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CliffACliffA 

How do you pre-fill fields on a VisualForce page?

I have two custom objects with a parent/child relationship.  Using the standard SF pages, if I click on the "New [Child Object]" button in the related list section of the Parent record the new child record page comes up with the reference field to the parent pre-filled with the parent's name.

 

If, however, I override the "New [Child Object]" button to point to my VisualForce page for the child the Parent's reference field is not pre-filled with the parent's name.  I don't want to force my users to manually enter the parent's name as that's not consistent with standard SF pages plus it's a pain.

 

Is there a way to pre-fill fields on a VisualForce page in this scenario? 

 

 

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jwetzlerjwetzler
Hi Cliff.  This should now be working.  Can you please verify?

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jwetzlerjwetzler
Has your instance been upgraded to the Spring '09 release yet?  I believe this is fixed in the new release.
CliffACliffA

Yes, our org has been upgraded.  For reference, here's the code in the VF page that references the field:

 

<apex:page standardController="Volunteer_Project_Shift__c" tabStyle="Volunteer_Project__c">

    <apex:messages />

    <apex:form >

        <apex:pageBlock title="Volunteer Project Shift">

            <apex:pageblockbuttons >

                <apex:commandButton action="{!save}" value="Save"/>

                <apex:commandButton action="{!cancel}" value="Cancel"/>

            </apex:pageblockbuttons>

            
            <apex:pageBlockSection title="Shift" columns="2">

                <apex:inputField value="{!Volunteer_Project_Shift__c.name}"/>

                <!-- Volunteer_Project__c is the reference to the parent -->

                <apex:inputField value="{!Volunteer_Project_Shift__c.Volunteer_Project__c}"/>

            </apex:pageBlockSection>

        </apex:pageBlock>

    </apex:form>
</apex:page>
 
Message Edited by CliffA on  02-13-2009 06:52 PM


jwetzlerjwetzler
Ahh, I just tested this out and it looks like it doesn't work for custom objects :(
 
You can always do this in an extension but I realize that's both a pain and something that's officially not supported (scraping the query parameters we pass in).  I will log a bug for myself.


CliffACliffA
Hi Jill,
Thanks for the quick reply, although it wasn't the response I was hoping for  :smileysad:
 
I'll see if I can get creative and come up with a workaround in the meantime.
 
 


jwetzlerjwetzler
Hi Cliff.  This should now be working.  Can you please verify?
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CliffACliffA
I looks like it's working!  I was just getting ready to build some more VF pages and this will make my job much easier.
 
Thanks Jill!! 


swapna9swapna9
Hi,
 
I need same requirement.
 
can u please provide apex class and vf code
 
Thanks in advance