Picklist generates an error

Question

Dear Experts,
I have an issue when the user try to hit a cancel button in the Service ticket. It gives an error message: 'Required entry field not filled; click here to continue anyway'. I got this error when I set the categories picklist field as mandatory. This error message from Message class BSP_WD. If I remove mandatory  flag from the category field, the error goes away.
Any help would be appreciated
Regards,
Banu

Answer 1

Hi Banu,
when your field is a mandatory one, the easist solution might be to prefill it with a value. In the DO_INIT_CONTEXT() just get the first available option from the picklist and set it to the current node.
Coding should look something like this:
*Get your first available option here
*Set it to the context node here
lr_property = typed_context->myContextNode->collection_wrapper->get_current().
check lr_property is bound.
lr_property->set_property( iv_attr_name = 'MyAttribute' iv_value = 'FirstValueFromPicklist' ).
The way you retrieve the value can be kind of easy, just read the GET_V method.
Another option would be to fiddle around with the server event triggered by the Cancel button, but I suppose the above solution should work for you.
cheers Carsten