A while ago I found this discussion regarding having Email Contact appear by default in a New Customer window.  As this was a feature requested by the Canadian group I'm working with, I followed the jira link, now here, and modified PartyRules.java as suggested.  The email contact now appears by default, but I've noticed that unlike Location Contact and Phone Contact, once selected, it is not possible to unselect Email Contact.  Clicking on Location or Phone Contact does not go to those screens. 

I understand that this is not really a supported feature yet, but just wanted to point out that the code change as suggested has some undesirable results.  Once the Email Contact window is selected, it must either be completed or the entire New Customer Edit screen cancelled.

/**
     * Returns a set of default contacts containing an
     * <em>contact.phoneNumber</em> and <em>contact.location</em>.
     *
     * @return a new set of default contacts
     * @throws ArchetypeServiceException for any archetype service error
     *
     * Added by SL -
     * Code added to allow default email contact on new customer screen  
     */
    public Set<Contact> getDefaultContacts() {
        Set<Contact> contacts = new HashSet<Contact>();
        Contact phone = (Contact) service.create(ContactArchetypes.PHONE);
        Contact email = (Contact) service.create(ContactArchetypes.EMAIL);
        Contact location = (Contact) service.create(ContactArchetypes.LOCATION);
        service.deriveValues(phone);
        service.deriveValues(email);
        service.deriveValues(location);
        contacts.add(phone);
        contacts.add(email);
        contacts.add(location);
        return contacts;

        }

With the code changed as above, to duplicate the error in 1.7.1, go to Customers, New, Contacts and click a couple times between Location Contact and Phone Contact to see those screens toggle back and forth.  Then click on Email Contact.  At that point, one is trapped in the Email Contact screen and the Location and Phone Contact screens cannot be retrieved.

Thanks,

Sam Longiaru

Kamloops, BC