I have a form with many user input fields and 5 submit buttons. Each button has

rohitw

Certified Lead Developer

over 9 years ago

I have a form with many user input fields and 5 submit buttons. Each button has its own validation group for its own set of fields. Now there is one user input field which should not be mandatory for one of the buttons but should be mandatory for all other buttons. How can this requirement be implemented?

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0 pauln over 9 years ago

Within the field in question use the code..

required: if(<button_saveInto()> = "<button_value>", false, true)

assuming the <button> is the button that you don't want the value to be required for
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0 pauln over 9 years ago

Meh, that would set the default to true, disregard
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0 pauln over 9 years ago

You could do..

required: if(<button_saveInto()> = "<button_value>", false,
if(<button_saveInto()> = "<otherButton#_value>", true, {})

Repeated for as many buttons as you need
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0 rohitw
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over 9 years ago

Thanks Paulin for the response. The issue with this approach is that the SaveInto of any submit button doesn't execute unless all it's required fields are filled up. So if the button in question has another mandatory field and if it is blank, it will still show the common field (the field in question) as required.
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0 pauln over 9 years ago

I don't understand your requirements. Can you attach the code you have now?
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0 rohitw
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over 9 years ago

Sure. Please find attached the sample form.
SampleForm.txt
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0 madhanka
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over 9 years ago

Hi Rohit. I think if you have validationGroup as {"VG1","VG2","VG3","VG4"} for the common field, it should work.
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0 rohitw
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over 9 years ago

Hi Madhan, validationGroup doesn't take list, if you specify list, only last element is used.
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0 pauln over 9 years ago

What is your use case? I can't find a direct solution to this problem but I am sure there are other ways to get done what you need
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0 madhanka
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over 9 years ago

My bad. I have done similar use cases by enabling or disabling the buttons. In your use case, you can enable the button VG1 when all the VG1 fields including the common field has a value. for button VG5 you can use all VG5 button excluding the common field. But not sure if this solution would fit your requirements.
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