Dynamic field inputs lost when form is emailed

Hello,
I am relatively new to LiveCycle and have been using it off and on to build a series of forms, learning as I go. All work is being done in Designer ES.
I have a form built with several dynamic fields (text fields that display contingent upon a radio or dropdown selection, table rows that are added using a button with addInstance, etc). The form also contains an email submit option which emails the completed form to me (for now), for testing purposes.
I just started testing the form this morning. Locally it tests fine: fields display when they should, table rows are added with all the cell contents that should be there, everything can be completed. When I use the email submit button to send it to myself, then view the attachment, all dynamic areas are missing. They aren't just blank - they don't even appear. So the "root" yes/no/other dropdown appears, but the textfield tied to "other", which I completed prior to emailing, is not visible once emailed.
Any ideas?

Hi,
First try going to File > Form Properties > Defaults tab.
There set the "Preserve script changes" to automatic:
This should help.
You may wish to check that each of the objects are set to Name/Normal binding in the Object > Binding palette (global binding will also work, if you want to use thsi for certain fields). I don't think that this is the issue, but have a look anyway.
Hope that helps,
Niall

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