ICS has recently been working on bringing the power and convenience of mobile devices together with the rock solid reliability of the IBM i and FormSprint.
ICS is releasing Signature Manager, a point of sale signature capture application running on the AppleŽ iPadŽ tablet. The application uses the FormSprint Archive Database system resident on the IBM i to retrieve and display the document requiring signature. In the most fundamental use, after displaying the document, the tablet provides a field for signing directly on the tablet, displays the signed document, and then files it back in the IBM i in a separate archiver database for signed documents. The signed document can also be printed, created as a pdf, or emailed.
But there are many more options. These include automatic date stamping, display of terms or conditions that the signer needs to accept, text entries or comments to be added to the form, selection of notes or phrases from a listing, and check boxes permitting the signer to check off entries on the form.
All of these functions are controlled by entries made in the spool mapper section of the form design. With only a few entries, any existing form can be set up for archiving and signature capture. The resulting system looks like a custom application on the iPad tablet, but is easily designed and implemented by the FormSprint user. | 
