Salesforce.com allows you to create a custom field with type URL. However, sometimes you may want to create a custom URL for your special requirements. For example, you have a separate application call Human Resource Management (HRM) Your Salesforce application contains a custom field call EmployeeID__c in Contact object Contact tab layout: ------------------------------------------------------- Contact name | EmployeeID| E-mail | ... ------------------------------------------------------- Thao Truong | 000111 | abc@yahoo.com | -------------------------------------------------------- John Peter | 000112 | abc@gmail.com | --------------------------------------------------------- When user clicks on EmployeeID cell, you would like it can be linked to your HRM application with the link like that: http://YourHRM/Employees.aspx?ID=000111 or http://YourHRM/Employees.aspx?ID=000112 In this case, you could create a new custom field EmployeeID...
Coding is one of my job from 2001. I have written codes for many projects but I cannot remember all of them. I hope this blog help me do that.