You canadd a signature field in Designer (this is just a place holder). It becomes a real signature when the disgner makes the pdf.

Paul

Do you mean using a signature pad to apply the signature to the field?

Paul

So if you do not lock the fields ....will it sign for you?

Paul

So when you say draw all over it you are not simply drawing on the signature field? Are you using a tool on the commenting toolbar to do the drawing?

Paul

Ok I think I have figured this out. The lock all fields is a red herring. That option you are using is simply adding a comment to the form. Comments cannot be added to a dynamic form. If you save your form as a static PDF then that technique will work whether the fields are locked or not.

Paul

No probs ....

In the function that locks all fields each object on the form is identified and checked for its clsssname  - if it is a field then we know that is one of the following (DDList, TextField, NumericField, radio button, checkbox , Button , etc...). We can do a subsequent check to see if it is a button. In my case a named all of my buttons Button1, Button2 etc... so I simply choose each object with a classname of field and a name that has Button for its first 6 chars and I omit that from the lock procedure. I included a modified sample to give you the idea as well here is the modified script object  that I used:

/********************************************************************* ****************
Function: LockAllFields
Description: This function will lock all fields.
IN: The parent subform. It could also be an element that contains subform like form1
OUT : nothing
********************************************************************** ****************/
function LockAllFields(myParentObject){

var allChildElements;
var intNumElements;
var currentElement;
var j;
var temp;

//Get all the child nodes of the parent element
allChildElements = myParentObject.nodes;

//Total number of element in the object
intNumElements = allChildElements.length;

//Loop through all the child elements
for(j=0; j< intNumElements;j++){
  currentElement = allChildElements.item(j);
  //If the element is another subform we'll recusively call the function again
  if(allChildElements.item(j).className == "subform"){
   LockAllFields(currentElement);
  }
  //If the objects are fields and they are set to mandatory (validate.nullTest) then we will set the border.fill.color - dependant on object type
  else if(currentElement.className == "field"){
   //CHeck to see if the field is a button - do not lock buttons
   temp =  currentElement.name;
   if (temp.substring(0,6) != "Button"){
    currentElement.access = "readOnly";
   }
  
  }
   //Check for exclusion groups - Radio Buttons
   else if(currentElement.className == "exclGroup"){
   for(k=0; k< currentElement.nodes.length;k++){
    if(currentElement.nodes.item(k).className == "field"){
     //set the color for the radio buttons individually
     currentElement.access = "readOnly";
    }
  
   }
  }
}
}//end function