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Hi

 

Is it possible to  have mandatory fields based on the current view. I have a form with 4 views. Each view is a slightly different form that required some mandatory fields. At the moment of course ALL mandatory fields must be filled in before you can save a form. Is it possible to make the form so that only the mandatory field in the view you are in need to be filled in?

 

Thanks in advance 

I do not think there is a way to control the validation by view.  However you can implement validation manually.  If you have a field that you want these properties for then you can turn off the validation and use rules to perform your own validation.  With either messages when the field value changes letting the user know the correct inputs and/or on the submit putting rules that validate the values of the fields and do not submit unless they meet the requirements.

Hello

You can write code to delete all errors(In other views) in except current view.

Do you have a sample?

Yes we can have fields shown as mandatory based upon the view that you are in.

1. Add a field to your main dom.
2. Add an onSwitchView event to your code
3. Here set the current view to the field added in step 1 (thisXDocument.View.Name; will give you the curent view name)
4. Now change your datavalidation to be based up on the field that is added in step 1.

 Let me know if you want more details.

I'm using 2007 not 2003. Will see if the prinicible is the same but any help you can give is very helpful

This will work with both 2003 and 2007.

Hi

For my two-penny's worth you can do it without code as long as you have a field value linked to each view and use that value to change the view of the form.  For example

@View = 1 is view 1 @View = 2 is view 2 and so on.  Then set your validation on the field to also look at the value of the @View field to determine whether to switch on the validation in this view.  If you also use rules set on @View to move the views then you are guaranteed to synchronise the @View View with the correct validation.

Cheers Adam

Yes, but how exactly would you set a field value to the current view name without code?

You would create a viewstate field which defaulted to the default view name.

Then whenever you switched the view via a rule you would also update this field with the new view name using the Set Field Value action. It takes some housekeeping but I have done this several times.

 

I am not following how i do this and i desperately need this type of solution