This is a Stateless Action Page that demos the capability of the salesforce.com URLFOR() function from a Visualforce page to perform navigation based actions on various sObjects. Note there is NO StandardController, specified sObject or apex:form component. You MUST set the variables for an Account and Contact ID from your org. The first column …

StatelessActionDemo.page

<!-- 
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 Name: StatelessActionDemo
 Type: Visualforce Page
 Purpose: Demonstration of URLFOR() functionality 
 Created by: Don Robins - www.ForceMentor.com
 Created on: October 1, 2013 - (c) 2013 Outformations, Inc.
 Rev # Revised on Revised by Revision Description
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  1.0 10/01/2013 Don Robins Initial Release for 'Visualforce In Action' by salesforce.com
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Note there is NO StandardController, specified sObject or apex:form component
You MUST set the variables for an Account and Contact ID from your org
The first column contains a functional $Action link
The second column shows the Generated URL, note the encoding and any parameters  
Review comments above each link regarding the content of the generated URL displayed
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-->
<apex:page >
    <apex:pageBlock title="Stateless Action Demo">
 
        <!--Variables for Account and Contact ids - set these from recods in your org-->
        <apex:variable var="contactId" value="003A0000005czjQ" />
        <apex:variable var="accountId" value="001A0000005HjZL" />
        <apex:outputLabel>Specified Account: {!accountId}</apex:outputLabel>
        <br/>
        <apex:outputLabel>Specified Contact: {!contactId}</apex:outputLabel>
        <br/>
        <br/>
        <apex:panelGrid columns="2" border="1">
 
            <apex:outputLabel style="font-weight: bold;" >Action</apex:outputLabel>
            <apex:outputLabel style="font-weight: bold;" >Generated URL</apex:outputLabel>
            
            <!--New Account
            Note there is NO second parameter required on the URLFOR()
            Note the standard view Frontdoor URL usage: https://naX.salesforce.com/{ID}/e 
            The generated retURL redirects back to this page 
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Account.New)}">New Account</apex:outputLink> 
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Account.New)}
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--Change the Account Owner
            This is an example of an Account specific $Action
            Note the second is the record Id
            Note the standard view Frontdoor URL usage: https://naX.salesforce.com/{ID} 
            Note the optional appended '/a'
            The generated retURL redirects back to this page 
            See the Visualforce documentation for all of the sObject specific $Actions
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Account.ChangeOwner, accountId)}">Change Account Owner</apex:outputLink> 
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Account.ChangeOwner, accountId)}
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
        </apex:panelGrid>
        <p/>
        <apex:panelGrid columns="2" border="1">
            <apex:outputLabel style="font-weight: bold;" >Action</apex:outputLabel>
            <apex:outputLabel style="font-weight: bold;" >Generated URL</apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--New Contact
            Note the $Action is NewContact NOT New!
            Note there is NO second parameter required on the URLFOR() function
            Note the standard new Frontdoor URL usage: https://naX.salesforce.com/{PREFIX}/e 
            The generated retURL redirects back to this page 
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.NewContact)}">New Contact</apex:outputLink> 
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.NewContact)}
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--View the Contact
            Note the standard view Frontdoor URL usage: https://naX.salesforce.com/{ID} 
            Note the optional appended '/d'
            The generated retURL redirects back to this page 
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.View, contactId)}">View Contact</apex:outputLink>        
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.View, contactId)}
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--Edit the Contact, but return to the Contacts standard View page
            Note the standard edit Frontdoor URL usage: https://naX.salesforce.com/{ID}/e 
            The custom retURL redirects to the standard view page.
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Edit, contactId, [retURL=URLFOR('/' + contactId)])}">Edit Contact</apex:outputLink>
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Edit, contactId, [retURL=URLFOR('/' + contactId)])}
            </apex:outputLabel> 
 
            <!--Delete the Contact
            Note the URL calls https://naX.salesforce.com/setup/own/deleteredirect.jsp?delID={ID}
            The generated retURL redirects to the sObject tab /003/o using ID Prefix for Contact 
            An additional parameter _CONFIRMATIONTOKEN= is generated for additional security
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Delete, contactId)}">Delete Contact</apex:outputLink>
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Delete, contactId)}  
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--Clone the Contacts
            Note the standard edit Frontdoor URL usage: https://naX.salesforce.com/{ID}/e
            There is an additional parameter to activate the cloning: clone=1
            The auto generated retURLback to this page
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Clone, contactId)}">Clone Contact</apex:outputLink>
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Clone, contactId)}   
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--Manual Sharing for the Contact
            Note the URL calls https://naX.salesforce.com/p/share/ConSharingDetail?parentId={ID}
            The parentId is the Id of this record to be shared 
            There is no retURL generated unless you add a custom one, redirect will be the standard sObject view             
            Sharing for the sObject must be set to ReadOnly or Private or an error will display
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Share, contactId)}">Share Contact</apex:outputLink>
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Share, contactId)}
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--Go to the Contact Home Tab
            Note the second parameter on the URLFOR() function is required for $ObjectType
            Note the URL calls https://naX.salesforce.com/{PREFIX}/o using ID Prefix for Contact
            The generated retURL redirects back to this page 
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Tab, $ObjectType.Contact)}">Contact Home Tab</apex:outputLink>        
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.Tab, $ObjectType.Contact)}        
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
            <!--Goto the List for Contact
            Note the second parameter on the URLFOR() function is required for $ObjectType
            Note the URL calls https://naX.salesforce.com/{PREFIX}/l using ID Prefix for Contact
            The generated retURL redirects back to this page 
            -->
            <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.List, $ObjectType.Contact)}">Contact List</apex:outputLink> 
            <apex:outputLabel >
                {!URLFOR($Action.Contact.List, $ObjectType.Contact)}
            </apex:outputLabel>
 
        </apex:panelGrid>
    </apex:pageBlock>
</apex:page>