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2010-04-26 17:37:32
eliannah
Registered: Jun 13 2008
Posts: 17

Hi,
I was asked to design a report card for our school district and they would like the fields to be locked after each grading period so that teachers cannot not make changes to grades after a time. They are worried that some people might change grades. Is there a way to lock fields based on a time calendar and leave other fields open until their date hits. I already have the working report card but didn't know if this was even possible to try. The form was created in Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.0

Thanks for your help.

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2010-04-27 00:33:26
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try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
There are ways to do this, but if someone turns off JavaScript in their Acrobat/Reader, it won't work anymore. Also, it's usually possible to trick such a script by changing the local time on the machine.

If you think that's a problem, then I would suggest looking for another solution, or spending money on a more robust security system than Acrobat's form scripts.

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