How do I prevent people from saving a form

I simply changed the properties of all my PDF forms to Read only so they have to give it a new file name. After they finish typing into it and click the save button they get the message,"The Document Could Not Be Saved. The file may be read only or another user may have it open. Please save the document with a different name or a different folder."

After upgrading to Reader 8.10, when I open up some documents in LiveCycle, the pdf reader (preview) does not work. Upon attempting to open the document, it gives me an error message "there is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and try again.' Then it will open the document as a "new untitled document". Sometimes it will shut down the application. Is there a fix for this??

Thanks.

Paula

LiveCycle Designer uses Acrobat as the previewer, so installing Reader may have changed the file associations at the OS level. Try uninstalling Acrobat and and reinstalling. I suspect there will be other problems with your configuration, like Reader being opened when one double clicks on a PDF file and your web browser uses the Reader plugin rather then the Acrobat plugin and forms no longer work the way you expect them to.

BOBBIE: you seem to have cottoned onto what everyone is on about!

the issue isn't people who are using reader, its other employings/ppl who are using PRO as well, but keep saving there data over the top of the forms that are meant to stay BLANK



So i get what you're saying about making it a read only file, but when i do that, it seems pro overides it and still allows people to save over the top? Surely theres something in Pro that allows the restriction of saving by ANY ONE ELSE - no matter what they're using to view the pdf....



Help please im going bananas.

I have created a form in Adobe professional 6.0. This has fillable fields that I wish a supplier to complete and send back to me. this is saftey documentation and I can type in when opened in professional but when sent to another person and opened in Reader 7.0 it says that I cannot save data typed into this form. I really need this functionality to save, Can someone assist??

Hi Alan,



I do not believe that is a feature for Adobe Professional 6.0.



If you had Adobe Professional 8 you can do the following:

Open the form in Adobe Professional. Click on the Advanced Menu item. Select "Enable Usage Rights for Adobe Reader".



The program will prompt you to save the document.



Close out of Adobe Professional and open the form in Adobe Reader. You will now be allowed to type into the form and save your data.



However, if any modifications are done to the form in the future with LiveCycle Designer you will need to go through the steps again to enable the rights from Adobe Professional.



Have a great day.

Pam

I would like to create a PDF Document

where users fill in blank areas such as name

users CANNOT save on Computer or e mail this document

They can only print form

Please describe it step by step. I am using Adobe Acrobat Prof8 Thanks a lot.

George

Hi..,

I ve created a dynamic form using Adobe Livecycle designer 7.1.

Everything works fine..but when i try to save the form after filling., the dat typed is not saved. only a blank copy of the form is saved. please help me resolve this issue..I am getting a message that "data typed in this form cannot be saved..please take a print of the filled document".



Regards,

Karthikeyan

Willy RJ - 12:52am Jul 29, 07 PST (#9 of 20)



I have a similar question. I created a survey form in LiveCycle Designer 8.0 that I want to be submitted by email as PDF but not allow those who fill the form to save the form. First I included a Submit by Email button which when clicked sends an email but the form is attached in XML format. The filled form cannot be saved.



One of the postings here suggested changing the Submit by Email button to a regular button, define it as Submit, enter the email address, and use PDF as the format. And use Enable Usage Rights in Reader under Advanced of Acrobat Pro. This time, when the Submit by Email button is clicked, the email is triggered, the form is attached in PDF format and the filled form CAN be saved.



But is there a way to allow sending the form by email in PDF format and DO NOT allow saving of the filled form?



Thank you for your help.



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I do need the exact functionality, but in my case PDF is submitted to the web server. Usage rights have been enabled, cause otherwise you cannot submit the entire PDF to the server. I've played with security and removed ability to comment, print, but still cannot apply a restriction to prohibit users from SAVING filled out local copy.

Is there a work-around for this?

I have a PDF form that is filled out using an API through an appliation. I've enabled user rights in Adobe Reader and now they can save the form. However, anytime the document is opened I get the following annoying message:



"The document contained certain rights to enabled special features in Adobe Reader. The document has been changed since it was created and these rights are no longer valid. Please contact the author for the original version of this document."



What can I do to get rid of this annoying message.