Using SalesForce's Web Service to create and set the type of a Task

Question

I am successfully creating a Task using the SalesForce API SOAP API through Java.

However, my problem is that I can\'t seem to set the Type of it. They all default to \

Answer 1

The API field name that contains 'Call' (and defaults to it) is a ComboBox, not a PickList, and it's called Subject.

Task.Subject = 'Email';

If you want to set the default, do it from within the Salesforce app:

Setup->Customize->Activities->Task Fields->Subject