Make required field in company in Sugar 5.0 RC

[john30043]

I built a custom module that is based on 'Company'. Would like to make the "billing street address' a required field (I understand it will make all child modules like accounts use that restriction, but that's ok), so I went into include/SugarObjects/templates/company/vardefs.php and added line
'required' => true,
to the 'billing_address_street' field, then 'repair' database, the address still does not show red asterisk on the field, am I missing something?

[john30043]

I also cleared the cache, the application did check against the bill-to address when empty address is saved so it's somewhat working. The "Billing Address" label, however, still don't have the read asterisk indicator beside it. Where is the logic to enforce the red asterisk indicator? can anyone help?

[GameboyRMH]

What version are you using? It works okay for me in 5 beta 2 and 5 RC.

Anyhow try this:

Go to custom/modulebuilder/packages/<packagename>/modules/<modulename> and look at the vardefs.php in there. This is the vardefs for modules in the Modulebuilder. When you deploy a module, everything about the fields is defined from this vardefs file.

The fields you set as required should contain the line

'required' => '1',

Do you see it there? If not add the line and try re-deploying your custom module. Editing your module before it's deployed is far easier.

[john30043]

I am using 5RC as the header indicated.

the module I built is based on 'Company' model, so when I go to vardefs.php as you mentioned, "billing_street_address' will not show up there since the field is inherited from the 'company' parent object...

The rest of the custom fields showed red asterisk correctly, but not inherited fields like 'billing_street_address', 'billing_city' etc...

Server: WinXP
Sugar v5.0.0 RC
Apache 2.2.5
MySQL 5.0.45
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What version are you using? It works okay for me in 5 beta 2 and 5 RC.

Anyhow try this:

Go to custom/modulebuilder/packages/<packagename>/modules/<modulename> and look at the vardefs.php in there. This is the vardefs for modules in the Modulebuilder. When you deploy a module, everything about the fields is defined from this vardefs file.

The fields you set as required should contain the line

'required' => '1',

Do you see it there? If not add the line and try re-deploying your custom module. Editing your module before it's deployed is far easier.

[GameboyRMH]

Oh I was in a big rush earlier, doh!

Try these instructions here:
http://www.sugarcrm.com/forums/showthread.php?p=91792

Use it to override the billing_address_street field. End the line with

[required] = 1;

or if that doesn't work, try with single quotes around the 1.

[john30043]

It did not work. the application did treat it as the required field as the field becomes red if empty address is entered, but still does not show up with the red asterisk beside the label. it doesn't matter whether I set it as 1,'1' or true for the $dictionary["MyModule"]["fields"]["billing_address_street"]["required"]=1.

It does make sense to override at the custom directory as oppose to modifying directly at the include directory so it will be upgrade safe down the road.