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Topic: What is legal when
Conf: (P-PDF) Legal, Msg: 166759
From: engst03
Date: 8/5/2008 08:14 AM
On 7/31/2008 9:20:52 PM, davidec wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I'm from Italy, where PDF
>files are legally accepted as
>envelope of digital signatures
>and timestamps.
Yes, but you need a qualified smartcard. In your case of Infocamere or better Actalis
>I suppose it
>is so also in the rest of
>Europe
Yes, in Europe there is the electronic signature act which has been translated into national e-signature laws in all EU countries. Usually it is also mentioned in the tax laws regarding electronic invoicing.
>I need to convert different
>types of files into PDF: say,
>MS Word, JPEG images, HTML and
>MS XLS. This task is to be
>done by batch jobs, without
>human intervention.
OK
>I thought I could include JPEG
>images directly inside the
>PDF, but what about the other
>types? I could print a .doc
>document, but an HTML could be
>too wide to fit to a page. The
>same applies to the .xls...
Depends on the software you are using for the conversion!
>My question is: are there any
>operations which are
>considered "legal" when
>converting to PDF? For example
>scaling images... Or is there
>a way to include a generic
>file inside a PDF?
All you need to make sure is to apply a qualified signature. The Aloaha Signator is specialised for that and also supports some Infocamere cards and also the Actalis card.
>PS: Does any of you at least
>have experience in
>"dematerializing" Ledgers,
>Journals and Invoices? Any
>advice?
Check the Aloaha products!
>
Good luck!
