Show Warning Message near the field

Question

Hi all,
I want to show my warning message near the field which is required instead of right at the bottom.
I use the following onSubmit() Method when the user hits the submit button to check for required fields:-
if (this.testfield == null) {
this.setBackgroundColor(componentId : "testfield", color : "Red");
this.focus(componentId : "testfield");
this.setVisible(componentId : "testfield", visible : true, collapsed : false);
this.showWarning(warning : "Testfield is Required");
else {
this.submit(text : "submit");
This gives me the error message right at the bottom of the presentation as opposed below the field.
How can I get this message to appear right below the field which is required?
Any idea?
I tried this.setText()
But it does not work.

Answer 1

The "showWarning" and "showError" methods used to be more useful when we had the option in earlier releases (5.7) to place them at either the top or the bottom of the presentation.
I now never use either one of them.
This is not what you want to hear and know you've thought of this, but what I do is add text attributes (errorMessage1, errorMessage2,...) to the BPM object and then place the text fields on the presentation as read-only, bold red foreground color text fields directly above the field causing the error. In my presentation's initialization method, I always use the setVisible method to false and collapse them. In your submit logic, you'd set the value of the error message attribute and set the error message field to be visible and not collapsed. You need to add an on change event for the field causing the error that will make the error field not visible and collapsed. Similarly, if you have a Save button, you need to make all the error fields not visible and collapsed.
Dan