Can't sign signature field after unlocking

We have encountered the following senerio(both in Reader and Professional 8.1 and above), even with all appropriate rights and privages applied the document.
Given a simple document with 2 fields, one a digital signature field and one a simple text field.
On initial form open the digital signature field is set read-only. After the user enteres any data into the text field, the digital signature field is set to open for signing.
With Reader/Professional 8.0 and previous, the user gets the digital signature wizard when they click on the signature field and is able to sign the document
With Reader/Professional 8.1.x the user is able to click into the digital signature field (mouse changes to the finger/field indicator shows blue) but the wizard does not appear. The user cannot sign the document until it is saved, closed and then re-opened.
code is as follows
text field name: text1
digital signature field name: sig1
text1 exit event: if (!this.isNull && this.rawValue != null) sig1.access = "open";
Does anyone know how to fix/work around this problem?

What you're describing is what happens when the form has not been Reader-enabled, or the extended features are no longer valid. It's hard to say what's wrong without seeing the same document that she's using. It's also possible that even though she says she has the latest version of Reader, that she's actually using something else to view the PDF, such as Preview on the Mac, the built-in PDF viewer with Firefox or Chrome, or something else.

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