Red Asterisk - Required, using validationGroup

You need to figure out a way to do this without using the validation groups. There are different techniques for accomplishing this, but the one I go with most commonly is to only allow certain components/sections on a form to be edited under certain conditions, and/or to disable certain buttons until certain conditions are met. It's hard for me to say what might best suit your use case without more details - if you could share, there are probably plenty of people around here who could suggest ways to meet your requirements.

You need to figure out a way to do this without using the validation groups. There are different techniques for accomplishing this, but the one I go with most commonly is to only allow certain components/sections on a form to be edited under certain conditions, and/or to disable certain buttons until certain conditions are met. It's hard for me to say what might best suit your use case without more details - if you could share, there are probably plenty of people around here who could suggest ways to meet your requirements.