[nikidinsey]

Hi all,

Our first workflow is now live at school. We have 150 boys registering their work experience requests as we speak and it's going really well. Thank you for an excellent product.

I have a question related to form validation. I have many form fields with the "required" checkbox ticked which works as expected. I need some dynamic "if this, then x is required" style validation (sorry I don't know the right terminology!).

Basically, I need something to do the following "If radio input @@empHsReq ID = 2, make @@empHsFile required".

https://www.screencast.com/t/N45kuFxYdHp

Hope this makes sense, any tips greatly appreciated!

[zainab]

Hello,

You can use the below Javascript to either enable or disable the required property for a field, but keep in mind this will only work if the required property is marked for that particular control in properties section:

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$("#empHsFile").disableValidation();
$("#empHsReq").setOnchange(function(newVal, oldVal) {
    if (newVal == 2)
        $("#empHsFile").enableValidation();
    else
       $("#empHsFile").disableValidation();
});

Here replace "value_of_radio" with the value of the radio button in your dynaform.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Zainab Sabunwala

[nikidinsey]

Hi Zainab,

Thank you very much for this, I didn't know about the JavaScript feature available on the outer Dynaform. I've embedded your code and its worked flawlessly! Thanks a lot!

Niki

[rhbooth]

I am trying to do something similar but with a checkgroup. How do I make selections in the checkgroup dynamically require validation on subsequent fields in my form?

[amosbatto]

Let's say that in Form1 you have a checkbox associated with the variable "requireProducts".

Then in Form2, add a hidden field associated with the variable "requireProducts". Then, add the following JavaScript to Form2:

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var required = $("#requireProducts").getValue();
if (typeof required == "object" && required[0] == "1") {
  $("#selectProducts").enableValidation();
} else {
  $("#selectProducts").disableValidation();
}

Where "selectProducts" is the ID of a checkgroup.

Attached is a example process:

Require_in_Later_Dynaform-1.pmx

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[rhbooth]

amosbatto,

Thank you for that and it is very useful for me in the future.

Is it possible to do that in the same form? I have several selections in a checkgroup for actions for a manager to take for an employee such as promotion, title change, pay change, employment type change, etc. Then I have associated text fields or drop downs for managers to fill out. I would like to have the checkgroup selections apply validation to the associated fields in the same form. I can make it work with individual checkboxes, but that makes some follow on processes outside of PM more difficult.

Thank you!

[amosbatto]

I have created a programming example that you can use:
https://sourceforge.net/p/pmcommunity/c ... upOptions/

[rhbooth]

amosbatto,

That is fantastic. Works perfectly. Thank you for your help.