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Action Status in Visualforce

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March 16, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

ActionStatus visualforce component displays the status of an AJAX update request. An AJAX request can either be in progress or complete. In simple words, I could say that this tag is used in visualforce to inform the user that the process is in action. In many scenarios, the AJAX request takes some time. So we…

Get Key Prefix of Salesforce Object

In: apex /

March 4, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

In my previous post, I have explained to you how to use the Salesforce Object Key Prefix to save your time. If you haven't seen that yet the please refer to this link Salesforce Object Key Prefix Hack. In this post, I will explain how to get the key prefix for a custom object. Every…

Salesforce Object Key Prefix Hack

In: apex /

March 4, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

Usaually as a developer we have a lot of roles and responsibilities that we need to perform in order to have a carrer expansion as well as self satisfaction. In salesforce when we do the developement it happens a lot of time or you can say it happes almost everytime that we need to go navigate…

Action Region in Visualforce

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March 3, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

ActionRegion tag is used in Visualforce page that decides and separates which components should be processed by the force.com server when an AJAX request is generated. The Components which are placed inside the actionRegion tag are the only components that are processed by the server at the time of request thereby increasing the performance of the page.…

Action Poller in Visualforce

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February 24, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

Action Poller in visualforce is like a timer that sends an AJAX request to the server according to a time interval that you specify (time interval has to be specified or else it defaults to 60 seconds). In this article I will demonstrate how to use actionpoller in visualforce page. In the action attribute a controller method…

Visualforce Page Rendered as PDF

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February 11, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

We can render any page as pdf by adding renderAs attribute to <apex:page> and specifying “pdf” as value. renderAs value is the name of any supported content converter. Currently, PDF is the only supported content converter. Setting renderAs attribute to “pdf” renders the page as a PDF. Rendering a Visualforce page as a PDF is…

Using FieldSet with Visualforce and Apex

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February 8, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

One of the disadvantages comes up with Custom Page or Overriding New or Edit button with Visualforce page is its “Maintenance”, if New Filed is Added or needed to remove field we have to modify our code every time. A fieldset is a grouping of fields for the same object. We can use dynamic bindings…

How to use Apex Rest API’s in Salesforce using Postman

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February 8, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

Being a Developer it's always a plus point having knowledge of implementing Web services and integrating multiple platforms with Salesforce. I am an integration nerd and I love to explore new possibilities. I very often come across questions about “Testing the REST API’s” so I cannot resist sharing some great amount of knowledge for all…

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I – My Experience

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January 16, 2019

/ By: Vineet Bhagchandani

If you are wondering what kind of questions you will be asked in your Platform Developer 1 exam, then this might be the answer you are looking for. Platform Developer I: a little Background In 2015, Salesforce introduced the Salesforce Platform Developer 1 certification. The primary goal was to uniquely recognize individuals who understood the…

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