Greetings,

Continuing this discussion - is it even possible to work at all with an overridden new button if there is a recordtype? 

I tested out a simple solution to autofill some fields that works fine until RecordTypes are introduced.  Without the recordtype selection, this code works fine:

window.parent.location.href="{! URLFOR( $Action.Contact.NewContact , null, [con4= $User.Preferred_Community__c], true)}";

However, with recordtype turned on, the page shows for a second and then redirects to an error url:
https://na1.salesforce.com/servlet/servlet.Integration?lid=01N300000000dYf&ic=1#Error!

I tried various things to get around this:

1. passing Recordtype="xxx" as a parameter, but got the same error
2. Using a copy of the URL I got after creating a new contact, and inserting in the con4 parameter, but the browser continually reloads every couple of seconds
3. I tried setting a default recordtype for my test user, but got the error mentioned above.

If this override is not possible, perhaps there is some other way to accomplish the auto fill?

Thank you,
John

Ok, point 2 was a total brainfart.  It is reloading every couple of seconds because if I just stick a URL in there and redirect to it, the override is not being skipped, and it loops forever. 

In order to accomplish this I should create a custom object as is talked about in this post:
http://community.salesforce.com/sforce/board/message?board.id=ajax_toolkit&message.id=1737

But I don't think it will work.  I think that there will be no way to skip the override and thus end up in an infinite loop again.  So please vote for the feature as mentioned above.

Not quite what people are asking for, but in case someone comes looking:

As stated, you can't override the record type choice if people are able to choose one. However, the code below does mean that if the user is set to use their default record type for a new contact (in their personal set up), this will at least set a different record type for the contact if the "if" statement evaluates to true:

This is designed to check if the new contact is launched from an account, or from the contact screen. If from an account, it sets the account as the contacts account, and choose a specific record type

If from the new contact screen, if will use the users default record type, and set the account name to be a default (In this example, "Default Account Name")

Code:

<script src="/soap/ajax/9.0/connection.js"></script>

<script>
var sAccount = "{!Account.Name}";

if (sAccount.length >0)
{
window.parent.location.href="{! URLFOR( $Action.Contact.NewContact, null, [retURL="/003/o",RecordType="012300000009AX7",con4=Account.Name], true)}";
}
else
{
{window.parent.location.href="{! URLFOR( $Action.Contact.NewContact, null, [retURL="/003/o",con4="Default Account Name"], true)}"; }
}

</script>

 

Hi,

One very annoying thing I'm seeing related to this. I overrode the New Account button to call an scontrol to check the user's profile before letting them create the Account. If they're allowed, I redirect with:

window.parent.location.href="{! URLFOR(  $Action.Account.New , null, [retURL="/001/o"], true)}";

But when the user has access and reaches the record selection page and clicks Continue the page just submits and presents record selection again (no validation error or anything). It seems if I choose another record type in the pulldown and hit Continue it goes through and creates the record. Any idea what's causing this? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks