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Lock a Fillable form

New Here ,
Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021

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I have a fillable form I created that I want to send to our sites to fill out and return to us, but I once they save the form, I don't want it editable again/I want to lock the fields once they hit save...how can I do this without a signature field?

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Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021

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This is the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums).
Please tell us what Adobe application you are using so that this can be moved to the proper forum for help.

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Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021

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Hi, 

 

Using Acrobat Pro 2017

 

Moved from Using the Community (which is about the forums) to the correct forum... Mod
To find a forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/

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If the file is used in Reader you can set the fields as read-only. If in Acrobat you can flatten it.

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How do I do both?

 

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You can do it using this code:

 

if (app.viewerType=="Reader") {
	for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {
		var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
		if (f==null) continue;
		f.readonly = true;
	}
} else this.flattenPages();

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Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021

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Thank you, I am pretty new to doing this...where/how do I enter this code?

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You can attach it to the file's WillSave event, but then it will also execute when you save it... So you'll need to disable JS first, then save it.

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LOL, I'm sorry....I need baby steps...step by step where and how I enter that JS code....

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Place it under Tools - JavaScript - Set Document Actions - Document Will Save.

Then go to Edit - Preferences - JavaScript and disable JS.

Then save the file and close. Then enable JS from the same location.

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PS. You need to carefully think about whether this is a good idea. Imagine a user fills in the form partially and then saves it, in order to continue later. Poof, all their fields are now read-only and they can't edit them any longer... You should expect a lot of irate users if you do it like that.

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LOL, yes....well, the problem is that the sites keep reusing the same document and leaving old information on it....I want somethign that they have to fill out new every time....but now I don't think this will work...

 

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Is the file located on a network folder? If so, set the file (and folder) as read-only.

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