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mandateField

Updated pdexter 2022-10-22

Makes a field on the document mandatory or not mandatory. When mandatory, the field must have a non-blank value for the document to be saved.

(client-side function)

Syntax

ft3.mandateField( field-name, state)

Part Description
field-name name of the field on the document
state whether to make the field mandatory, values true, false

Example

ft3.mandateField('status', true);
ft3.mandateField('widgetColor', false);

Note

To mandate fields on a parent document in the case that a child document is open, precede the field-name with "parentDoc", eg "parentDoc.lastName".

To mandate fields on a child document in the case that a child document is open, precede the field-name with "childDoc", eg "childDoc.lastName".