Make field mandatory depending on something else

[amacqueen]

I know I can use UI Policies to make a field mandatory based on certain conditions however i need to make a field mandatory the next time a form is opened and can't make it work.

Scenario is I am building a bespoke change application for a part of our business and once the change manager assigns the change to an individual I want the development field (u_development) to become mandatory only once the form is saved. I don't want the change manager to have to update the u_development field which is what a UI Policy enforces.

Can I achieve this?

Many thanks

[zica]

Hi Angus,

You can make an onLoad client script in which you can test if the conditions you want to make the field mandatory are matching or not.

Kind regards

ZA

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[zica]

Here is a script I've just made to make the worknote mandatory, You can use it for another field :

function onLoad() {

  //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

  var new_val = g_form.getValue("assigned_to");

  if (new_val != '') {

  try {

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('work_notes');

  } catch(e) {

  }

  g_form.setMandatory('work_notes', true);

  g_form.showFieldMsg('work_notes','Please add details','error');

  g_form.flash("work_notes", "#FFFACD", 0);

  return false;   //Abort submission

  }

}

Kind regards,

ZA

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[amacqueen]

Many thanks for replying however that script appears to do little more than a UI policy unfortunately. Despite it being an onLoad script when I make the changes to the form and attempt to save it I'm told the development field is mandatory?

[amacqueen]

FWIW my script is below:-

function onLoad() {

  //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

  var new_val = g_form.getValue("u_assigned_to");

  if (new_val != '') {

  try {

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('u_development');

  } catch(e) {

  }

  g_form.setMandatory('u_development', true);

  g_form.showFieldMsg('u_development','Please add details','error');

  g_form.flash("u_development", "#FFFACD", 0);

  return false;   //Abort submission

  }

}