Question

I’m using this code to create a set of fields in runtime

  ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.Add('ID', ftInteger, 0);
  ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.Add('Serial', ftInteger, 0);
  ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.Add('Customer', ftString, 40);
  ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.Add('Address', ftString, 40);
  ClientDataSet1.CreateDataSet;

Now I want to make some fields mandatory, how i can define a field created in runtime as mandatory?

Answer 1

The add method has a fourth parameter called required

procedure Add(const Name: string; DataType: TFieldType; Size: Integer = 0;
  Required: Boolean = False);

set that value to True and your field will be mandatory.

example to make mandatory the field ID use this code

ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.Add('ID', ftInteger, 0, True);