Exporting XFA PDF from within Portfolio

Hi,
I have a series of XFA forms (designed in LC DS ES) which are then grouped in an Acrobat Portfolio (Acrobat 9 Pro Ext).
I want to have the ability to "export" any one form from the portfolio by the user clicking a button.
While Acrobat has a menu item to "Save File from Portfolio", I do not want to use this as I want to lock fields after the form has been saved out of the portfolio.
I have tried exportDataObject, but without success. Also tried getting the form open in a new window, but no joy!
In summary, I want to script a button that when the user clicks it, will open that particular form in a new window; lock certain fields and then save the form outside of the portfolio (leaving the original form intact and unaltered).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Niall

Ok I have figured out what is going on. In a later version there is a list of acceptable execMenuItems that can be used. If the menu command is not on the list then it cannot be used (for security reasons). So our idea of getting the attachment out via this method will not work. I do not see a way to do this until they expose Portfolio commands in the Javascript world. This also explains why some of your commands worked and some did not. Here is the sanctioned list of MenuItems:
Close
GeneralInfo
Quit
FirstPage
PrevPage
NextPage
LastPage
ActualSize
FitPage
FitWidth
FitHeight
SinglePage
OneColumn
TwoPages
TwoColumns
ZoomViewIn
ZoomViewOut
ShowHideBookmarks
ShowHideThumbnails
Print
GoToPage
ZoomTo
GeneralPrefs
SaveAs
FullScreen
OpenOrganizer
Scan
Web2PDF:OpnURL
AcroSendMail:SendMail
Spelling:Check Spelling
PageSetup
Find
FindSearch
GoBack
GoForward
FitVisible
ShowHideToolbarEditing
ShowHideToolbarCommenting
ShowHideToolbarEdit
ShowHideToolbarFile
ShowHideToolbarFind
ShowHideToolbarForms
ShowHideToolbarMeasuring
ShowHideToolbarData
ShowHideToolbarPageDisplay
ShowHideToolbarNavigation
ShowHideToolbarPrintProduction
ShowHideToolbarRedaction
ShowHideToolbarBasicTools
ShowHideToolbarTasks
ShowHideToolbarTypewriter
PropertyToolbar
ShowHideArticles
ShowHideFileAttachment
ShowHideAnnotManager
ShowHideFields
ShowHideOptCont
ShowHideModelTree
ShowHideSignatures
InsertPages
ExtractPages
ReplacePages
DeletePages
CropPages
RotatePages
AddFileAttachment
FindCurrentBookmark
BookmarkShowLocation
GoBackDoc
GoForwardDoc
DocHelpUserGuide
HelpReader
rolReadPage
HandMenuItem
ZoomDragMenuItem
Annots:Tool:InkMenuItem
CollectionHome
CollectionDetails
CollectionPreview
CollectionShowRoot

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