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mt0859mt0859 

get "new object page" URL not using API

All, 

 

I'm looking for a way to retrieve the address of a create new object page using apex rather than api functions. For instance, in the api dvelopers guide in Java you use "describeSObject()" to populate a "describeSObjectResult" object from which you can use the field "urlNew"

 

Is there an equivalent of this in Apex or do I have to use a webservice to call out, then the Java api function to retrieve it! 

 

Thanks,

 

M

 

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XactiumBenXactiumBen

In Apex you can use describeSObject(), then from the result getKeyPrefix().  This gets you the basis for the 'new object page'.  Just add '/e' onto the end of the key prefix and you're away:

 

Schema.Describesobjectresult result = Schema.Sobjecttype.Account;
ApexPages.Pagereference ref = new PageReference('/' + result.getKeyPrefix() + '/e');


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XactiumBenXactiumBen
In Apex you can use describeSObject(), then from the result getKeyPrefix().  This gets you the basis for the 'new object page'.  Just add '/e' onto the end of the key prefix and you're away:
 
Schema.Describesobjectresult result = Schema.Sobjecttype.Account;
ApexPages.Pagereference ref = new PageReference('/' + result.getKeyPrefix() + '/e');
This was selected as the best answer
mt0859mt0859
apologies, I just realised I left out a key part of the problem,  I need to be able to do it when the object type is not known until run time so "schema.objecttype.Account" etc won't work. I need to be able to do it with a parameter retrieved from a record.
 
Thanks,
 
M 


XactiumBenXactiumBen
You can also do this:
 
// Creates a map of all objects
Map<String, Schema.SObjectType> objects = Schema.getGlobalDescribe();

// Get my key prefix
String prefix = objects.get(myObject).getDescribe().getKeyPrefix();

PageReference ref = new PageReference('/' + prefix + '/e');
 
Or if you know the Id of the object you can just get the first 3 characters to get the key prefix too:
 
 
String prefix = ((String)myId).substring(0, 3);
PageReference ref = new PageReference('/' + prefix + '/e');
 
 
Hope that helps.