I have a created a custom button using Onclick Javascript action.
I have a custom picklist field on Opportunity; I am just checking the value selected for this field on click of this button.
If the value is X or Y or Z then it should stay in the same page with an alert message,else it should take them to a different site.
The below script works perfectly, but when I click this button on opportunities in which the opportunity name has double quotes then it throws the below error:
missing ) after argument list
e.g: " N "Third Avenue (Opportunity name)
Can anyone please assist me in trouble shooting and a workaround..
Javascript:
function checktype() {
if("{!Opportunity.Opportunity_Type__c}" == "X" ||
"{!Opportunity.Opportunity_Type__c}" == "Y" ||
"{!Opportunity.Opportunity_Type__c}" == "Z"
)
{
alert("Opportunity type: {!Opportunity.Opportunity_Type__c} is not supported ");
return;
}
else
{
window.location.replace("https://Anothersite.COM");
}
}
checktype();
Best Answer
You can use the URLENCODE function on the oppotunity name when generating the url so that it retains all those special characters properly
or you can use the javascript encodeURI function as well to get a proper url and redirect