Create a pdf that is readable only in Adobe Reader

Hi! I have an interactive pdf that i want the users to be able to read in Adobe Reader or Acrobat Pro since it's the only reader that can handle it correctly.
Is this possible? Many users have for example Preview on Mac as the default reader and it doesn't work in that viewer.
Thanks
Martin

This is what I've come up with this far. This works since I want to hide all the layers I'll have in the document.
The PDF will contain buttons that takes you between pages and external links (opens the browser).
My questions are:
What minimum viewerVersion number would you recommend me to use?
Do I need to consider anything else, like viewerType?
I put the try {} in there just to feel safe, but maybe I don't need it?
try {
var aOCGs = this.getOCGs();
if (app.viewerVersion >= 9) {
for (var i=0; aOCGs && i < aOCGs.length; i++) {
aOCGs[i].state = false;
catch (e) {}

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