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Figure 6-12.
Specifying a default value
Next, you want to set page 2 to be a public page. You want any user—authenticated or not—to be able to access
this page:
10.
Edit the page attributes for
Page 2
of your application by double-clicking its name (Create
a Ticket) at the top of the
Page Rendering
tree.
11.
Set
Page 2
to be a public page, and click
Apply Changes
. Refer back to Chapter 5 for detailed steps.
Finally, you need to make sure users enter values for the Subject and Created By fields. There are two ways to
make a field mandatory in APEX. You'll use one method for each field.
Making the Fields Mandatory
For the Subject field, you'll create a validation. Although a validation takes more steps, it gives you more control over
how and when it's performed. Here's what to do, first for the Subject field and then for the Created By field:
1.
Edit
Page 2
of the application.
2.
Create a new validation by right-clicking the
Validating
node on the Page Processing tree
and selecting
Create Validation
, as shown in Figure
6-13
.
Figure 6-13.
Choosing to create a new validation
