Locking Specific fields and button after submitting be email

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
July 18, 2025
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Hi i need users to submit a form to another department via email but on arrival the form in another department the form is still editable and the clear form button still functions.

the save button and print button on my form are ok to still function i just do not want the department the form is set to; to accidently clear the data or edit the data. Is this possible?

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

Go to the Field Properties and select: "Mark as read-only": "Just these fields":

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

PDF Automation Station

Community Expert

Use a script to set the fields to read only.

for(var i = 0; i < this.numFields; i++)
{
var fieldName = this.getNthFieldName(i);
var oFld=this.getField(fieldName);
if(oFld==null){continue}
oFld.readonly=true;
}

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