>>I agree that the fields should be checked at save time. I do this. But, I
>>just wanted to make sure that once the user is there he has to go ahead
>>and enter the information.....
>>They would have to enter the data anyway, so why not make them do it
>>when they are there?
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>Because if you make them fill it in to hit the "Cancel" button, they'll get really ticked... :-)

why not build a method to check that all required fields have been filled when they try to save. if they haven't been, return them to those fields...