VM 2.9.7 Missing asterisk for required fields on account maintenance page

[nzed]

On page /index.php/shop/account-maintenance the shopper information Joomla fields are missing the asterisk mark (see register.png) however they are set as required in admin (see admin.png). When I am logged in it gets right, asterisks are shown (logged-in.png).

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[lindapowers]

This is and old issue carried from previous versions to which no one really seem to find a suitable solution http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=119721.msg407436#msg407436

[GJC Web Design]

from memory this is the fix : http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=119721.msg407954#msg407954
never made it to the core though - might be a bit outdated for 2.6.6

[Milbo]

They are not marked with asterisk, because you can checkout as guest and then you do not need to fill them

[GJC Web Design]

but only if you enable guest check out - of all the VM shops I've done not a single client has wanted guest checkout enabled

from memory (although it was a while ago) my hack deals with this - only adding an asterisk if guest checkout ISN'T enabled

[Milbo]

Funny, there are a lot people who disable registration. yepp, I never saw the hack, but yes it reliefs abit the problem. Actually I wrote it another solution already for vm3, please test there.

[jenkinhill]

The last 3 VM sites I built use only guest registration.......

[GJC Web Design]

Strange clients u have - all my clients want to build a close and loving relationship with their customers and spam them to hell with special offers, newsletter blah blah and so forth... 

[nzed]

Actually I wrote it another solution already for vm3, please test there.

Where can I find that ?

[GJC Web Design]

these are ONLY TEST VERSIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://dev.virtuemart.net/attachments/download/758/com_virtuemart.2.9.7_extract_first.zip

[nzed]

http://dev.virtuemart.net/attachments/download/758/com_virtuemart.2.9.7_extract_first.zip

This is the version where I have found the problem.

[GJC Web Design]

he he... have you tried my hack then?

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=119721.msg407954#msg407954

[Milbo]

Hmm strange, I use

if($register and $type == 'BT'  and VmConfig::get('oncheckout_show_register',1) ){

But yes I missed the fix for the password fields. Thanks for that, maybe now it works?

[nzed]

he he... have you tried my hack then?

To be honest I am looking forward to having it in the official version ;-)
And please tell me where is that secret place where I can find the amended version. Seems like everyone knows here but me. 

[GJC Web Design]

You can get involved in testing the 2.9 series for J3 by pm'ing Milbo - but all the latest test versions are at http://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/files
it's no secret