Is there a way to make every question in a survey Mandatory by default. It is rare that we will conduct a survey with any of the questiosn non-mandatory...

I presume there is some settings in a config file hidden away during the install?

Unfortunately such a setting doesn't exist. The easiest way would be to add all questions and then run a DB update to set the appropriate flag for all questions of survey XYZ.

Thanks Mazi, I may try to see if I can run some PHP when the the question is created that updates the flag at the time you create the question.

Have a look to:
/application/controllers/admin/question.php

Search (around line #770):
and switch 'N' to 'Y'

Obviously this change may be overwritten by any LS major update...

Thanks Ben, thats exactly the kind of hack I was after

you are welcome...
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wilmslow3 wrote: Thanks Mazi, I may try to see if I can run some PHP when the the question is created that updates the flag at the time you create the question.

You may even be able to automate this without additional coding by creating a trigger at the DB.

This Hack has been extremely useful until Release 3.15.8. It would seem that the code for this is now at line 1280 in the /applications/controllers/admin/questions.php.

Although when you start a new question on screen the mandatory switch is set to "Yes", when you save the question it saves as Mandatory = "No"

Anybody have an idea how to change this.

Marc