mandatory dropdown (but still submits if not changed)

It seems that there's a bug for the dropdown fields.  I like to use my own script that is place as a mouse up action in a button field.  Instead of setting fields as required, you list the field names in an array at the beginning of the script.  It works through them one at a time and when once all fields pass, the submit script is executed (mailDoc is used in this example).  Make sure you use my method in my original answer to give the dropdown a null default value:

var oFlds=["Text1","Text2","Text3","Text4","Check Box5","Group6"];
var count=0;
for(var i=0;i<oFlds.length;i++)
{
if(this.getField(oFlds[i]).type=="checkbox" || this.getField(oFlds[i]).type=="radiobutton")
{
if(this.getField(oFlds[i]).value=="Off")
{
if(app.alert(oFlds[i]+" is mandatory.",1)==1);
{count++;this.getField(oFlds[i]).setFocus();break;}
}
}
else
{
if(!this.getField(oFlds[i]).value)
{
if(app.alert(oFlds[i]+" is mandatory.",1)==1)
{;count++;this.getField(oFlds[i]).setFocus();break;}
}

}
}

if(count==0)
{this.mailDoc({cTo:"emailaddress@domain.com",cSubject:"Here's your form."})}

"Please Select" is a value, so when the form is submitted, the field is considered to be filled out.  If you want the field with no value you would have to set the default value as no value, which can only be done with a script.  Run the following script in the console:

this.getField("Dropdown6").setItems(["","GBP","EUR","USD"]);

If you really want it to say "Please Select" when no value has been selected, enter the following custom format script after doing the above:

if(!event.value)

{event.value="Please Select"}

Hi @Lucy36077171bard,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in! 

You can add JavaScript to validate the dropdown before the form is submitted. Here's a simple example: