Defaulting the mandatory field to space in a flex field - Urgent...

Question

Hi ,
I have a flex field which is used to render address based on the country selected ( Country is an LOV..)
The flex field details are.
Appl Short Name: AR
Name: Remit Address HZ
Type: descriptive
Address Line 1 is mandatory in the flex field configuration.
My requirement is to default the Address Line 1 with space which I am doing by setting the vo.setAddressLine1(" ")
once the VO is initialized and in the screen Address Line 1 is getting defaulted to space.
But if the user removes the space in it and tabs out, even then I have to default the Address Line 1 with space.
(i.e. if Address Line 1 is null then I have to default it to space)
But as it is a flex field it does not have any Action Type. How can I default it if the user makes the field null..
I tried in the VORowImpl to set the value to space if it is null but it is not working...
public String getAddress1() {
String value = (String) getAttributeInternal(ADDRESS1);
if ( value == null || "".equals(value ) )
return " ";
return (String) getAttributeInternal(ADDRESS1);
When the user makes this field as null and clicks on Apply button, the form validation appears saying the field
is mandatory.( I cannot set the Disable Client Side validation to True for the Apply Button..)
Is there a way
1. To set the value of the VO attribute to space if it is made null
or
To set the VO attribute to a space before the form validation error appears?

Answer 1

Hi Friends,
I got the answer. The following link gives the details.
http://www.oraclearea51.com/oracle-technical-articles/oa-framework-articles/184-set-dff-segment-required-in-oaf.html