Form completion in reader

I have recently started using Adobe Pro 9, and want to use the function for completion in Reader across my organisation, and submission in pdf rather than xml, but not there are varying Reader versions in use. What version is the earliest that this will work with?

I tend to agree. If the basic purpose of the form is the same and essentially the same information is being collected you are probably not covered. If you are only talking about fewer than 500 folks in your organization would be involved, my read suggests you would be covered. It may well be worth the cost of consulting a lawyer for a read of the EULA (section 15) to be sure you are covered. If you have a legal department then it should be simple to get an opinion.
I am not sure what your issue is with the XML file. It is easily imported to the form on your end and so you end up with the same result. In that case, there is not need for the full form for data collection. The user can still print the filled form (with document and markup selected). The only limitation would be that they cannot save the form with the data unless you activate Reader Rights. So, do you really need to deal with the EULA?

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