Signatures locking

How can I lock a signature after a signature field was signed,I am working with the Acrobat Designer 7.0. It was really easay with acrobat 6 or Javascript by using the "readonly" function. I am badly surprised that a signed and protected signature field in acrobat 6 can be deleted in Acrobat 7.
Pascal Lintz

You can use the access property to set it to readOnly field.
SignatureField1.access = "readOnly";

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    Hi,
    If I understand correctly you want to stop the user from being able to change any of the fields in the form except for the employee signature field.
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  • Any difference in signature lock function, read-only field property, & signed tab "Mark as read-only

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  • Locking "Clea Form" with signatures

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  • Clear Signature unlocks form fields when using multiple signature fields

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  • Can Not Delete digital signature

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    Hi,
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  • Issue with Signature fields

    Dear All,
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    I added the User A signature field to the User B field collection.  This means that when the second user signs, it locks the first signers signature field.  This DOES NOT prevent the first signer (User A) from clearing his\her signature, but it does prevent User A form being able to re-sign the signature field.
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