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RajManiaRajMania 

any alternate tag for lookup?

Hi,

   Is any input type avaliable for look-up field, just like for textbox, <apex:inputText> is available, so for lookup fields id any other tag availalbe other than <apex:inputField>

 

Thanks,

Raj

LaurentDelcLaurentDelc

Hi,

 

We use apex:selectList to display the possible values in a picklist (way better UI than the lookup) and populate them from the controller:

 

<apex:pageBlockSectionItem >    <apex:outputText value="{!$ObjectType.Contact.fields.Type__c.label}"/>    <apex:selectList value="{!yourfield}" size="1">           <apex:selectOptions value="{!methodInController}" />   </apex:selectList></apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
 In this case you will use a methid like this to populate the possible value:
 
public List<SelectOption> getTypeValues(){    	List<SelectOption> listTypes = new List<SelectOption>();        for(...){         listTypes.add(new Selectoption(value, label));        }        return listTypes;    }
 
 Hope it helps.
 
Laurent