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Diverting To New Page On Save
Hi, I have a requirement to intercept the save event on a standard object (Task in this case) and based on criteria in the task, possibly divert to a VF page.
On existing records (ie. when the users clicks the EDIT button), this is straightforward with the following steps :
- Customise the EDIT button to add a &saveURL to the URL when opening the task in editmode, the SaveURL will divert on save to VFpage1 and pass VFPage1 the parameter of the Task that is being edited.
- VFPage1's controller can then lookup the task using the supplied ID and decide based on the task values if it should divert to VFPage2 or just go back to the saved task.
This works nicely, however :
Problem is :
How to replicate this functionality for NEW task records. At the time the task is created , I can't pass the ID of the record to VFPage1 as the task at this stage doesn't have an ID, so VFPage1 is unable to lookup the task that just got saved. How to get my new ID into some code somewhere to make this divert decision?
I could do it in Javascript if I could make the task save to a "ready only" version of itself when it was saved, but again, the &SAVEURL to make it do this would need the ID of the task which doesn't yet exist.
Is there any way to code this ? I just want to be able to make a decision in either VF, Apex or Javascript as to where to go when my new task saves based on values in the Task record.
Thanks in advance......
To identify whther it was in edit mode or new task screen, you need to get the url of the page using getURL() METHOD. In case of edit mode the url will have 00T/e present in it.
Hi Shallesh, thanks for the reply do you mean entirely replace the task screen with a custom edit screen and controller? I presume so as otherwise how to get my VF button on the standard screen when its in edit mode? Trying to avoid that if possible but if its the only way....
I am starting to clutch at straws now, but wondering if a bit of JS could intercept the onsubmit somehow and switch the SAVEURL value if it found the field values to be satisfactory - but this would depend on being able to change the SaveURL before the submit was actioned...
Any alternatives v.welcome.....
Actually, I don't think the JS solution would work either as that relies on replacing the entire page with a custom VF page I think - otherwise how to get the JS onto the standard task screen in edit mode.......
Hey, I appreciate your efforts Shailesh, am starting to draw a blank though - may need to COMPLETELY re-think the approach on this one and change the order of events in the business process I think. Thanks for responding though.
Anyone else any thoughts before I tear up my plans ? :-)