Because the original Salesforce Cookbooks are no longer available online, I’m putting this code here so other people can benefit from it. I’m pulling (and cleaning up a bit) from the 2010 Cookbook. Discover an effective solution for preventing duplicate leads in Salesforce with this comprehensive Apex code cookbook. Because the original Salesforce Cookbooks are […]
Chatter Publisher Actions (Part 2): Object Custom Action
In the previous post, we looked at using the standard (button-click) way to create a new child record using Publisher Actions. Pretty basic stuff. Using Visualforce to create a custom action is a bit harder. Let's start with the documentation. The PDF provided by clicking on the link in the Actions screen (Account action is […]
Create and Populate a Map Without Loops
There are many reasons to use Maps in Apex triggers. Sometimes I want to make a List of Contacts, but I want to pull each one by its ID. This is a good reason to abandon the List and to make a Map<Id, Contact>. (Some will prefer to use Map<String, Contact>, and that is okay […]
Workflow ISCHANGED() translated to Apex trigger
Workflow is great. I can simply and declaratively make changes, and can easily update things like email templates, criteria, tasks, etc. without using Eclipse and writing/running unit tests.Sometimes, however, workflow isn’t enough; we need to use a trigger. Today, I had a use-case that when a DateTime field is filled, a contact (identified via a […]
Next Birthday Formula
How would you display your Contacts with upcoming birthdays? I’ve seen people use “Birthdays This Week,” “Birthdays This and Next Week,” and other reports to display the list. I’ve also seen requirements for showing a person’s next birthday, to trigger an automatic email to each Contact on his/her birthday. Let’s see how it’s done: Next, […]
PageReference Best Practice
I've seen a lot of coders put the following into their custom Visualforce controllers: I've decided that I don't like this approach. It feels too much like a URL hack, and though I'm sure that it will always work (meaning that salesforce.com will never change its way of referring to a record by /<recordID>), I'd […]
Chatter BINGO Released Into The Wild
With Dreamforce 2010 behind us and Dreamforce 2011 fast approaching, the first ever crowdsourced conference application is publicly available! Chatter BINGO has been released as an unmanaged package, meaning that all the source code is open and ready for customizing to your hearts’ content. Chatter BINGO was conceived by Chris Shackelford and Brad Gross (@imperialstout) […]
Activity Type Field – Do Not Use
The field Event.Type (which is sort of the same as Task.Type) is a difficult field to use. Here are a few reasons: Type cannot be the controlling field for a dependent picklist. On an Event list view (/007), even when specifying record type, the Type field cannot be edited. Salesforce requires you to select a […]
Visualforce Inline Editing – I’m In Love
I’m totally addicted to the new Visualforce inline editing feature. It all started with this post by Josh Birk at Developerforce. I liked it, but as a “standardstylesheets” specialist, I wanted a bit more. Then I looked at the Visualforce apex:inlineEditSupport documentation, and I was hooked. Okay, so you’re probably wondering why this is so […]
System Replacement For isTest Apex Method
Sometimes we have to write code that executes differently if the Apex is being tested. For a great example, check out Scott Hemmeter's blog post on testing webservice callouts at http://sfdc.arrowpointe.com/2009/05/01/testing-http-callouts/. Scott's example works well, and he uses a Boolean isApexTest, running certain code if this is true or false. I used to do something […]
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