Hello,

I have a similar problem that I am trying to solve, but I was wondering if this could be solved without using an S-Control? I'm new to Salesforce so I have heeded all the warnings so far about S-Controls becoming obsolete and avoided them, therefore my experience with them is very limited.   Here is what I am trying to do:  I have created several Account record types (Customer, Vendor, Subcontractor). Each will have their own Account Detail layout. The requirement is to have a separate tab for each of these that contains a list of accounts/contacts along with a button that allows the creation of that specific type.  For example, the Customer Account tab would have a "New Customer Account" button, that ideally, when clicked, would bring the user to the Customer Account detail page layout and allow them to create a new account with a record type "Customer Account", bypassing the record type selection page.   I included my code below (VisualForce page and controller extension).   Is there a way to incorporate your solution above into my Command Button logic (in RED)?  If  S-Control is the only way to accomplish this, I have no problem using one, I just don't know how to work it into a custom page like this.  

Thanks in advance for your help!

<apex:page standardcontroller="Account" tabstyle="Customer_Accounts__tab" extensions="CustomerAccountListExtension">
<apex:form >
    <apex:pageBlock title="Customer Accounts">
    <apex:pageBlockButtons >
      <apex:commandbutton value="New Customer Account" action="{!URLFOR($Action.Account.New,null,[RecordType='01280000000FuUp',Type='Account'])}"/>   

</apex:pageBlockButtons>
    <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!CustomerAccounts}" var="a">
      <apex:column headerValue="Customer Account">
          <apex:outputLink value="/{!a.account.Id}" target="_parent">{!a.Account.Name}</apex:outputLink>
      </apex:column>
      <apex:column headerValue="Contact Name">
          <apex:outputLink value="/{!a.Id}" target="_parent">{!a.Name}</apex:outputLink>
      </apex:column>
      <apex:column value="{!a.phone}" headerValue="Work Phone"/>
      <apex:column value="{!a.mobilephone}" headerValue="Mobile Phone"/>
    </apex:pageBlockTable>
  </apex:pageBlock>
</apex:form>
</apex:page>

public class CustomerAccountListExtension {

    public CustomerAccountListExtension(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {
    }

    public List<Contact> getCustomerAccounts() {

        return
        [SELECT
         ID,
         Name,
         Phone,
         MobilePhone,
         Account.name
         FROM Contact
         WHERE Account.RecordType.Name = 'Customer Account'];

    }

}