Saving a pdf without data

i have a pdf, that i need the user to fill out and print, but i do not want them to be able to save the data they've entered.
so if they click save, it would only save a blank pdf form.
is it possible? how?
Thanks!

You could put:
xfa.host.resetData();
on the preSave event of one of your fields, that should wipe all the fields before saving. If you need this script in the future, it's on the default Reset Button in the Standard object library.

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