The document signature field is repeatable

Hi!
I use signature fields in dynamic forms in Acrobat 7 without problems. In Reader and Acrobat 8 signature field is not displayed and in designer there is a warning that is it problem "The document signature field is repeatable" ...
Does someone know how to workaround this "feature", please?
Thanks,
--- Jaroslav

I forgot to mention one other item. If for some reason it is not possible to do this with a button, is it possible to disable or set to readonly the control?

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Summary: Basically there are multiple text fields that are set to required, customer name, email...etc. All fields must be locked after being digitally signed (through the document signature field). When default validation pattern are used (blank) it generates an error (Customer field could not be validated). After trying regular expression script, it generates an error (Customer field could not be validated). So i tried a number of different combinations of picture clauses, and from what i'm gathering you have to know exactly how many characters are going to be typed to use that sort of validation. Which in a customer name field you have know idea what their name is going to be (unless you customize a document for each individual customer (not possible)).
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::COPY OF HELP QUESTION SUBMITTED::
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::ANSWER SUBMITTED BY COMMUNITY EXPERT::
A:There are a couple of things you need to look at. First, is the Acrobat Picture Clause Reference. You can find it and other LiveCycle references on this site
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/xml/index_arch.html
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::RESPONSE FROM ME BACK::
Q:After reading through the Picture Clause Reference I'm certain there is no way to validate the customer name field without first knowing how many characters will be entered in. And I'm pretty sure there is no simple way of just making it "required" without a pattern to verify against.
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Oh great, a conversion problem when i try to remove the policy! Incidently i get this same conversion problem when i try to remove a signature using the Clear Signature on a form that has NOT had any policy placed on it at all.
So basically, to sum up these are the main issues
1) Can digital signatures be removed from a form that has a policy placed on it, or do i have to remove the policy first?
2) Why am i getting these coercion errors? As i understood it using a Document Form variable is the correct way to go. What should i do to resolve this?
So can anyone shed a little light on this?
Thanks
Billy

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