Interactive Forms within an Acrobat Portfolio--- why not??

Hi,
I have a student asking why she isn't able to save a group of interactive forms within an Acrobat Portfolio, and have the Tracker recognize the responses to the form. Sounds as if this shouldn't be a problem. But...
I've tried it myself, and it appears that when working from within a Portfolio, I have no access to the "Distribute Form" command. Is this correct or is it a bug?
If I skip the Distribute Form option and instead upload the Portfolio to Acrobat.com, I *am* able to fill out the form and hit "submit". It *does* submit a reply to my email address, in the typical .fdf format. When I go to my email address I can download the .fdf file to my local machine, but after that the system seems to break down.
TheTracker has no clue that any response has occurred.And when I try to "compile returned forms", the .fdf files are not recognized: I cannot import the response.
Is it because there was no "Distribute Form", that the Tracker doesn't recognize responses?
It would seem like the most useful thing to be able to send a variety of forms to new employees in the Portfolio format. Can it be done? And how?
Thanks! I hope someone can help, or at least clarify. The student will be back tomorrow and I'd love to have a reply for her.

Hi "critter_monster" It is by design that the distribute options is not available for files that are in a Portfolio. You can only distribute forms that are not attached to a portfolio. Since tracker only tracks forms distributed the the distribution workflow, it is expected that it would not recognize the .fdf from the submit button.
Adobe does have a "wish list" form that you can submit feature requests through. You can always submit a request for that functionality. The form is here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&promoid=EWQQL

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