Comments on: Play with Custom Links: Part 2

By: Will

Will — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:41:23 +0000

Is it possible to dynamically get the id for a custom field?

By: elaine

elaine — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:18:36 +0000

this is great. however i cannot seem to get the lookup fields to be automatically filled in. is there a reason why?

By: David Rennert

David Rennert — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:02:07 +0000

$64,000 question - will this be supported in future Salesforce release?

By: roshan

roshan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:12:44 +0000

Your article did a lot good to me. One of my requirements is entirely based on it. However, I just fear that deploying my app in another org might change the field id and my app may not work. Is there any way to get field id by using field name (e.g. String fldId=getFieldIdByName(’Case.My_Custom_Object__c’);)?

By: Ludovic.drecourt

Ludovic.drecourt — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:38:27 +0000

Article très intéressant mais hélas encore une fois, il n’ai pas dans la langue de Molière.

By: ian benoliel

ian benoliel — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:03:35 +0000

Hi
Your artcle is very informative. Do the same rules apply to reports. For example I am try edit the custom link to WIL - Time Left on Service Contracts 2 supplied by salesforce which does not work. its support to filter for contract but it does not.

By: Beverly Lodge

Beverly Lodge — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:58:37 +0000

This is exactly what I was looking for! I was about to pull my hair out when I finally found this - thank you so much!!!

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:31:24 +0000

this is fantastic and very helpful.

As they say - beware those with a little knowledge Is it possible to perform the functions of 2 URLs?

for example, an opportunity I want to set a custom field to true, set the opportunity stage and ALSO create a new activity with a number of params passed over. I have been able to do both functions independently but can they be joined together?

I as trying somthing like this:
/{!Opportunity.Id}/e?00N70000001aE8t=”true”&opp11=”Attending Launch”&save=save&retURL=https://na5.salesforce.com/00U/e?&evt3_lkid={!Opportunity.ProjectId__c}&evt3={!DevelopmentProject__c.Name}

any help appreciated.

Cheers
Ken

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:02:13 +0000

This is great info. I wish I would have found something this succinct when I learned myself on Web Links earlier this year.

On an advanced level is there anyway to use a web link to create a Case and have the Owner Value be populated with anything other than the default user value of the record creator? We have admins who are creating cases for users. The button that launches a new case uses web links to auto fill some fields but I have been unable to find a way to use them to assign record ownership.
I’ve searched and searched and have a feeling that this might not be possible using the url to pass info. Any Ideas?

By: SL

SL — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:49:38 +0000

Hi Ale
I would like to express my appreciation to you on the above well written and clear guideline on how to handle custom links. I have been able to solve what I need successfully after such a long struggle - thanks a million to your article
SL