Using Acrobat Designer 7

I've created multiple forms, using Designer 7.0; however....
the digital signature fields will not function when the recipient
(submitter) of the forms trys to click on the signature fields.
Nothing happens, kinda frustrating.
I was under the impression (understanding) that we could
create the forms and send them to someone who would be able to fill
out all the fields and submit form back to us. The returned data
would come back in the XML format in the email, (as long as we do
not have digital signatures in the form), but digital signature
fields no work? The submitters were using Acrobat Reader 8.
Could anyone help me with this problem, or at least explain
why that part of the product will not function?
The Digital Signature Fields were created per Adobe Designer
Help instructions.

Hi slightlyleft,
Thanks for your post. However, this Forum is meant to discuss
issues related to acrobat.com and not acrobat. To post an issue
related to acrobat please visit the acrobat forum :
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbeda8b/
You may also open a web case with Adobe Support. To do so,
please visit the following link :
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/support/index.cfm?event=portal

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