Getting error while trying to delete columns from form designer

Question

I Am trying to make last name a mandatory field.
AD was not getting provisioned for users that i created.The system validation task was not getting completed.WHen i tried to save the process form it was showing that last name was a mandatory field.So i figured it out that my process form was not getting populated.
i was trying to delete last name from the form version.But it was throwing an error code= DOBJ.SDC_CANNOT_DELETE_SRE_ENTRIES_EXIST
So i am trying to create a new version of a form and delete some columns.But when im doing it it shows the following error :
ERROR,15 Dec 2008 18:03:20,073,[XELLERATE.SERVER],Class/Method: tcSDC/hasPrePopulatedEntries Error :Sdk cannot drop, SRE entries Exist.
Could you help as to how i can resolve this.

Answer 1

You cannot delete a column, but you can hide it ;)
In your case, you may follow these steps:
1) Create a new form version.
2) Go to the "Properties" tab in the form editor.
3) Delete the "Required=true" property for the "Last Name" field.
4) Add a new property to the "Last Name" field: select "Visbile Field" in the "Property Name" combo-box, and add "false" to the "Property Value". Save.
5) Activate your version.
Think again about hidding the "Last Name", because I think it's a mandatory value for AD user creation (i.e., AD won't let you create users if they don't have Last Name set). However, I'm not sure.
Hope this help!