Saving forms with interactive fields.

I am using Adobe Reader XI. I am filling out a form with interactive fields and the purple bar at the top which states "data typed into this form can be saved". However, when I save the form and then reopen it, the form is blank. Is there anything I can do to save the completed form?

Worked for me (Yahoooo! Have been asking for this for over a decade)
Opened .pdf with form field in reader X1
Type in a few numbers into form field
Did a save as, save was greyed out.
Closed file, reopened in reader X1
Closed file, reopened in Acrobat Pro X, flashed without form field or purple bar, then 3 seconds later falshed again and purple bar and form contents appeared, seems to have to think about whether to show or not

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