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Mick MuMick Mu 

URL Encode

Hi all,

 

I have a custom button on Opportunity which calls a VF Page which passes a number of parameters to a apex class. in the class i create a url set various text fiels and redirect the user to another object screen and the fields are pre populated. This works great for text and currency. 

 

The problem i have is Dates it seems that in the url dates are coming out as 2010-10-25. To put text into the url im using:

 

String AccName  = EncodingUtil.urlEncode(opportunity.Account.Name, 'UTF-8');

 

Does anyone know if there's anything similar for Dates?

 

Thanks

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
Hengky IlawanHengky Ilawan

Try 

 

opportunity.CloseDate.format()

 

Regards,

Hengky

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Hengky IlawanHengky Ilawan

Hi,

 

2010-10-25 is a valid URL actually.

 

Anyway, if you construct the URL using the getParameters method from PageReference class, the URL encoding will be handled automatically.

 

public PageReference redirect() {
    PageReference p = Page.MyPage;
    p.getParameters().put('param1', String.valueOf(123456789.0));
    p.getParameters().put('param2', 'SomeText');
    p.getParameters().put('param3', Date.today().format());
    p.setRedirect(true);
    return p;
}

 

Regards,

Hengky
Mick MuMick Mu

Hi thanks for your reply, its not that the url is wrong its when i try and assign it to a date field on the object, this is how im currently doing it...

 

 PageReference pageRef = new PageReference('/a0U/e?CF00NM0000000fO6D=' + oppName + '&CF00NM0000000fO6D_lkid=' + opportunity.Id +

            '&CF00NM0000000fO6P='+ AccName + '&CF00NM0000000fO6P_lkid=' + opportunity.AccountId +

            '&CF00NM0000000fO6h='+ OppOwner + '&CF00NM0000000fO6h_lkid=' + opportunity.OwnerId +

            '&00NM0000000fO7C='+ opportunity.Total_Margin__c + '&00NM0000000fO7D=' + opportunity.Total_Revenue__c +

            '&00NM0000000fO6m=' + opportunity.PS_Revenue__c + '&00NM0000000fO6l=' + opportunity.PS_Margin__c +

            '&00NM0000000fO6U=' + opportunity.CS_Revenue__c + '&00NM0000000fO6T=' + opportunity.CS_Margin__c +

            '&00NM0000000fO7A=' + opportunity.System_Revenue__c + '&00NM0000000fO79=' opportunity.System_Margin__c + '&00NM0000000fO6i=' + opportunity.CloseDate

            );

 

This works fine for all other fields, but the date is coming through as 2010-10-25 when it needs to be 25/10/2010

 

Am I missing something stupid here?

 

Thanks
Hengky IlawanHengky Ilawan

Try 

 

opportunity.CloseDate.format()

 

Regards,

Hengky

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Mick MuMick Mu

AH! thats got it! cheers for your help!