Custom Submit Action

Owned by Ashan Wijayawardhane (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Oct 29, 2020 by Paul Carter (Unlicensed)
2 min read

There may be times you need to extend or change the logic of the default submit action (S4S Generic Submit Action) shipped with S4S. For example, if you have a complex custom web form that requires data from different Salesforce objects or have form validations needs beyond what Sitecore or S4S has provided. You can write your own custom submit action for Sitecore Experience Forms and use S4S to communicate with the Salesforce Org according to your complex requirements. This code sample will guide you write a simple custom submit action which communicates with Salesforce.

  IMPORTANT: When you create your own Submit Action it will probably not work with the S4S Mapping Wizard. See Using Custom Submit Action With the S4S Sitecore Form Mapping Wizard.

Create Submit Action

  • Create a project in Visual Studio and a new class similar to the example code (inherit from SubmitActionBase). The example project name is FuseIT.Salesforce.Demo and the class name is FuseIT.Sitecore.Demo.SubmitToSalesforceContacts. Modify the class to your needs and copy the compiled DLL to your Sitecore bin directory.
  • Create a new Submit Action within Sitecore by opening the Sitecore Edit Content window and navigating to System » Settings » Forms » Settings » Submit Actions


  • Right click on the Submit Actions node then Select » Insert – Submit Action. Enter a name for the new Submit Action.
  • Enter the custom submit action class name (FuseIT.Sitecore.Demo.SubmitToSalesforceContacts) as the Model Type.


  • Save and publish the new Submit action.
  • Now if you generate a new Sitecore Experience Form and add a submit button to the form, the new custom submit action will be shown under the submit action section as below.

Next Step

Using Custom Submit Action With the S4S Sitecore Form Mapping Wizard

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