No Form Fields Detected - Adobe Pro X

Hi all,
Having a very frustrating time today and probably missing something simple. I have created a new PDF Form and also edited a previous Form that I have used. However, when uploading them into our software (proprietary), we get the error "No Form Fields Detected". However, the previously edited document (the same but from previous installation of the same software - Adobe X Pro) works fine. They are the same!
Am I missing something here? I get the option to Edit in Designer in my tools menu. Checked and double checked all the fields are correct as before, no change but the two forms behave differently. On the two versions of the previous Form, I have gone through Properties etc step by step and both Forms are identical.
It might be that I have never done this step myself before but if I create a new form from scratch in Designer, is there a step I must do to make the Form Fields be acknowledged as Form Fields?
Thanks in advance.
ps. tutorials I have seen have an Edit function in the Tools menu which they use to Detect Form Fields but I only have "Edit in Designer".
David

Thanks for your reply. Finally solved it last night. Simple in the end but took ages to find it (and much hair pulling).
My Forms were saved as Dynamic XML. So I saved them as Static XML then reapplied Reader Extended features and it all worked fine.
Appreciate you looking.
Kind regards
David

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