Pre-populate a PDF from XML-file in Reader 7.07

After the release of Reader 7.07, we can't pre-populate our forms any more.
We are using the Java-script to pre-populate/import the XML into the document, but now the user has to select the XML file from an "open file dialog", so this solution doesn't work for us any more.
I have seen in the forum that you can certify the PDF, but this doesn't work either, because when you open the PDF and imports the XML it's not certified any more.
So can anyone tell me what is the procedure, for pre-populating a form in Reader 7.07
Thanks
Søren Høy

After I removed the comma in the filenames of my problematic test files, this solution worked for me, too. I was able to again save the PDFs as enabled for commenting in Adobe Reader (to make them reviewable).
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