Form will not load when field is empty

I am trying to load a form from XML (sample below). I am using the sample contact manager application. When a user clicks on a grid row it populates the form.

Whenever any field is empty such as salutation in this case, the form will not load. Is there any work around for this?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Cedar Rapids Metro North Janet Beal none none none

We have not recreated the problem locally with the library that is attached here:

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