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2007-03-15 06:16:57
deinstadter
Registered: Mar 15 2007
Posts: 4

I have a 25 page form with about 500 fields. I am able to distribute the form, open up the distributed copy, fill it out and save it. However, when I try to add the completed form to the database, the process starts (I see the 'removing unused objects' bar), but then freezes and Acrobat crashes. The error report shows: AppName: acrobat.exe AppVer: 8.0.0.456 ModName: acrobat.dll
ModVer: 8.0.0.456 Offset: 0050bde3. Is there a limit to the number of fields that a form can have? I'm using Acrobat Professional ver 8 on Windows XP SP2.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-03-15 11:48:10
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
There is a limit to the number of fields on a form, but not one you are likely to ever reach. Form fields have nothing to do with your problem. You've found a bug:)

You have not explained enough about your process. The error you've reported above is happening while the PDF is being saved. How is this part of your process? How are files added to the Database?

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2007-03-15 14:24:50
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deinstadter
Registered: Mar 15 2007
Posts: 4
I have saved the distributed form to my hard drive. I open up the saved file (filename_pub_0001.pdf) and fill out the form. I then submit the form choosing the 'Other' option when asked about how to email the form, and save the filled out form to a different file name. When I open that file, I get a 'Add completed form to data Set' dialog. I select the associated database (filename_dataset_0001.pdf) and click OK. That's when I see the 'removing unused objects' progress bar, then the program freezes and the 'Adobe Acrobat 8.0 has encountered a problem and needs to close' dialog pops up.

Interestingly, if I extract and save the first 15 pages of the form and distribute that, everything works fine; trying this with the last 10 pages, however leads to a crash. If I extract 2 pages at a time from last 10 pages, each of the five 2 page forms created from the original seem to work fine. Equally strange, when I extract successively more pages (e.g., page 1 - 3, 1 - 4, etc) all the forms work fine, until I get to the full 10 page last half of the form - then crash.

In the process, I did find some duplicate fields overlying each other and I corrected this, but still the same problem when I try to use the entire 25 page form. Guess I'll keep trying. Thanks for your help.
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