Making a field on the SCSM 2012 Change form a required field?

Question

I've got an oldie but a goodie...
Are there any good instructions / example articles, for how to make a field mandatory?
I understand I need to use Visual Studio to create a control. From here I need to make a DLL and bundle it in an Management Pack Bundle.  Then I have to Bind the control to the field.
A few important pieces of information. I first opened Visual Studio 3 days ago.  I have no idea how to use VS.  I barely found where the DLL is "built".  I gave up serious coding in '93.  I not bad at PowerShell and Bash. 
Never used VB or C#.  (Honestly, if Rob Ford's Blog didn't have screenshots I never would have figured out to use VS2010 or how to add the reference Assemblies.)
(Now that you've stop laughing...) ;-)
Do I need a new control for each field or can I re-use the control for other fields?
Why wasn't a Standard Control added to SCSM2012 to require an entry in a field?  OOTB, Incidents have mandatory fields, so can I re-use that control in other forms.  All we need is to require the user to include certain
fields before submitting a Change Request.
Thank you for any assistance or answers you have.
Ray Watters, Chicago

Answer 1

Do I need a new control for each field or can I re-use the control for other fields?
Once you have a single custom control loaded onto your form it can do everything that you require. Not just validation rules, but anything you need it to do. For example, I have done form customisations purely via a custom control.
Why wasn't a Standard Control added to SCSM2012 to require an entry in a field? 
The standard forms are WPF forms and their validation rules are hard-coded in the XAML and C# that make up the forms.
To find which DatePicker you need, look at it in the Authoring Tool to see its Name or use Snoop from here:
http://snoopwpf.codeplex.com/
You can hover over the console and see the control names, although, sometimes, it is a bit unstable with the SCSM console.
Rob Ford scsmnz.net
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