Comments on: How to obtain a field ID

By: Olof

Olof — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:39:43 +0000

Thanks!!!

By: JD

JD — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:07:32 +0000

I can’t get custom lookup fields to populate with data using this method, am I missing something?

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:45:04 +0000

Hi there - minor correction - the Status field is actually tsk12 not tsk4

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By: Ale

Ale — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:32:17 +0000

@Steve: Thanks for pointing this out; I believe the forms will post the values to Salesforce if only the NAME attribute contains the actual Id of the field; this shouldn’t prevent you from changing the value of the ID attribute to something more comprehensible (eg: “region”) and validate the field via Javascript using something like: getElementByID(”region”).

Please let us know if this helps (works).

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:34:23 +0000

We have a custom field in Sales Force and a have a simple web-to-lead form on our website that uses ringlead to pass the lead to Sales Force.

The Custom ID and Name that Sales Force gave us for inclusion on this form (to be attached to the ‘region’ field) is:

0N30000000mnNj

This is a nightmare for clientside javacript/ajax validation as

IT IS NOT WEB COMPLIENT - name an id should not begin with a digit, should begin only with a letter. please see W3 ’s website:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-id

This is a serious problem as I am unable to write ANY JavaScript validation for this field and subsequently data is lost and leads are not being distributed correctly which is harming our business. Why could sales force not spot this and is there a way to customise this custom field name and id so that at least it starts with a letter???

Has anyone come against this issue and found a work-around in JavaScript validation???

Thanks

By: Daniel Ruitman

Daniel Ruitman — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:22:49 +0000

the type field on activities is tsk10 much like the event type field evt10

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:38:55 +0000

We are using Salesforce.com as a helpdesk application. Currently, we have to enter information in the case close window in order to close a ticket. We need to setup a button on our cases to allow us to bypass this and automatically close a case with generic information. Does anyone know of any code that will allow us to do this? I talked with Salesforce and they told me that we need to set up an S-Control, but that they can’t help me with that. I’m a novice so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:53:49 +0000

…actually I found them. I posted them here if anyone is interested:
http://community.salesforce.co.....e.id=11864

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:37:31 +0000

Hi there,
How can I find the id for user fields? I am trying to create a user from a contact record and prepopulate some of the fields….
Thanks