Drop Down Field issue with Acrobat 8.0 and Acrobat 7.0

Hi All,
I have a dynamic table with a drop down field which will be filled from a WD context.The minimum row count for the table is one.
The problem is i was able to get the Drop down values for all the rows in Acrobat Reader 8.0 and i was able to get drop down values only for the first row(minimum row count is one) in Acrobat Reader 7.0.
What could be the difference?
Thanks
Gopal

It's a result of Mozilla's annoying rapid-update policy. We can load plugins (i.e. can display a PDF file within the Firefox window) but cannot load extensions (the toolbar) unless they are marked as compatible with the running version of the browser. Not only is that version now changing every 6 weeks, but developers are forbidden to mark an extension as being compatible before the new version is released to market (i.e. we cannot certify against betas). With each major release in the new Mozilla rapid cycle, the type of code Adobe uses (binary XPCOM) has to be recompiled from scratch - so as of right now the Create PDF extension doesn't work in FF7 even if you turn off compatibility checks. It should work, but Firefox won't allow it to execute.
It means that every time Mozilla pushes a new major version to the public, XPCOM extension developers have to push an update as well. Adobe already get hammered for requiring users to update too often! However, each time Acrobat and Adobe Reader push a scheduled patch they should catch up with whatever version of FF exists at that time. The next Acrobat Family patch is due mid-January.
It's not just Adobe who are affected by this - many other vendors include FF extensions with their products (as opposed to having them as standalone items on the Mozilla site) and cannot realistically bring out new versions of their software every time Firefox flips up a digit.

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