Script Disappearing in Acrobat 9

Hi,
I am having the problem that my Javascript keeps disappearing from the
Properties window randomly.
If I click "Add or Edit Form" and add some script to an Event, many
times it disappears. Totally random.
If I close the PDF file and open the file again, the script comes back.
If I save the PDF file after the script disappears, the script is gone
for good.
Do you guys have this problem?

Great. Thanks. I just changed it on my computer and it worked. I'll change it back now to my address. If my client wants to do it in future though, would they would need a copy of Acrobat Pro, not just Acrobat Reader? Or can you 'distribute' from Reader too? That would be great if you can, then the client can track the responses.

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