diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/ProjectDetailsController.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/ProjectDetailsController.java
index 1a7351a0e..324a1beeb 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/ProjectDetailsController.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/orders/ProjectDetailsController.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.navalplanner.business.calendars.entities.BaseCalendar;
 import org.navalplanner.business.externalcompanies.entities.ExternalCompany;
 import org.navalplanner.business.orders.entities.Order;
+import org.navalplanner.web.common.ConstraintChecker;
 import org.navalplanner.web.common.Util;
 import org.navalplanner.web.planner.consolidations.AdvanceConsolidationController;
 import org.navalplanner.web.planner.tabs.MultipleTabsPlannerController;
@@ -117,11 +118,28 @@ public class ProjectDetailsController extends GenericForwardComposer {
     }
 
     public void accept() {
-        if (tabs != null) {
-            tabs.goToOrdersList();
+        if (validate()) {
+            if (tabs != null) {
+                tabs.goToOrdersList();
+            }
+            orderController.editNewCreatedOrder();
+            close();
         }
-        orderController.editNewCreatedOrder();
-        close();
+    }
+
+    private boolean validate() {
+        if (!ConstraintChecker.isValid(window)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (initDate.getValue() == null) {
+            showWrongValue();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private void showWrongValue() {
+        throw new WrongValueException(initDate, _("cannot be null or empty"));
     }
 
     private void close() {
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/webapp/orders/_projectDetails.zul b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/webapp/orders/_projectDetails.zul
index dcedc70ff..32249e1a8 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/webapp/orders/_projectDetails.zul
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/webapp/orders/_projectDetails.zul
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@
         <rows>
             <row>
                 <label value="${i18n:_('Name')}" />
-                <textbox value="@{projectController.order.name}" width="500px"/>
+                <textbox value="@{projectController.order.name}" width="500px"
+                    constraint="no empty:${i18n:_('cannot be null or empty')}"/>
             </row>
             <row>
                 <label value="${i18n:_('Code')}" />
                 <hbox>
                     <textbox id="txtCode" value="@{projectController.order.code}" width="250px"
-                        disabled="@{projectController.codeAutogenerated}" />
+                        disabled="@{projectController.codeAutogenerated}"
+                        constraint="no empty:${i18n:_('cannot be null or empty')}"/>
                     <checkbox label="${i18n:_('Autogenerated')}"
                         checked="@{projectController.codeAutogenerated}"/>
                 </hbox>