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Top new questions this week:

What happens if our App provider goes away?

I think this is mainly a licensing question: We're assessing a CMS app on the app exchange. I can't find any information about what happens if the company that builds/supplies/supports the app goes …

licenses appexchange support

asked by Beejamin 9 votes answered by Daniel Ballinger 1 vote

How can I develop on Salesforce quickly when using Static Resources?

Are there any good tricks for debugging/developing on Salesforce when I have multiple external Javascript files that have to be saved and uploaded as Static Resources every time I make a change? It's …

force.com force.com-sites

asked by Hairgami_Master 7 votes answered by Ralph 5 votes

URL Hack: Pass additional parameters into the saveURL

I'm pretty good with URL hacks to set field values in a record, save=1, saveURL/retURL, etc... But I'm getting stuck on something I've never tried before and I don't even know if it is possible. Is …

custom-button

asked by Jason Paquette 7 votes answered by eyescream 3 votes

Can I make a field un-editable after time?

Does anybody know of a way to make a field un-editable after 24 or maybe 48 hours of the creation of a record ? Thank you.

security validation

asked by Zoom_v 6 votes answered by Sai 7 votes

Insert new objects via REST using an external ID

Here is my situation: I have created a custom object called "CSB" with fields: source_xml__c => Text IPN__c => text Salesman => Lookupfield to "User" In the "User" object there is a custom …

rest-api externalid

asked by Nielsm 6 votes answered by Nielsm 4 votes

Can you use SOQL Date Literals in Apex?

Date Literals are really helpful in SOQL queries. There are times in Apex where it would be really helpful to be able to use the literals or some sort of easy equivalent (not in a SOQL query). Is …

apex soql date-literal

asked by Ryan Elkins 5 votes answered by LaceySnr 1 vote

Parent to child on trigger update

I have two object X and Y. Y is child of X. Object X is having a field called Title (Long Text Area). I want to show this field on Y also. Cross-reference formula field will not work since Title is a …

trigger formula-field

asked by doga 5 votes answered by Ralph 2 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Copying metadata and code from one Production org to another

How do I copy(for want of a better word) metadata (i.e. Objects, Workflows, Validation rule etc), and code (Apex, Visualforce, Triggers) from one Production org to another production org? Is this …

metadata data-export code schema-builder clone

asked by Anup 8 votes answered by E.J. Wilburn 14 votes

Is there a way to use custom CSS with the Customer Portal in a reliable and maintainable way?

On Salesforce.com's Customer Portal marketing page there is a video with an example Customer Portal from Dell. The portal in the video is obviously using a lot of custom CSS which I know can be …

customer-portal css

asked by Peter Knolle 7 votes answered by user320 5 votes

Can you answer these?

Leads 'Unread By Owner' - Workflow on this field

I need to send an email if a particular lead is not opened after 2 days of assignment. There is a field called IsUnreadByOwner, but we cant access this field through workflows or formulaes. Is there …

apex trigger batch leads

asked by Prady 2 votes

Insert Task controller not executing from VF page

Having a little issue. Trying to insert a task using a custom controller, and I am not getting any kind of "error" when this executes. Everything else on the page seems to work but this. Any help …

apex visualforce visualforce-component

asked by AlphaBravo 3 votes

Can a Report be Created from the Subscriber Object; Or Data Accessed Another Way?

Salesforce gives the ISV the Salesforce Edition of the Customer Org in the Subscriber object, and this data is available no where else. Any ways to access data from Subscriber other than the Object …

reporting isv data

asked by Rich Rosen 1 vote