Feline Flock Blog: cloud architecture/development and AI
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SQLForce – ANSI SQL for SalesForce
There are great tools for SalesForce that we don’t hear much about: SQLForce – Command line interpreter with ANSI SELECT/DELETE/MODIFY//INSERT commands that work with Salesforce. http://code.google.com/p/sqlforce/
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How to resize the Apex/VisualForce Editor in the Salesforce UI
When using the Salesforce UI to edit apex/visualforce pages in a larger monitor, usually there is a lot of unused space on the screen. So if you like to use the Salesforce UI instead of Eclipse and have a big monitor, here is a little javascript URL to resize the editing box. I have created…
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My 1st little App Exchange: SOQL Query Tool
As a little exercise, I’ve created a small tool comprised of a VisualForce page/tab that allows system administrators to run ad-hoc SOQL (SOSL and aggregate queries) from within their applications and do mass update on every page of 100 records. Basically, it reproduces a little of the functionality of the DeveloperForce utility Mass Update Anything.…
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What is a Lead, Account, Contact, and Opportunity in salesforce.com?
What is a Lead, Account, Contact, and Opportunity in salesforce.com? Very concise definitions on the article linked below:http://info-logistics.com/2011/09/what-is-a-lead-account-contact-and-opportunity-in-salesforce-com/
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Another reason as to why an user’s SalesForce login may fail
This week I got an issue report from a user saying that the password was not working anymore. I’ve had reset the password, which makes SalesForce email a link to the user to accept a new password and allow the user in. Then the user reported that it had happened again. I was starting to…
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Fixing Word document printing from SalesForce
Some users will have a different configuration in their desktops that will prevent printing a Word document attached to a SalesForce contact. Below is the typical error when the user attempts to open the attachment and then print: A solution that worked for one of my users is from this Microsoft link: A new application…
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Facilitating removal of duplicate contacts
Purpose: display a link to the Merge Contacts Wizard from the search screen and from the contact screen Too many times users search for a contact but end up creating a duplicate anyway. Most of the time is because they use the first contact that appears and they leave blank the fields you configured in…
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Comparing SalesForce with MicroSoft Dynamics xRM
MicroSoft Dynamics (xRM) SalesForce.com (SF) Design * offers more options during entity creation* to make changes to a field, it has to be deleted then recreated and if there are forms/views with that field, such dependencies have to be deleted first * easier to create entities (objects)* fields can be changed/deleted and all the related forms…
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How to disable/enable all validation rules for data loading
While working on a recruiting application, I found a solution for being able to load data into a SalesForce application without being blocked by validation rules. Validation rules are usually intended to be applied only when a user creates a record and not when data is being imported from an external database. In this recruiting…
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Upserting into SalesForce using .net and SOAP API
I’ve been experimenting with the classes created by Darren Terrell in the article “SalesForce integration with .net web services SOAP API” and found that there is a limit of 200 rows for upserts, so I’ve changed the Upsert() method as below to divide and submit the upserts in batches of 200 items at a time.…
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