational=49039d Swedish=49030d ;Thai=49134d ;Turkish=49131d ;Valencian=49135d [LanguageFile] Type=INI File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\FoxitReaderPortable12.0.reg Section=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Reader 12.0\Preferences\Languages Key='"langid"'If this fails, I may simple disable esign entirely and list it as a disabled feature. It's not worth the hassle or time otherwise.
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Unfortunately that did not seem to fix it. "Foxit eSign" is still blank, and "protect -> fill & sign" does not work properly.
It would be a shame to disable it completely. It's one of Foxit's primary uses for me.
Oddly, it shows and works on first run (if you delete Data) but not second. I'll see how they changed it from 11.x to 12.x.
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I added an option in 12.0 Rev 2 to forced eSign support to come up an INI option described in the help.html. Foxit normally only enables this when installed with specific admin-only HKLM registry entries, but I found a way around it if you don't mind the prompt on each launch.
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Thank you John!
I'm not sure if this is just the "first run" thing you mentioned before, but it's working normally for me without any prompt. It's reading the same signature file as the Foxit version that's installed on my C drive. So I guess the signatures won't be portable?
It's portable with signatures being moved back and forth into Data. Note that I don't know what will happen if you have it installed as well since it is meant to be an installed-only feature. The prompt I was referring to is the first run prompt that says eSign is available in your language. It should only show on first run, but it will show every time in the portable app, at least without Foxit installed.
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Hi
I'm wondering if someone else still has this issue of "ink" disappearing? Furthermore, certificate doesn't stick. At each restart, I have to recreate id. Do someone know if it's the new 12 version or it's only for portable version?
thanks
mel