Cannot save as a dynamic form

[Former Community Member]

I am using Designer 8 and I have a form that I cannot save as dynamic. I have quite a bit of javascript on it and I have found that a lot of the scripting will not work unless the form is dynamic. Specifically, I am trying to use a button to make some fields visible for use and have this scripted. I was able to save as dynamic prior to adding these fields, though I had some scripts running on other objects. I have even tried to delete the new objects and I still cannot save as dynamic.



What could possibly be on the form that would not allow me to save it as dynamic? Has anyone run into this or have a clue what could be going on? Thanks in advance.

[Former Community Member]

To elaborate further, when I say I cannot save as dynamic, I mean the only options available under Save As are 7.0 static and 8.0 static (the options for dynamic, template, etc. are not even listed).



If I create a new form, all the Save As options are available.

[Former Community Member]

Hi there.



Just a question but can you save it as a xdp?

Dynamic is a xdp saved as a dynamic pdf.

Have you had a look if the form you are working on is a ready only form?

[Former Community Member]

Sorry - I posted this in the wrong place; I've now posted it under the top level and not this message thread.



With Designer, I create a dynamic pdf form. I want the user to be able to open the form, complete it and then save it such that when it is opened again, some of the fields won't be present. Having a Save button do the following:



DropDownList1.presence = "hidden";

app.execMenuItem("SaveAs");



works fine on screen, but on saving and re-opening, the drop-down list is visible. The pdf will only be opened in Acrobat (not Reader). I assumed it wasn't necessary to Reader extension enable it. Is that correct? Is it possible to save a form with the fields saved in their hidden states? If so, how?