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Sophisticated DateTime “Formula Fields” with Apex and Field-Level Security

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What do you do when you want to calculate a formula-like field but a regular formula won't work? Salesforce CRM's formulas handle dates very well. If you want to enter a date value and have formula fields display, for instance, mydate__c + 21 days, that's simple. Just use mydate__c + 21. Side note: If you […]

Overload Apex Class to be Controller AND Extension

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Coding the new premium version of Mass Update Contacts (details to come), I replaced the two parts of the page with Apex Components. This will allow the app to support custom address fields and international address formats. I didn't want to write one ControllerExtension for the main page, a CustomController for the view section component, and another CustomController for the pageblocktable component. So here is the overloaded class constructor. Note that this works because an extension passes the StandardController to the constructor, and a CustomController passes nothing:

Eclipse as a Password Manager

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Recently, Judi Sohn wrote about a URL hack to save your Salesforce username and password (in an exposed, plaintext manner). This is a great way to save a lot of time logging into Salesforce. There is another way to save un/pw combinations: Use Eclipse to store the un/pw/securitytoken. Read more: http://www.x2od.com/?p=625&preview=true#ixzz0Kt2X1lQD&C

Pulling Code Out of Triggers

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To date, triggers have only been accessible on each object's setup page, leading to a lot of hunting for code within the Salesforce CRM application. Even in Eclipse, switching between the Class and Trigger folders for a given project can be a pain. These pains can partially be alleviated by keeping all Apex code in one place--as Apex Classes. Read more: http://www.x2od.com/?p=583&preview=true#ixzz0FncHsqPw&B

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