Required when is not available for custom control
Hi all,
I created a custom control (password/text) to include some javascript to do masking/unmasking of text field based on some preset time interval. This control is working perfectly but the problem is we have to make this field as required/mandatory based on some conditions, so when this custom control is used, pega doesn't provide the option to give the condition to make it mandatory, it only provides a checkbox for required/not required.
Please let me know if anyone has came across this issue and how to resolve it.
Pegasystems Inc.
US
I believe this limitation is by design. When using your own/non-auto generating controls you will face a more limited set of configuration options.
If you're hand-coding this control, you will likely need to code some pega when conditions manually to achieve this.
EPAM Systems, Inc.
ES
Hi Rahul,
Thanks for posting on PSC.
As suggested by my colleague Rett, it's a limitation of product to have action sets or default features available for the custom control. As there are codes as well as configuration missing in the custom control which are internally built for an OOTB control.
Alternatively, you can follow steps to achieve your requirement:-
1. Write an activity, to invoke Obj-Validate having the "Required" condition for the property in consideration.
2. Invoke the above created activity from your JS file for "onChange" event of the property, by using below code,
It is suggested to use SafeURL that will encode the string.
<pega:include name="SafeURLInclude"/> for jsp
or
{include SafeURLInclude} for HTML
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Hi Rahul,
Thanks for posting on PSC.
As suggested by my colleague Rett, it's a limitation of product to have action sets or default features available for the custom control. As there are codes as well as configuration missing in the custom control which are internally built for an OOTB control.
Alternatively, you can follow steps to achieve your requirement:-
1. Write an activity, to invoke Obj-Validate having the "Required" condition for the property in consideration.
2. Invoke the above created activity from your JS file for "onChange" event of the property, by using below code,
It is suggested to use SafeURL that will encode the string.
<pega:include name="SafeURLInclude"/> for jsp
or
{include SafeURLInclude} for HTML
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var oSafeURL = new SafeURL("<Activity Class>.<Activity Name>");
oSafeURL.put("<Param1 Name", "Param1 Value");
oSafeURL.put("<Param2 Name", Param2 Value);
...
var strUrl = oSafeURL.toURL();
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then you can use the generated URL in calling method
httpRequestAsynch(strUrl, "", 50, 100); (async call)
or
window.open(strUrl) (open a popup) etc.
Refet this:-
-https://community.pega.com/node/44151
Hope it helps you in achieving your requirement, kindly notify by marking this post as answered if it does.
Regards,
Asif
CIBC
CA
Thanks Arif for explaining in detail. Btw do we have any browser based/client side method to achieve this like pega does when required checkbox is checked?we have several fields to do this for and apart from making those fields mandatory based on condition, I need to display an asterisk beside the corresponding fields based on the same conditions to indicate to the user that they are mandatory, maybe I should try using section refresh and add asterisk after the conditions are met.
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Hi Rahul,
There is an OOTB control 'OptionallyRequiredLabel' for displaying an asterisk beside the property based on a when condition, you can try this to achieve your requirement.
If not directly using the control, you can apply custom style with 'iconRequired' class for displaying asterisk symbol next to the property label.
Hope it helps.
Thanks.