Thread: Create new account -> company name required

Is there a way to make the company name be a required field on the new account creation page when checking out?

Absolutely. This can be done in three steps.

1.
From the createaccount.aspx, find these lines:

Code:

<td width="35%" align="right"><asp:Literal ID="createaccountaspx40" runat="server" Text="(!createaccount.aspx.40!)"></asp:Literal></td>
<td width="65%"><asp:TextBox ID="BillingCompany" Columns="34" MaxLength="100" runat="server" /></td>

change it to:

Code:

<td width="35%" align="right"><asp:Literal ID="createaccountaspx40" runat="server" Text="(!createaccount.aspx.40!)"></asp:Literal></td>
<td width="65%">
      <asp:TextBox ID="BillingCompany" Columns="34" MaxLength="100" runat="server" CausesValidation="true" ValidationGroup="createaccount" />
     <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="valReqBillCompany" ControlToValidate="BillingCompany" EnableClientScript="false" runat="server" ValidationGroup="createaccount" Display="None"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</td>

2.
You'll need to go to your String Resource Mgr in the admin and add this string:
Name = Createaccount.aspx.billcompany
Value = Please enter the company billing name

3.
From createaccount.aspx.cs, find the InitializeValidationErrorMessages() method and add this:

Code:

valReqBillCompany.ErrorMessage = AppLogic.GetString("Createaccount.aspx.billcompany", SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting);

As always, make sure to have a backup of these files first before doing any change.