Shown PDF loses Form Fields

Hi
Perhaps someone could please help me
I have a PDF that is built from 3 seperate PDF's into 1. Each PDF has form fields that are filled with data by my software, then the resulting PDF is saved to a temporary PDF. When I load that PDF into Adobe Reader, the first page is displayed fine, but pages 2 onwards lose all form field values. However, when I load this PDF into other PDF Viewing software, the PDF looks perfect.
Can anyone perhaps help with anyideas
Thanks

My guess is that the problem is not the filling but the combining. Combining PDF files containing forms requires special processing, and your software is not doing it. If you consult ISO 32000-1 you will see that form fields need to be included in two places: the Annots dictionary for the page they appear on, and all together in ther per-document AcroForms dictionary.
In your example the AcroForms dictionary contains only the fields from the first page; when other PDFs were added their AcroForm was simply ignored. We now have two pages with form fields which don't conform to spec, so it isn't surprising that there are differences among software. Acrobat has the most sophisticated form handling, and it may be the most sensitive to errors.

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