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valmeida Setting the Related To picklist value via a custom button
Hello:
I know this is not officially supported by salesforce (even though they present this technique in various forums).
I have a custom object with a custom button that creates a child Task and presets the values on several fields. I'm having trouble defaulting one field - the Related To picklist. I want the parent object name in the picklist to default, but I can't seem to do it.
Using Firebug, I determined that the Related To picklist field is tsk3_mlktp, but no matter what I try, I can't get that field to default to my custom object name within that picklist. I've tried the object name in double-quotes, as well as the object ID. If I use the object ID, It does populate the actual object ID in the Related To field, but what I need is the value/name of that object.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
You CAN do this. You just need to pass the "What_Id" in your your custom button as a querystring parameter. This should populate the "Related To" Task Field on the Task Edit Form (along with the other values that you are pre-populating).
/00T/e?what_id={!YourCustomObject__c.Id}
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You can't do it with a WFR or a Formula, you should probaby report this on the Apex board and link back to this post.
http://boards.developerforce.com/sforce/board?board.id=apex
Ok, thanks for the info. I've posted over on Apex.
You CAN do this. You just need to pass the "What_Id" in your your custom button as a querystring parameter. This should populate the "Related To" Task Field on the Task Edit Form (along with the other values that you are pre-populating).
/00T/e?what_id={!YourCustomObject__c.Id}
Thanks - that worked quite nicely!