Saving dynamic forms problem

Hi
I have created a form with a dynamic subform to capture repeated information. I have saved it and enabled reader rights in Acrobat. When I go to save the form with the subform repeated it does not save the repeated subform, just the original subform.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks

To say I have deselected 'form requires server side data binding and / or scripting' from the properties panel. This is now saving the data however the repeating subform is not showing after I have saved it. When I click the button to repeat it opens up again with the data showing. I would like it to always be showing if possible.

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This document enabled extended features in Adobe Reader. The document has been changed since it was created and the use of extended features is no longer available. Please contact the author for the original version of this document.

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I posted my discovery in another forum topic here:
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