Copying data to multiple fields

I have a number of forms which have been created in Acrobat 8 Professional using the Acrobat tools (not LiveCycle) where I need data entered in one field to copy to another. Usually this data is text. I have used the following Javascript in the Calculate tab in field properties:
event.value = this.getField("SOURCE FIELD").value;
In order to allow for a single point of data entry, the fields to which the data is copied are locked and flagged as read only. Most of the time this works, however I have been getting multiple support calls where the forms fail to follow the script. I've tried many options including PDF optimization. I've ensured that users are using the same version of Acrobat Reader (8.1.2).
Is there a better way to accomplish this task?
Is there something wrong with the JavaScript?
I'm not very sophisticated with Javascript and would appreciate any assistance. Thanks!

There is a user preference that controls whether automatic calculations are performed. Perhaps some users have turned this off. The most likely possibility is the field calculation order is not correct.
If you've checked both of those things and it still doesn't work, can you give an example of some text that this doesn't work with?
A different approach that avoids these issues is instead of setting up a custom calculation script in the read-only field, you can use something like the following in the Validate script of the text entry field:
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This way it will work if automatic calculations are turned off, and the calculation order doesn't come into play.
George

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