Execute "Save As" on PDF Form open, Create Read-Only

I need to create a read-only version of my form so that I can protect the original, so I thought that I could put a app.execMenuItem("SaveAs"); as a new document script to force the user to save as when they open, but it seems to not be working. The file is in a shared dropbox folder, so just a simple read only is not going to work. Is there a better way to achieve what I am doing, or do I just need to change my code?

Oh man! I was really hoping that wasn't going to be the case! Thanks a lot man, I appreciate the help!
I'll leave this forum open for another week, maybe someone else has something experimental to try, thanks everyone!
-tech_geezy

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Oh man! I was really hoping that wasn't going to be the case! Thanks a lot man, I appreciate the help!
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