Making a field required conditionally

Hi,
I want to make a field required based on condition. ie) Based on a selection in radio button the fields(textbox) will be shown or hidden and when shown they have to be required fields. Can anyone give a hint abt this?

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nipper

Read the TST FormAPI manual. this is trivial

kaalraa

Hi,
I want to make a field required based on condition. ie) Based on a selection in radio button the fields(textbox) will be shown or hidden and when shown they have to be required fields. Can anyone give a hint abt this?

Capture the event of your radio button selection and use the following commands:

IWDatacapture.getItem("/rootName/itemName").setReadOnly(true/false);
IWDatacapture.getItem("/rootName/itemName").setVisible(true/false);

sariba

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. setReadOnly and setVisible are fine..We have done that in many instances..but setting required conditionally is where I need some info..

kaalraa

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. setReadOnly and setVisible are fine..We have done that in many instances..but setting required conditionally is where I need some info..

In that case you need to set those fields as invalid and highlight mode as true or false.

IWDatacapture.getItem("/ITEMNAME").setValid(true/false);
IWDatacapture.setHighlightMode(true/false);
IWDatacapture.redraw();