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I have a form we've spent a lot of time developing and that we just noticed a rather important problem with.  Thought someone might have some ideas.

The form has a number of programmatic features to ensure the data integrity.  Those features lock and unlocks fields in various circumstances.  To "lock" the fields, the script grays out the relevant text or object, and sets the access to "readOnly."  To unlock a field, it does the opposite.

We've been doing a lot of beta testing with the form, and felt it worked well, until just now.  The test I just performed is to save the form and re-open it.  When I do that, Adobe reverts back to the "locked" and "unlocked" states of the default form, instead of the states that were determined through the applicant's input.

That just won't work.  Users need to be able to fill out part of the form and then save it and return later.  Any insights into ways around this problem?

Thanks,
Emily