Disable a Form Javascript in Acro 7 Professional

Hi all,
I have a form with some alerts that appear when you open the form (with messages like: "you need to have the latest adobe reader" and things like that).
I have a server arquitecture in which I open the pdf with an Acro 7 professional, of course every time that I open the pdfs the messages are shown.
My question is, anybody knows how can I disable the javascript execution in Acro 7 Professional?
I have found a way to do that in Edition, Preferences, Javascript, Disable javascript. But that option seems to be not working when you create the form with Designer!
Thanks in Advance.

try it without the quotes maybe?
document.forms[0].textBoxPropertyName.disabled=true;Without seeing the html generated for the page, it is impossible to say if your javascript is right or not.
What about it doesn't work?
Do you get a javascript error?
Does it disable the field, and the error is later?
One thing you do need to be aware of, if you disable a field on the page, it will not submit a value with the form. That can sometimes trip people up.
cheers,
evnafets

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