>If I remember correctly (it's been 2 years so I don't remember what all I did back then to accomplish this), it has to be created in Acrobat Pro and then set Acrobat's 'Advanced, Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader' setting, or you will have to flatten the pdf before the user sends it back (or purchase Adobe LiveCycle developer and then usage rights can be added using liveCycle reader extensions) . I think Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (maybe 8 or highter?) has that option as well...
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>Lookup those and 'reader extended' for more information...

Thanks - looks like this is a lock-me-into-Adobe thing, i.e. nobody else has the documentation, object model, whatever it takes to tap into these new standard properties. As standard as Microsoft's XML. Though I remember fillable forms were available eight years ago, I couldn't save them then; the only option was to print them so to keep a hardcopy (print to postscript... now there's an option... then use ghostscript... but no, this has to happen at random user's, nothing installed but Adobe 5 or better).

Downloaded the Adobe thingy (at least it's cheaper than Amyuni) and will play with it.