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Is there a superclass for Document and Attachment?

Document and Attachment share a lot of fields, so that they might be just views to the same "table". I'd like to use just those fields that both object types share in Apex code. Is there a superclass ...
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Outbound Messaging: ActionId

I'm investigating the use of Outbound messaging for some integrations we need to make with SalesForce. According to the documentation, the outbound message includes an ActionId field which is a ...
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Are Field History tracking objects the only Salesforce objects that have fields of DisplayType “ANYTYPE”?

Field History tracking objects, such as "AccountHistory", "ContactHistory", etc., keep track of changes to field values on records of objects with History tracking enabled on those fields. The ...
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when to use a Vforce page on a standard object

We have a client using vforce pages on the standard objects for Lead, Account and Contact. Our application is failing on these vforce pages. I asked the client why they are using a vforce page, and ...
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How to track changes to the account team in real time?

Question Is there anyway to track changes to the account team, i.e. insertions, deletions, updates, in real-time? Background We're switching away from selling based on an account owner model to a ...
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Is it possible to create a filter using LastModifiedDate < LAST 30 MIN ??

I have a custom object which is updated very often. I need to create a lookup filter to avoid records where updated before 30 min ago. I was trying something like:
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Can I apply a custom stylesheet to modify the look and feel of a standard object detail page?

Has anyone found a technique for injecting a custom stylesheets such that I can modify how the standard page layouts look? For example, increasing the size of key fields. Update I don't believe ...
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standard profiles and standard objects

Why does salesforce not allow us to change the permissions of standard profiles to standard objects? I know the workaround to use is to clone that standard profile into a custom one, but it seems like ...
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Replace text in Rich text area field with trigger

We're using the "Solutions" standard object as our knowledge base, with "Solution details" standard field is a Rich Text Area field (32000 characters). The field structure looks like this: Purpose ...
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How to identify parent of child events?

Question Given a child event, how can I find it's parent? Background We're working on a terminated user tool. One component of that is transferring future events for that user to their ...
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As a tech person how to understand standard objects of out-of-box Salesforce?

By standard objects I mean Accounts, Contacts, Contracts, Leads, Products, Solutions, blah blah blah... There are more than 30 of them come with Developer Edition (not sure about other editions). By ...
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Ownership of objects created in Lead Conversion

What are the rules of ownership when converting a lead? Who becomes the owner of the Opportunity, Account and Contact?
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Why aren't standard fields visible on page layout?

Some Task fields are not visible for a page layout, e.g. anything related to recurrence, reminder date time and similar. Why? Can they be made visible?
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How to reproduce a field with disable checkbox with Visualforce?

I'd like to reproduce the field that can be disabled with a checkbox with Visualforce. Shortly: A field should have label on the left side There should be a red bar indicating requirement for ...
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Standard Objects and External Id

Has any standard object an external id by default ? I need to know it for testing proposes. I was searching this unsuccessfully.
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Adding a standard page to a VF page

I want to add my standard page to my Vf page. I am trying to add some features to my Event page layout (added a VF page) but it is not visible while we create a event it only visible after the record ...
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How to get the IsSyncing to TRUE on a QUOTE in test class?

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my question, this may be a really stupid question but I have been banging my head all morning into finding the answer. I looked at the Quote Schema as ...
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Customer and Partner Portal Roles

I'm trying to query the Customer and Partner Portal Roles. I was able to find the PartnerRole, UserRole objects but didn't find any CustomerRole one. Are these the objects I need to query? How do I ...
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Can standard field “Name” for sObject be longer than 80 Characters?

Question is the title of this question...or do I have to use a custom field?
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Can I reference a custom object from a standard object

Say I have a custom object, Division, that has two fields: name and address. Say I want to make 2 custom fields in User (standard object): field 1 is the User's Division: a picklist, populated by ...
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salesforce page layout section - security

salesforce page layout section - security I have added a section on page layout which renders my custom visualforce related list, it works fine for certain admin user, except for one sales profile, I ...
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Help understanding code behind a Visualforce page

I am newbie to salesforce so i am getting little problem to understand the code. so anyone of you may please explain the below code :- <apex:page standardController="Account" ...
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Getting Labels for Standard Lookup Fields from API

We're building a mobile app that uses Salesforce metadata retrieved through the REST API. One of the pieces of metadata we need are field labels, in the authenticated user's language. For example, ...
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New Standard Address Fields for Country and State Codes

Anyone know what these are for? They've popped up in the Rename Standard Tabs and Labels as new standard fields with the Winter '13 release, but I can't find anything about them in any documentation, ...
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How can I see a view of all unique fields for an Object?

I can see all of the fields listed on the Object page, but there is no column that indicates which fields have been checked as unique. How can I see what all of the unique fields are for an Object? ...
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Reusing Lookup Fields in Different Contexts

I'm trying to decide how to build my data model and I'm running into a typical situation involving lookup relationships. I'd love some thoughts on implications and best practices: I have several ...
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Allow record editing when custom field is checked

I'm fairly new to Salesforce. I'm trying to set up some of our rules and functionality in Salesforce and I was wondering if there is a way (or which is the better one) to restrict a user to edit a ...
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Is it possible to send an email based on Report results?

I have a certain report, that shows if there are qualified leads in the system, and alerts me on that. (theoretically - that should not happen). Based on that report, there are from 1-6 users who own ...