Pre-populate dynamic form with XFDF

I am trying to pre-populate a form saved in Designer as a dynamic form. If the form is saved in either the 6.0 compatibile, or the 7.0 static pdf file format, my XFDF file works fine. If I open the PDF in Designer and save it as a dynamic form, the XFDF file opens the form in reader, but no data is populated.
I have searched everywhere and haven't found any information on this. Any help is greatly appreciated.

OK... so here's the update. The PDF file only has one vertically expanding field (a "Description") field on the page and it takes up about 2 vertical inches. If I open the PDF in Reader I can type into it and everything expands and flows correctly. If I use an XFDF file that contains a lot of data in the Description field, everything comes up perfectly. However, if I either modify my XFDF file, OR create an XFDF file that only has a tiny amount of data in the Description field (1-2 lines), the PDF is opened and no data is displayed anywhere in the form. If you click on a text field, any data that should be there magically appears. When you navigate out of that field, it disappears.
This only happens if the XFDF file has a Description field value that doesn't cause the PDF Description field to expand past the 2 inches.
I am new to Designer 7.0 and this is my first file that has dynamic flowing fields... is this a bug, or am I missing a property somewhere?
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