Locking a PDF from Editing once submitted

I had a question from a person I am working with on locking a pdf form. She has a form that she wants to be able to distribute to the people in her department to fill out when they need to order or request something. She wants a submit button on it as well. The locking part comes in now...She wants to know if once you click on Submit on the form, can the form editing be disabiled. The form will be going to another department and she does not want them to be able to edit what was put in.
I hope someone can help me out.
Thanks,
Kristen

Have you tried either executing a script (set the .readonly=true) or mark as read-only options on the Signed tab of the signature field properties? They aren't really locked locked but it makes it so a user can't mistakenly type data in a field. They would have to go thru a few extra steps to make the fields editable. Just a quick and dirty way to make the form appear to be locked down. HTH.

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Now when i try to edit the pdf. it tells me i must clear all signature fields, but when i right click on the signature field there is no choice to clear or delete. i think its because in the changes allowed box i left it as none. does anyone know how i can get the option to clear my signature field and re enter my password so that i can edit this pdf.

Hi,
If you have access to the private key (the digital ID) that was used to create the signature then Acrobat should let you clear it. The only exception is, if the signature field properties were set to lock on signing (this is different then the No Changes Allowed setting on the sign dialog).
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hi
good
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i want to lock block diagram from editing but front panel can be edited for creating controls, moving controls editing properties...

executables will be delivered to customer and they can create new vi and edit frontpanel and link tag through databinding. but i dont want them to open block diagram...
Natasftw is right - you seem confused about the difference.
If the customer can "create a new VI and edit frontpanel" then they have to have LabVIEW Development System.
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This is my first time ever posting because after seaching this forum over and over...I can't find my answer.
Problem: I am working on an AI file created in CS3 that contains linework from AutoCad 2008. I did not import this linework because I didn't feel like redoing all the lineweights, instead I just printed a pdf from AutoCad and opened it into Illustrator. All of that worked very well.
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General Acrobat Problem Steps
If you are having problems creating a PDF, there are two steps you should do FIRST
Go to the appropriate vendor web site and apply all updates to the program you are using (several recent messages have concerned problems with MS Office conversion, with the response that different versions of Office have different BUGS that must be fixed by a download from Microsoft - and MS Office products are not the only ones which may, from time to time, need to be updated to work properly)
Apply all updates IN NUMBER ORDER
Acrobat Update http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87 041&displaylang=en

Are parts of a pdf document in Adobe Acrobat Pro able to be secured so that once the recipient fills out a specific section, signs it, and submits it to the original sender, that information filled out is locked from editing for security purposes? If so,

I have an application I'm submitting to our school website for potential students to fill out. There are sections for the student(s) to fill out as well as sections for staff to fill out. For the sake of security for the student filling out the form, I'd like to set it up so that once the student has filled out the proper sections and submits the information, any information filled out and signed by the student is locked from editing on my part. I only need to read what the student filled out and signed, then add my notes to Staff sections. Is this possible? If so, how? I need details!

You can create a script that will lock the fields before signing. But when you edit the document after the student signs, the signature will no longer be valid and the document will show that it has been changed after signing. Adobe restricts the number of files you can collect information on with forms that can be saved and emailed. The restriction used to be 500 files unless you purchased the appropriate LiveCycle product to enable the pdf files for saving.
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