Using URL Parameters in a PDF Form

I built a form in LiveCycle Designer ES and I would like a couple of fields auto populated. The only way I could see doing this without having to purchase the LiveCycle Forms Server or another solution, is to embed the information in the URL.
I found a blog post about it on Stefan Cameron's blog: http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/10/20/using-url-requests-in-pdf-forms/
I was able to get this to work, but when I try to allow the user to save their form locally, the form information get cleared when they try to reopen it.
I searched the NET and really couldn't find anything related to my problem.
Does anyone have an idea about this or should I be looking at a different solution?
Thanks,
James

I think that I was able to resolve this issue myself. After opening the PDF with URL parameters, you need to manually enter data into a field before saving. After manually entering data in a field and saving, the form contains all of the data.

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