Making form fields read-only on printing

If the form is saveable then you can set all the fields to ReadOnly on Print. And ask the user to save, unfortuneately you cannot force the form to save silently from a document script. If you user does not save the form then they can simply reopen it and it will be editable. Also this is not a secure solution. Anyone who knew what they were doing could get around it.

If you want real security you'll have to go with a DRM solution like Adobe's Policy Server.

Thanks for you quick reply.

The form is saveable. I cannot find anywhere how to set a field to be read only on print. It must be done in the button's properties, but I can't figure that out.

Hate to be a PITA.

Thanks again.

Each field has a read only propery that can be accessed from Acrobat JavaScript. Take a look in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference. You can find it at:

[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]

Click on the documentation tab and scroll down to the JavaScript section.

I hope I'm not asking too much.

The only thing I have come up with from reading up on this is:

For a given field, TextField1, using JavaScript language, running as a client, under

form1.#subform[0].TextField1::postPrint - (JavaScript, client), I typed:

f.readonly = true;

To me, this means that after the form is printed, the field TextField1 would become read only.

But when I try this, I'm still able to change the data in the field.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Stefan has a suggestion for doing this on the submit button at:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=6649