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Required fields
March 22, 2010, 09:42:05 am
I see that I can make a custom field required when one wishes to add an individual but can I make an existing field required? I did not see any way of doing this.

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Re: Required fields
March 22, 2010, 10:19:01 am

you will need to use the validate hook to do so:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviCRM+hook+specification#CiviCRMhookspecification-hookcivicrmvalidate

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if you also want to change the appearance of the element on the page (and add the red asterick), you can use the buildForm hook at the the "required" rule to the element

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviCRM+hook+specification#CiviCRMhookspecification-hookcivicrmbuildForm

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