Populate actual start date on release

Hi

We have a requirement in our project that the system should populate the Master WBS Actual Start Date when the user changes the status to Released.

The issue is that the actual start date is disabled & will only get enabled for changes once the WBS is released and save. Hence our program doesn’t allow the population of this date during the release.

Has anybody come across such scenario? Can someone tell me how this can be handled?

Thanks in advance

Regards,

Dhwni