Index: lib/formslib.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/moodle/lib/formslib.php,v
retrieving revision 1.147
diff -u -r1.147 formslib.php
--- lib/formslib.php	9 Jul 2008 10:26:13 -0000	1.147
+++ lib/formslib.php	24 Jul 2008 04:17:23 -0000
@@ -1657,8 +1657,15 @@
         } else {
             $this->_hiddenHtml .= $form->_pageparams;
         }
-
-
+        // add a required note, if one is needed
+        if (!empty($form->_required) && !$form->_freezeAll) {
+            $requiredNote = $form->getRequiredNote();
+            // replace default required note by DOM/XHTML optimized note
+            if ($requiredNote == '<span style="font-size:80%; color:#ff0000;">*</span><span style="font-size:80%;"> denotes required field</span>') {
+                $requiredNote = '<span class="required">*</span> denotes required field';
+            }
+            $this->_html .= str_replace('{requiredNote}', $requiredNote, $this->_requiredNoteTemplate);
+        }
     }
 
     function startGroup(&$group, $required, $error){