Not necessarily. There is a new functionality to deal with that. I haven't played around with it a lot, but here are my notes on it:
Use record ID# as a parameter when you click a custom hyperlink from an add record form. This lets you leverage newly created record IDs and expands custom code page workflow options. Use record ID# in formulas with data-replaceRid=true and %%rid%% where you would like the RID.
Note: You can only use this parameter when the hyperlink navigates to the same tab, not when it is set to open in a new tab or popup.
Here's an example of a formula-rich text field that uses this feature:
var text rid =
If([Record ID#]>0,
ToText([Record ID#]), // Record ID already exists
"%%rid%%" // New record, no Record ID exists yet
)
;
var text url = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&rid=" & $rid;
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Michael Tamoush
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