Calculate function in interactive pdf form not working

I've created a simple form with a calculation (add), it worked fine first time around. Second time, I go to Calculate > Pick...; I select which three fields to add, the checkmark appears in the boxes, but then when I hit "Okay", nothing appears in the "Value is..." box. Driving me crazy.

So I turned on the JS console (after looking up what that meant) and then opened up some sort of debugging window and now it worked. Thank you for making the suggestion! : ) happy now.

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Created in Acrobat PRO 9.4.5, Windows.
File Size: 559KB
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I am going to try and limit the info below as it could get very lengthy w/ all the various outcomes:
I did not have any issues on first click or scrolling in either IE8 or Firefox4, I do however have some slowness when I click the links that go to other pages on their site and also the links to the other PDF documents (I can only get this to occur when I am accessing the form through the link on their site it does not occur when I test any other way either locally from my desktop, our file server or even when I right click the file that resides on the web server and open w/ either of my browsers).
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   SYSTEM_ERROR         = 2
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tables
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i_recipient = lo_recipient
i_express = 'X' ).
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DATA: lv_sent_to_all(1) TYPE c VALUE IS INITIAL.
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i_with_error_screen = 'X'
RECEIVING
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Hi,
If i understand well you success to send the form without value , that's right ?
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Hi there,
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Thank you very much! The answer was really helpful. But I have one more question. I have changed preview type from INTERACTIVE FORM to PRINT FORM as you recommended but it still doesn't work.
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Till now I didn't asked SAP for sending credential. Now I did that. Do you think that it could be the problem? I thought it's not necessary for non-interactive forms.
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