Save Interactive PDF Form as static form

I have an Interactive form in a Web Dynpro page. I fill in out, hit submit, it creates a PDF file on the server. This is great but when I open up the PDf that got created, it is still editable. How do I make Web Dynpro create a static or non-editable form from the filled-in form.
hope it's possible and someone knows how to do this. thanks

Thanks for your suggestion. I already thought of it and was going that way until I found the "Sign & Lock" element that Markus mentioned (Re: Load PDF as template source for interactive forms based on given filena) in the Web Dynpro tab in Livecycle Designer.
I spent a long time looking for it. I have 4-5 machines with NWDS and Designer installed but only one of them has it. I don't know why this is the case. But luckily I could copy that element from that open machine and put in the others. If you dont have it on your machine, you should probably contact SAP or something.
Basically what the "sign & lock" element is a signature field with a builtin javascript snippet that locks all the fields in the form except signature fields once signed. Digital signatures aren't really ready to be used with ADS and Web Dynpro at the moment according to the thread Markus replied (see link above). I recommend not using digital signatures if your interactive form needs to be worked on multiple times.

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