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I created a filalble pdf form with fields and forward to my staff fill-up to and submit to my email Id.
All is well, however staff me the form or forward to other staff, the fields are editable.
How can I lock the form once staff submit and no longer be changed. Btw no signature is required for the form. Appreciate any help!
Thank you
Peter
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Here are three options for you:
1. You can print the form to PDF which will remove the fields but keep their values as a graphic.
2. You can flatten the form with this script (will not work with Reader): this.flattenPages();
3. You could also run a script to change the read only property of all fields to true like this:
for(var i = this.numFields - 1; i > -1; i--)
{
var fieldName = this.getNthFieldName(i);
this.getField(fieldName).readonly=true;
}
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In addition to what @PDF Automation Station has suggested. You can visit this discussion: Lock Form Fields.
Let us know if you have more questions.
~Tariq