Reader XI, sign a existing signature field

I´m trying to sign a PDF file that have digital signature field.
In Reader 10 when i click in the Sign button, the signature is placed in the signature field that is enabled (visible or invisible field).
In Reader 11 is possible to do this? What i have seen is that i have to double click the field to open the Sign Document dialog box.

Thank you for your response.
I have read the documentation, twice. I am starting to think the documenation was created as a joke. A cruel, cruel joke.
The documenation does not provide a clear enough picture on how to use the JSO bridge, or the setFocus, for that matter, within VBA.
When I try and do jso.getField("fieldname").setFocus() within the VBA script it stops at the line and gives error "Operation Failed"

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Thank you for your help, the script will now count only the signature fields which have not been signed.
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2.
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The form is not Reader-Extended, it does not include submit buttons, and the document properties say that signing form fields is not allowed, unless you open the details where it says that both filling in fields and signing fields IS allowed.
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Hi,
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Hi all,
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4. I'm using Document Variable to pass the form.
Added Information for issues mentioned:
Issue 1
The initiator signed the form on Signature field A, and then the signature icon (a pen with questionmark "?") appears on top of signature. From the tooltip it's not verified yet.
Hence, initiator right clicked it and verified it. The icon changed to a green tick with exclamation mark and right after that it changed back to the previous icon again(a pen with questionmark "?").
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The case is whenever it's been verified(by right click and verified it), it will become verified for not more than 1 second and immediately it changed back to "is not verified", no matter how many times the initiator tried to verify the signature.)
Issue 2:
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Message box:
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There was an error when attempting to commit this signature.
The document was not saved.
A file error has occurred.
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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