The latest version of AssureSign, version 2.1.1, is currently being qualified and is being released for our integration clients to the development sandbox on January 20 with production release scheduled for mid-February 2010.
A key feature of this release is dynamically defined JotBlock signature locations.
Templating the signature process has proven to be a powerful feature, opening the door to a limitless variety of uses of our DocumentNOW integration interfaces. And automation through integration produces the most cost effective solutions. While it has always been possible within AssureSign to dynamically create single use document patterns with distinct layouts, we have developed a well-defined process that allows our customers to programmatically vary the signature areas in a way that best suits their existing processes.
Client suggestions and feedback played an important part in crafting this solution. These also created an early puzzle that caused our engineers to approach the problem cautiously. Some clients wanted very low level programmatic control of the process, others wanted a simpler in-document tagging mechanism; some clients needed to be able to define information embedded within their streamed-in Word documents, others wanted to apply information to their PDFs using existing toolsets.
Our final solution provides all of these options and offers the flexibility to mix and match the features that suit your needs. You will be able to define JotBlocks:
or combinations of
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tag + XML
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tag + template
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XML + template
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tag + XML + template
For example, in a simple case where all workflow rules are well established, such as there being only 1 signatory in a single signing step who will sign 1 specific signature block that may vary in its location due to variation in the agreements terms, then the JotBlock could be defined in advance on the template and an embedded tag in the streamed-in document could indicate merely the final signing location.
In the case that an entirely new signature area is to be defined that was not known when the template was created, this could be done with embedded text or through XML. The XML could completely describe all attributes of the JotBlock, including height, width, x/y coordinates, signing order, signatory, special instructions, etc. Or the XML could describe complex information but a text tag with the same name could intrinsically define the location of the signature.
We are excited about the possibilities these new features provide our customers. Existing sandbox users will have early access to documentation and examples from within the sandbox environment in the DocumentNOW help section. For more information about these and other features of the AssureSign application, please contact sign@assuresign.com.
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