Call Apex Class from Custom Button (Javascript) in Salesforce

Posted by Unknown 05:34

Most of the times, we end up needing to do more complex logic, but from the simplicity of the custom button on the page layout. This post aims at giving you a running start to this.

Lets get straight into it, by this we're assuming you know how to

• Code in apex 
• Create a custom button 

Freeze Users In Salesforce

Posted by Unknown 13:41

What is Freezing User mean ?

We all know what deactivating a user in salesforce means : They will not be deleted from the system but will no longer be able to log in to Salesforce and their records can be transferred to another user.They cannot be part of workflows or part of any automated processes. Click here to read more on Deactivating users. Freezing a User is when you have to do some extra work to get the user deactivated.

e.g. If your ORG is one among the larger ones which uses a lot of automated process or has custom hierarchy fields then you may already know deactivating a user selected in a custom hierarchy field is not a one step process. So you can freeze the user account to ensure you've enough time clean up, transfer the records and then finally deactivate the user.

<apex:actionStatus>

Posted by Unknown 03:10

Action status is usually used to show the status of an Ajax Process to which it is related to. It can be as simple as showing text during the update to as fancy as greying out the page and showing a loading gif. your imagination (and HTML CSS skills) are the limits

How to activate Summer ’13 Preview on sandbox

Posted by Unknown 10:18

The salesforce.com Summer ‘13 release is quickly approaching and soon you'll be able to take advantage of exciting new features and functionality! If you are a Force.com Sandbox customer, you have the opportunity to get early access to Summer ‘13 in your Sandbox and test new customization and features (the chance to get your feet wet) before your production organization is upgraded.

Visualforce To Excel

Posted by Unknown 02:11

In this short post I want to explain how we can generate an excel output from a VF page.  We already know to how to generate a PDF from VF page. (Read more to find out how). One of the common requirements is to convert a VF page with data into an Excel sheet, here are some things you may want to keep in mind

1. Use a separate VF page for export. It is advisable to use a separate VF page to export off, reason being, usually the VF page in which data resides contains buttons, links images etc. and that is not something you usually want in your excel
2. Use <apex:dataTable> : this gives you a consistent output and works for both windows and MAC. (Thank you Pratyush Kumar  for the Info)
3. Proper validation : Before the export page is reached, make sure all validations to ensure data will be present is  a good practice

Lotus Notes Apps to Force.com

Posted by Unknown 10:00

 

Why should I migrate from Lotus notes to Force.com?
Lotus notes was a  very popular application and was used widely for all types of business processes and was a mini ERP. Even now many of the medium to large corporations use lotus notes just because they cannot either find a good alternative or just don’t want to break things.
Today we can touch the tip of the iceberg and understand how to start the migration.
you can also read : Top 5 reasons to migrating from lotus notes to force.com
Still not convinced why you should migrate from lotus notes to force.com? check here

Do.com Project management overview

Posted by Unknown 00:30

In my previous blog post I introduced the pros and cons of DO.com. Go ahead and read it, and come back to this blog where I explore how to use DO.com via a sample project.

How do I start?

Lets walkthrough a basic project / task management and try to use our imagination as to see what we can use this platform for.