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Bill_kurasBill_kuras 

Disable a Custom Button on a Custom object once it has been clicked

Hi,

I have a custom button that sends order information to another system.  The button's content Source is a visualforce Page.  The visualforce page's controller does the transfer of data by calling a webservice.  The vpage then displays the response of the webservice.

 

The problem we are running into is the users are double clicking the button.

 

I figured I would disable the button after the first click, but I cannot figure out how to do that.  I need the button disabled as soon as the user clicks the button.  I can't disable it on the visual force page because to much time has elapsed before the disable will take place. I thought I would try disabling it in the controller but I don't know how to do that.

 

Can anyone help?

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prageethprageeth

Hello;

If you call your VF page using a  Javascript instead of calling your the page directly you can do this.

Here your content Source should be 'Execute JavaScript.'

Code should be as below.

 

this.disabled = true;	//Disable the button
this.className = 'btnDisabled';//Apply disabled button style(Optional)
window.location='/apex/myVFPage';//Call your VF page

 

 

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prageethprageeth

Hello;

If you call your VF page using a  Javascript instead of calling your the page directly you can do this.

Here your content Source should be 'Execute JavaScript.'

Code should be as below.

 

this.disabled = true;	//Disable the button
this.className = 'btnDisabled';//Apply disabled button style(Optional)
window.location='/apex/myVFPage';//Call your VF page

 

 

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b-Forceb-Force

As you are using Standard pageLayout  for Record [I am assuming.... ],

Also this button is on standard page so yu cant disable it from

 

We can not enable/disable button based on the some Data field of the record

 

But we have two work-around for it

 

1) Try to access

window.opener in your VF page using javascript ,

If you get parent window then you can easilly disable this button

by window.opener.document.getElementById('btnname').disabled=true;

 

I was not able to get parent window handler

even if you disable button by above way ..... If user refresh the page button again will get enabled :(

 

 

 

2) I will recommend for following approach:

 

We can toggle page layout based on the record types

define new recordtype for object ------> create new page layout [without button]

Change the record type of record after ..... getting success from webservice in Controller

New page layout get assigned

 

 

3)Simplest one

First change your button containt source as "Execute Javascript"

this.disabled = true;	
this.className = 'btnDisabled';
window.location='/apex/myVFPage';

 

Hope this will help you

 

Thanks,

Bala

 

 
Bill_kurasBill_kuras

Thanks, 

I got the button to disable, and it works functionally the same as it did before i disabled the button.
nishad basha 7nishad basha 7

Hi, prageeth
    
             my requirement is creating visualforce page when i click sumbit button new user should be created. but  i need now user enter a values click submit button it will be display on error message.give one example for user object. how to solve the this solution[lease give me any ideas.
 
kevindotcarkevindotcar
Just throwing this out there.  I know I'm late to this party
I had the same problem.  Solved it by making the button a URL.

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