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Enabling Reader Extensions

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2010-04-07 15:32:43
jaspoe
Registered: Mar 31 2010
Posts: 14

Hi all,
I've created a form that has some date fields that get automatically generated, and I need to be able to have Reader extensions applied. Problem: Once I open the form in Acrobat Pro, the date field is filled in, and once I go to enable Reader rights, the form gets saved with the date filled in. Is there no way to enable Reader rights in Livecycle 8.0? Must I upgrade to ES? If I open the saved Reader-enabled form with LiveCycle, and save it again, will the Reader rights stay intact?

Thanks,
Jason

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2010-04-07 23:20:43
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radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
Hi,

I know this problem.
If you what to use a date field in a reader enabled form you have to prepare this field with a script in Designer.
1. Use this script in the form:ready event of the date field.
if ($.rawValue==null)then$.rawValue = Num2Date(date(), "DD.MM.YYYY")else$.rawValueendif

2. Open the finished form in Acrobat and delete the populated date from the date field. The date field will stay empty because of the script.
3. Now enable the Reader extensions.
4. If you then open the enabled form, the date field will be populated with a new date again.

radzmar
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2010-04-09 10:40:24
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jaspoe
Registered: Mar 31 2010
Posts: 14
Hi radzmar,

Would the field need to be set as a Calculated - User Override, or as a User type?
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