submitForm() works in Acrobat Pro, not in reader.

Acrobat 8 Professional provides an option for enabling Reader Rights under the "Advanced" Menu. The specific Rights include "Save", "Forms", "Signature", and "Commenting". The rights enabling is compatible back to Acrobat 7, and for a few things in 6. But no earlier.

Unfortunately there aren't any indicators in Acrobat that say "Hey, this file is enabled for X rights". You can infer that that a document is rights enabled by looking at the Security Tab in the Document Info Panel. If the document doesn't have any security applied, but does have restrictions on some functionality, then it's been Reader Rights Enabled.

There is also some testing you can do. If you can save a document from Reader, Not SaveAs or Save as Copy, but a real save. Then it's been "Save" Rights Enabled.

Reader Rights enabling also restricts the document for those things that it hasn't been enabled for. So if the document has been enabled in Acrobat 8, it doesn't have file embedding rights, so you can't attach files to the PDF.

Oddly, I opened the doc in Acrobat and it is, indeed, usage rights enabled. I tested by trying to re-enable usage rights (advanced -> enable usage rights) and it gave me a message that it's already done.However, when I opened the same doc in Reader, I cannot "save." (only "save as" or "save a copy") Hmmmmm....

I must be missing a step. Thanks for your help.

There are several types of Reader Enabling Rights. Save is only one of them. It's likely that the doc is enabled for Commenting, or another right. Once enabled it cannot be re-enbled

Thom, thanks again for the response.

I think I'm following you:
So, I can enable usage rights, but that doesn't necessarily enable ALL of the rights. And, you're saying I can't review what those rights are.

So, I need to figure out how to select which rights I do enable when I select "enable usage rights." I'll review the documentation.

Thanks again!

Jason

I have a form that requires calculations that add as well as subtract, but I don't see a "subract" calculation only "sum" It works if I enter a negative number , but I prefer to enter just the number

Really off topic and it would be better to create a separate note.

But you would need to create a form field with the item mulitpliec by -1 or use the simplified field notation or write a custom calculation script.