These forums are now Read Only. If you have an Acrobat question, ask questions and get help from one of our experts.

Saving completed form as flat file part 3

Forum Index > Forms: LiveCycle Designer > Saving completed form as flat file part 3
2009-10-30 07:25:46
pajimma
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
Answered

I have a four-page form, created in Lifecycle Designer, that users are going to fill out time and time again. So they need to be able to alter it.

However, once they send it to us, we would like to lock it down so as not to be able to edit it.

I found one option on the forum which is to print each form as a pdf, thereby creating a flat pdf file.

This seems pretty time-consuming as we then need to compile 20 or so forms into one document. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Pam

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
Top
2009-10-30 07:52:13
#1
radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
If you only need to protect the form against changes, you can protect the form fields as described in this thread:

http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=19725

radzmar
• LoveCycle Blog
Documents you need:
• LiveCycle Designer ES2 Docs

Top
2009-10-30 07:55:58
#2
pajimma
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
It's not quite that.

That one is about when the USER fills it out they save it and it's protected.

In this case the user is going to use the form again and again, submitting it each time. Sort of like an expense report which keeps getting updated. So they need to be able to edit it when they open it.

But when the forms arrive in our office we need to lock them down. Does that make sense?
Top
2009-10-30 08:13:19
#3
radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
Yes, I understood.
How do the users return the form to you?

If they mail them, you can greate a custom mail button that will do 3 actions combined in the click event.

1. protect the fields before the form is given to the mail app
2. attach the protected form to the mail
3. unprotect all fields for the local form

Here's an example form:
[url]https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=704615a8-6c2e-4608-8787-d5fa96c7f1e3[/url]

radzmar
• LoveCycle Blog
Documents you need:
• LiveCycle Designer ES2 Docs

Top
2009-10-30 08:32:19
#4
pajimma
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
hmmm. The link didn't work for me -- guess I need to update Flash -- but I like your suggestion!

Thanks!
Top