Jeff,

>Thanks. Yes, I went with checking state of the datarow.
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>And I understand about static properties, but am still wondering if there is an object instance (the BO?) that can carry a flag across the application from webpage to the validation code in the rules code. Or does that get into subclassing the Framework which I don't want to do.

If you need to pass information to a business object from the calling environment, then you should pass it in the constructor of the business object. Lots of folks do this on the web, passing in a company pk or other id that all business objects need to know. You can choose to create a single constructor that accepts this parameter so the developer is forced to pass it, or you can overload the constructor.

Best Regards,