Avoiding Manadatory Field Validation

Hello,
I require to populate a few fields based on a value selected from a dropdown. However, I am using a custom screen with all manadatory fields, hence getting stuck with mandatory field validation.
I tried using AT EXIT-COMMAND in PAI, but then the selected value is not passed, and hence the population of screen fields is not happening.
Any suggestion for me?
Regards
Prasenjit Mitra
Pune, India

HI Prasenjit
The manadatory validation has the more priority so it will not allow any other statements to process.
Instead fo going for Obligatory addition for that parameter you can validate it manually in the PAI event like
If <parameter> is initial.
message e001(zer). --->show error message
else
<code>
endif
HI
the problem is you can use AT EXIT-COMMAND but you cant pass the value at the same time. so i suggest you to use the validation using coding by which you can pass the value
regards
kishore
Message was edited by: Harikishore Sreenivasulu

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