Fillable form appears blank when completed

when a client returns a completed fillable form the fields appear to be blank. When clicking on a field i can see that response, but only 1 field at a time if i click on them Why does this happen? How can it be solved?

Check this:
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/2009/11/script_to_fix_mac_osx_previewa.html
If the user fills out the form using Preview on a Mac (instead of Acrobat/Reader), I believe it will exhibit the symptoms you describe. The following thread is where I got that link (GKeiseril posted it in the 4th message) although it may not have been the issue for the poster who started that discussion:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1019513?tstart=30

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I filled in a Word pdf document, sent it to a client who uses Word in Windows 7 and the form appears blank when they open it. They can read the form, but nothing that I filled in. Help!

I was sent a lengthy pdf form that required me to enter data onto it. The sentences appeared compressed on my screen, but I could see everything that I entered. Next emailed it to my boss and when he opened it on his Windows 7 with Word, all of the data that I had entered appeared lost. It was as if I hadn't entered anything on the form. So I asked him to send it back to me. He did and when I opened it on my Mac Book Air, all of the information that I had filled in was there on my screen.
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What has this to do with Pages? You probably did this in Preview.
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Form appears blank when submitted

I recently ran into an issue with a form newly created in Adobe Livecycle where the data from each of the form fields is erased when the user submits the form via email (as a pdf). The form itself is quite simple with 7 text fields, 2 date fields, and a button to submit the form via desktop email application. There is no JavaScript or FormCalc scripting.
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The problem is due to data binding. None of your fields have data bindings. So when you submit the form it becomes blank. So you can change the data bindings as below.
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I am running an application on the oracle application server (Oracle 10G Release 2 10.2.0.1.0).
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The only thing that really jumps out at me with your script is $HTTP_POST_VARS. That is a deprecated function as of PHP 4. something I don't remember the exact number. It is possible if your host upgraded the PHP installation that the function is now replaced by the simpler $_POST global variable ( http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php ).
Also the easiest way to test this type of thing is to print your email text to the screen and stop the PHP script there before the mail can execute. Then you can check out what variables exist and what don't before finishing your script. Also I hope you have left stuff out for security reasons, because right now you appear to have no way to validate that a form was submitted in the first place.

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The only solution I've found is to download adobe reader on my Iphone and open the PDF form with this app... Do you know if there is an option when creating a PDF Form with Adobe Acrobat Pro to allow people to see a PDF Form with their Iphone?

Hey peterlavigne,
Please let me know whether it is a simple PDF form or a form designed using javascript?
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