Dynamic Forms reverting to Static on Saving

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi,



I have set up several forms as Dynamic, however when I save them while working, Designer saves them as Static. I keep having to remember to do a "File / Save As" to force the Dynamic format. I have looked through the help file and I have set the default to Dynamic.



Is there a way of forcing Designer to maintain the Dynamic format on each save?



Any help gratefully received.



Thanks, Niall

[Former Community Member]

I'm not sure how to help, as I've never seen nor heard of it doing anything like this. Normally once you save as a dynamic PDF it always saves as a dynamic PDF unless you do a save as and change that. What makes you think it's reverting to static?



Chris

Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

[Niall_O_Donovan]

I do not know. A brief summary:



1 Generate file as Dynamic;

2 Save while doing work;

3 If I open it afterwards in Acrobat, it behaves as a static form;

4 This is confirmed when I do a "File / Save As" within Designer, as it has reverted to Static;

5 It means that every time I am finished and wish to test the file in Acrobat, I have to remember to save it as Dynamic (and certainly before I send it out to the Client).



I am having a lot of crashes with Designer (up to 15 a day) (although today has been much better - only once!!!).



I am using Designer (7, 0, 041125, 0). I am currently trying to purchase an upgrade to Version 7.1 to see if that helps.



While I am new to Designer, I am reasonably computer literate and cannot find why Designer is behaving this way.



Thanks, Niall

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Sorry about this Chris,



But another point is that I have applied PDF security (password protected) to the file, restricting users to "Filling in Form and Signing".



Each time I open the file (it asks for the password) and then when I save it for the first time, it asks for the password to be confirmed.



Would this affect the Dynamic.



Niall

[Former Community Member]

It shouldn't make any differences, and didn't when I tried it here.



Chris

Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

[Former Community Member]

When you say "Generate file as Dynamic" are you referring to the Form Properties - Default - XDP Preview Format? If so, this doesn't mean your form template is being saved as a dynmaic PDF when you save the template. If you do a File - Save As and select the Dynamic PDF type at the outset, it should never revert back to a Static PDF type (at least not in my experience).

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Thanks Chris & S,



When I said "generate", I mean that I started out with a Dynamic file from scratch and have always sought to maintain it as a Dynamic file. The Preview is set to "Interactive Form" in the defaults.



Designer is still behaving this way (as of this afternoon).



I am ordering version 7.1 to see if that helps.



Thanks, Niall