Distributing Forms in LiveCycle using Acrobat 9

I have created a four page form with flowable subforms and calculated fields.  The form works fine in preview but for some reason I can't get it to distribute.  The final form is anywhere from 1 to 4 pages depending on the options the user selects/needs.
I can get the response file to generate but when it starts the distribute process it hangs up and then will not respond.  I have am working on a network environment and have tried two different computers to get the form to work.
I have gone back through the whole form and set all the form field options to limit the length of characters in each field to try to optimize the form performance. 
Any suggestions?

I would guess that Acrobat Pro isn't compatible with Safri 4.0.3 yet, and perhaps even 10.6, but only Adobe really knows, so you'd be better off asking them. If it's not, I'm sure they'll release a patch or update of some kind after 10.6 ships.
If I were you, I'd uninstall the portion of Acrobat that normally works with Safari to render PDF files and use the built-in rendering abilit of Safari itself. Not only is that simpler, but Acrobat Pro is a huge memory hog.

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