I ran into an issue today and I've encountered it in the past but I couldn't find the code I originally wrote to resolve the problem. For this reason, I am going to post the code and the issue here so I can find it again in the future. Additionally, it might prove useful for some other developers and they should feel free to take it from this post. [...]
As you know, salesforce.com has taken many steps to ensure that their app is secure. The primary security features call for the use of a security token appended to the standard Salesforce login credentials or a confirmation message to enable login from specific computers/laptops. For most Salesforce customers these security features were a welcomed addition but to developers these security features caused some headaches. [...]
If you have ever been an administrator of Salesforce for any organization, you have inevitably had to request that a user grant you login access in order to assist them with a question or issue for which they requested your assistance. I know whenever I needed someone to grant me login access to their Id I would send them an Email with instructions. [...]
When we were building the Messages Application for the AppExchange we encountered a little glitch that I think many Salesforce developers encounter but not all know how to remedy. The problem we ran into was that at times the highlighting of the Home tab would go away as we navigated to some of the sControls used within the app. [...]
Lately I've been seeing more and more postings on many of the Force.com message boards around the use of buttons inside the Salesforce application. Primarily people are interested in passing information using buttons and in some cases hiding buttons when certain criteria are met. Since this seems to be a hot topic lately I thought I would share with you a simple way to accomplish the goal of displaying a button when certain criteria is met and otherwise hiding the button. [...]
Many new salesforce.com AJAX developers ask me how I am able to build my sControls into a frame and get the sizing setup in such a manner to prevent scrollbars. Over the years I've tried many different JavaScript functions but found that one works better than any I've seen. For those reading this that might be unfamiliar with what I'm referring too I've included a screenshot. [...]
Back in the day salesforce.com used a popup window to allow for date selections on their edit screens. Their new functionality by which the date is selected from inside the page itself is much more slick and I wanted to take a few minutes to show you how this works. The first part of this sControl are the usual include files. [...]
From time to time, there may be a need to mimic the lookup functionality from standard salesforce.com edit pages into a custom sControl. In this example, I am going to show you how to mimic the lookup field for "subject" that you would normally find on the Task edit page. The concepts covered in this example are built off some other concepts I've already done examples for on this site so please feel free to review some of our other examples prior to trying this one. [...]
Have you ever created an sControl and needed to use a picklist? If you've done this and hard-coded the picklist values into the sControl code then you understand that it can be a pain if the picklist options (or business requirements) change. [...]
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