Can't make Duration field mandatory

[tlock]

I have a duration field on a form that has the flag set for it to be mandatory, that's not the problem.   The problem is when the form is loaded up, the duration field sections get populated with zeros and SN then sees the zeros as data having been entered into the field, so the mandatory flag gets greyed out right away.   Here's what the duration field looks like right after the form has finished loading:

Any ideas on how to get around this?

I tried setting the default values for the duration field sections to be NULL in the dictionary attributes for the field, but that didn't work.   I know that I could do an onSubmit script to check for all zeros on the duration field, but I would rather not have to do it that way.   To me, this seems like a flaw in the way that SN has set the duration field type to function with it loading zeros in this way.

Thanks

[tlock · Accepted solution]

I didn't have anything set in the default value field at all.

I've since discovered that this is solely an issue with my personal DEV instance of SN, in my company's instances this is not a problem.   I should have checked that first.   Since this isn't an issue where I'm going to end up using this form, I'm not going to worry about it at all.

Thanks for trying to help sort this out.

[Paulo Dias1]

Hi tlock, how are you?

I need configure a duration field just with the behavior of your PDI. I need that the field accepts and hold zero values.

Have you found the difference between your PDI and the other instance? What it changes the behavior of the field comparing the two instances?

Thank you and sorry about my English.