Validation Error Message in OBPM 10GR3 Presentations

Question

Hi all,
I have a presentation which has some fields as REQUIRED Fields... For e.g. the From Date field is required...
I select "YES" for the Required option in the properties tab for that field in the presentation and also put a Validation Error Message which says " From Date Required".
I thought that the Validation Error Message would show up when the date is no selected or filled..
But instead the name of the variable used showed up.. i.e. TestObjectFromDate..
Why is that so?
How can I make the Validation Error Message show up instead?

Answer 1

No this sounds odd, but you might find it's easier not to use the "Required" property for BPM Object presentation text fields.
Try making the Submit button on the form invoke a method (instead of the default "submit" action). In the method, try this:
if someField = null || someField = "" then
    // set the background of the field to red
    setBackgroundColor this
              using componentId = "someFieldName",
                         color = "Red"
    focus("someFieldName")
    setVisible this
      using componentId = "errorTextField",
          visible = true,
          collapsed = false
    someErrorText = "Please enter a value in the field highlighted below"
else
    submit("Submit")
endThis would put your cursor in the offending field and make its background red. It also would make a text field visible on the presentation and set its value.
This assumes that "someErrorText" is a String attribute of your BPM Object that is placed somewhere on the UI.
Dan