Required fields in a presentation

Question

In a bpm object presentation we want to have some of the text input fileds required.
When they are not filled in we want a message to display to the user.
i tried setting the Not Null attribute in the bpm object but that does not work.
We are using 6.0.3 Studio.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi,
Here's one technique to do this. There's another way, but I like this better:
1. Take off the "Not null" for the attribute.
2. Create a new method called "onSubmit()" in the BPM Object. In this method add the logic:
<pre class="jive-pre"><p />if (myAttribute = null || myAttribute = "") then
showError("Please enter a value in the field highlighted below")
setForegroundColor this using componentId = "textFieldNameForMyAttribute",
color = “Red”
else
submit("submit")
end</pre>
3. Make the Submit button on your presentation invoke an action and have it call the new "onSubmit()" method.
Hope this helps,
Dan