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bhutiabhutia 

Change record types on click of a custom button

I have an application(custom object).I want to create a custom button named "submit" on application which when clicked change the record type of application.Please help

Ranjeet Singh ChouhanRanjeet Singh Chouhan

Hi Bhutia,

 

In the custom button onclick javascript, enter the following code:

 

{!REQUIRESCRIPT("/soap/ajax/12.0/connection.js")}

var recTypeName = "appRecTypeName";                        // Change this to your record type name
var recordType = sforce.connection.query("Select ID, Name From RecordType WHERE Name = '" + recTypeName + "'");

var records = recordType.getArray("records");
var recordtypeID = records[0].Id;

var applicationRec = new sforce.SObject("Application__c");  // Custom object Application__c
applicationRec.ID = ID;
applicationRec.RecordTypeId = recordtypeID;
var result = sforce.connection.update([applicationRec]);

 

Let me know if you face any other issue.
Meng ZMeng Z

Hi there, 

 

I tried to copy the JS code to create a button on Opportunity object that upon clicking the button, it will mark the record type to Termination. However, i get an error message after putting it on the layout that says "token ILLEGAL".

 

Here is my code, can you tell me where i went wrong? Thanks!! 

{!REQUIRESCRIPT("/soap/ajax/12.0/connection.js")} 
var recTypeName = "012000000004wEC"; // Change this to your record type name 
var recordType = sforce.connection.query("Select ID, From RecordType WHERE ID = '012000000004wEC'''); 
var records = recordType.getArray("records"); 
var recordtypeID = records[0].Id; 
var applicationRec = new sforce.SObject("Application__c"); // Custom object Application__c 
applicationRec.ID = ID; 
applicationRec.RecordTypeId = recordtypeID; 
var result = sforce.connection.update([applicationRec]);