Saving a reader extended PDF form as read-only

Before posting this, I've searched for hours in the forums and the internet on how to accomplish this but I just can't find the solution.
I've created a simple form in Acrobat and saved it with reader extended attributes so it can be saved by my colleagues in Adobe Reader once filled in. The problem now is they need to send these out to customers but in an unfillable state. I'm not sure if this is possible but I'm hoping for a simple solution if anyone could help me out, thanks.

Create a button somewhere on the form and add the following to the Mouse Up event:
// Set these fields to read-only
getField("Text1").readonly = true;
getField("Text2").readonly = true;
getField("Check Box1").readonly = true;
// continue for any other fields
// Hide this button
event.target.display = display.hidden;
Only use the actual field names that you're using in your form. The users should be sure to save to a new file, and I would suggest that they set the blank form to read-only via the file system so they don't accidentally overwrite it.

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