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IvarIvar 

Passing a Date-field along as a parameter with a CommandLink

Hi all.

 

I am running into a bit of a problem that I haven't been able to find a solution to and was hoping someone here might be able to nudge me in the right direction with it.

 

The thing is that I am running a small visualforce page with a custom controller. On that page I have a commandLink. What I would like to do is pass a salesforce-style DateTime field along with that link.

 

Can anyone give me a hint as to how this might be accomplished? 

bob_buzzardbob_buzzard

You should be able to achieve this via a nested apex param component on the command link.

 

Here's an example of mine (its an id not a datetime field,  but the docs don't say anything about restrictions on the type):

 

 

          <apex:commandLink action="{!editConsumable}" reRender="addsection,ListView,pageMessages" value="Edit" status="status"> 
            <apex:param name="editId" assignTo="{!selectedConsumableId}" value="{!consumable.id}"/> 
          </apex:commandLink> 


 
So in this case, 

editConsumable is the method that will be invoked in the controller 
consumable.id is the value that I wish to pass to the controller when the link is clicked
selectedConsumableId is the property that I wish to set the value into in the controller 
When my editConsumable method is invoked, selectedConsumableId contains the value that I need.