Java in Livecycle to check required fields then submit

[pittfan2]

Has anyone created a fake email button to check for required fields such as LastName, FirstName, EffectiveDate, EmployeeNo. and then execute an event on a button?

I have a form where I have written Java programming on a button to email the form and include field names (see below):

var oDoc = event.target;
oDoc.mailDoc({
    bUI: false,
    cTo: test@test.com ,
    cBcc: "bcc@bcc.com; test@test.com" , 
    cSubject: "PNF for " + LastName.rawValue + ", " + FirstName.rawValue + " : Reason - " + ReasonforChg.rawValue + " (" + ReasonCodes.rawValue + ") "

I would like to keep this but have lost the check for required fields since I am not using it as a submit button.  I am trying to create a button that checks for required fields then executes the script on the button to email the form.

Can anyone help me?

[_Nith_]

Did you try to use the if else construct?

if(someField.rawValue == null  || someField.rawValue=='')

{

     app.alert('Please fill the required fields and click submit');

}else{

//your previous lines of code

var oDoc = event.target;
oDoc.mailDoc({
    bUI: false,
    cTo: test@test.com ,
    cBcc: "bcc@bcc.com; test@test.com" , 
    cSubject: "PNF for " + LastName.rawValue + ", " + FirstName.rawValue + " : Reason - " + ReasonforChg.rawValue + " (" + ReasonCodes.rawValue + ") "

}

Nith