Newbie ?? Using fillable pdf as template & restrictions

I am using acrobat 9 pro extended & livecycle designer 8.
What I want to do is make a fillable template (estimates & invoice forms) and then be able to save it two ways, one for me to continue to make changes and one for the customer where no changes can be made.
I have opened a pdf and used livecycle to design my template (still a regular fillable pdf)
Then I open it and fill it in and press save as.
It saves it so I can continue to makes changes.  This part is OK
Now how do I also save it so I can email it to a customer where they cant make changes??

This is doable but it will require some scripting. Ideally
having users authenticate to turn on/off features in the form is the best way to handle this but it is not always feasible.
So you coudl change your submit button to be a regular button (where we can write code behind it). I woudl also hide the submit button so the user cannot click it. Then on the regular button (that looks like a submit button to the user), we woudl look through all fields on the form and lock it only if there is a value in the field. This way all the DDlists, and fields that are filled will be locked and any field that is not filled will be available. The buttons woudl have to be handled separately. The problem with this solution is once the button is pressed there is no turning back (undoing it). Also you will wantt o send PDF and not XML to the next user otherwise they will not be able to do much with the attachment in the email. Does this sound acceptable? Do you have the skills to code this up or do you need help? BTW you shoudl also hide the email button until the SaveAs has been done.
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