There is a validate extension that may do what you want? http://home.earthlink.net/~dwinterfeldt/
I believe that it is part of the nightly build as well. - Sandeep --- Alex Colic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > could someone give me some architecture hints on how > to do the following: > > Lets say you have a business object that has a > couple of mandatory and > optional fields populated by the user. The user goes > from page to page, each > time inputting either a required piece of info or an > optional piece of info. > > I need to create a web GUI to allow an administrator > to specify which > optional fields for their site are mandatory. When > the user goes through > each page he must populate the mandatory and any > optional fields made > mandatory. > > My first idea was to create an xml document that > consisted of the business > field name and then a true/false flag. The web page > would allow the user to > set the optional fields as required or not. Then I > thought I could feed this > document to my business object and set boolean > fields to required or not. > Then the question is how do I force a user to input > a piece of info when > they visit a mandatory page? > > An example of my proposed code is: > > private int stockNumber; //optional field > private boolean bStockNumberRequired=false; //flag > to specify if this field > is now required > > public void setStockNumber(int i); > public int getStockNumber(); > > public void isStockNumberRequired(boolean is) > public boolean getStockNumberRequired(); > > Any thoughts are appreciated. > > Alex > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
