Is it possible to require a user to add an attachment before submitting a catalog item?

[Jim Coyne]

This post actually started out as a question, but as I was typing, I figured out what to do, so now I'm sharing... 🙂

We have an item that requires an attachment in order to fulfill the request, but I was not sure if it was possible to enforce. We could ask the user to confirm there is an attachment, but I could not see how to actually check it with code? Attachments are added to the sys_attachment table and associated with the sc_cart_item table, but there is no guarantee that the attachment is for that particular item, as the record stays around if the item is not actually added to the cart or ordered.

Then that "AHA!" moment struck - just check to see if the list of attachments is visible:

Here's the onSubmit script:

function onSubmit() {
   var attachments = document.getElementById('header_attachment_list_label');
   if (attachments.style.visibility == 'hidden' || attachments.style.display == 'none' ) {
       alert('You must attach at least 1 file before submitting this request.');
       return false;
   }
}

[gait7b]

I like this one, it saves a roundtrip to the server.

[Jim Coyne]

Yes, it is definitely nicer to be able to check client side.

[scottl]

This does not work in the SP.

[Luis Paulo]

I was unable to make the attachment mandatory in the catalog items, I used this script to create a Catalog Client Script, could you help me to make the attachments mandatory by doing a favor?

[jmcagod]

Hi! Were you able to make this work? Do you mind sharing your solution?

Thank you!