Making forms writable using Designer (or Acrobat Professional)

Hello,
I am trying to fill a PDF form created with Designer ES 9, with the pdftk utility and data contained in an xfdf file, but to no avail.
How do you make forms fillable in Designer?
When I open the form in Adobe Reader, it tells me that data can't be saved in it and that I can only fill it by hand and print it.
Many thanks.
philroc12345

Hi,
When you create a form in LC Designer you end up with an XFA Form in a PDF wrapper. Some viewers (like Apple Preview and others) either cannot display the form properly or will create problems when the form is opened again in Acrobat.
I would recommend that the form be opened in either Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader.
If the user has Reader then there are restrictions. For example the user can open the form, fill it in and print it. But they cannot save it. There is a solution called "Reader enabling" the form. You can do this in Acrobat v9 Standard (or Acrobat v8 Professional), but you are limited to 500 data processes for that form. Alternatively you can apply the Reader rights in a server product called LC Reader Extensions ES2. This has cost implications and you should contact the Adobe rep in your area.
Here is a summary:
http://assurehsc.ie/blog/index.php/2010/05/using-livecycle-forms-in-acrobat-and-reader/
I hope htat helps,
Niall

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