Questions tagged [visualforce]
Visualforce relates to questions where the Visualforce language or framework are concerned. This is primarily VF pages, components, PDF rendering, and email templates. This would only cross-over to Lightning where Lightning Out (Lightning for VF) or VF pages using SLDS or being used in LEX. Where a question relates to Apex invoked as part of a VF page, this tag would also be appropriate.
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Custom Labels in Packages - Potential BUG in Winter 19 (Confirmed as Known Issue by Salesforce)
We have an unmanaged package using 167 custom labels to use the Translation Workbench in Salesforce and to be able to translate texts into different languages.
Until now, all our custom labels have ...
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Cannot read property '$$OwnerKey$$' of null
I have a Visualforce Lightning Out page that's rendering some <lightning:input type="date"> elements. Since the Winter '19 release in the dev sandbox I'm working in, whenever I select a date ...
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Error parsing json response: 'expected expression, got '<''. Logged in?
I'm calling a remote action which returns a wrapper. It works without any issues on most of the time. But sometimes, it throwing an error:
Error parsing json response: 'expected expression, got '&...
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<apex:inputFile> 'accept' and 'contentType' on VF page only working when not called from mobile
<apex:inputFile value="{!attachment.body}" fileName="{!attachment.name}" id="file" contentType="{!attachment.ContentType}" accept="image/*,application/pdf"/>
If I call this from my desktop ...
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Display the fields properly in output panel while using actionRegion
I am using actionRegion for to show/hide the fields based upon picklist in Opportunity. When i am selecting the Stage picklist value is Closed Lost, then 4 text fields will be displays. It works fine. ...
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Change URL of Popup Window from Lightning
So I'm in the situation where I have a Lightning component that's embedded in LEX, and it provides links that open up a new window containing a Visualforce page. Each link opens the same page but ...
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Lightning Components: How to fix New Button in Related Lists of Visualforce Pages rendered insinde a Visualforce Component on a Flexipage
For Visualforce pages the Standard New-Button created by <apex:detail> doesn't work correctly inside Visualforce containers on Flexipages.
Scenario:
I've put a Standard Visualforce Component ...
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How can I reproduce the EmailAuthor native SFDC application?
I'm comfortable with sending emails using APEX and using mailmerge within that process. What I want to do now is load an email template, mailmerge it automatically using a predetermined contact ID and ...
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Trigger page message in the parent page from the Controller Extension of a custom list view button
Is there any way to trigger the display of a page message in the embedding Detail page from the Controller Extension of a Custom list view button?
I create my list view buttons with this technique ...
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Error when setting "rendered" attribute on apex:mapMarker
I am trying to show/hide some map markers on an <apex:map> by assigning a boolean value coming from an Apex attribute to the rendered tag. However, I am receiving a compile error on save:
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URLFOR($Action.CustomObject__c.New) Not working since Summer 16 release
The following snippet works well on a sandbox that's still on Spring 16 Lightning Experience but gives the same code gives an error on a sandbox running the Summer 16 release from a visualforce page :...
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Firefox browser: $User.UITheme and $User.UIThemeDisplayed return wrong value in Lightning Experience
While trying to overcome the problem with <apex:outputLink target="_blank"> not working under Lightning Experience, I found this atricle; they propose checking the {!$User.UIThemeDisplayed} ...
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Display hover using LookupHoverDetail along with scrollable outputpanel
I'm trying to create a pageblocktable that uses lookuphoverdetails to display the mini page details for Accounts on a custom object.
The problem that I'm experiencing is that the pageblocktable is ...
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Visualforce Action Button on Lightning Record Page leaves an entry in browser history causing re-execution. Can this be prevented?
(NOT SURE, BUT THIS ISSUE MIGHT BE A SALESFORCE BUG OR AT LEAST AN INCONSISTENCY)
I have defined an Action of type "Custom Visualforce" like this
The button for this Action is "◈ Clone&...
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Locale Supported Format For Visualforce Input Field
I've been rewriting a Visualforce page to use SLDS styling. Part of this requires rewriting dynamics DateTIme fields to SLDS Date time picker. This therefore means writing the Date part of the ...
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What does '?scontrolCaching=1' mean in a URL from a Visualforce page?
I have a custom list button on the Account object that, once clicked on, auto-navigates a user to the defined Visualforce page which uses the Opportunity standardController.
I notice in the URL, it ...
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Is the Standard Lightning Compo "Activities" programatically usable in custom Components or on visualforce pages?
In the Lightning App Builder used to arrange a Flexipage, the topmost Standard Components on the leftside panel is called Activities.
Is this Component also available (or exposed) and usable in a ...
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Intermittent 404 errors using Lightning Out in Visualforce
I'm seeing intermittent 404 errors when attempting to use lightning components inside a Visualforce page via Lightning Out, but one org seems far more affected than others.
The VF markup:
<apex:...
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Managed package visualforce page not enabled for lightning experience, yet is displaying in lightning automatically
When we enter the URL for a packaged Visualforce page, it displays inside the Lightning Experience. The problem is, the page is not enabled in lightning via 'Available for Salesforce mobile apps and ...
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Loading Static Resources When Accessing a Page WIth an OAuth Access Token
If you specify the 'web' scope for a connected app it's supposed to grant/provide access to Visualforce pages.
I'm authenticating via the iOS mobile SDK and then attempting to use the access token I ...
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Safari support for iframing a visualforce page
Background: I have an API I wish to use from within my managed package which occasionally results in long running callouts. In order to ensure my users don't encounter errors with the limits to long ...
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No DML_END Issue
Yet another "what gives" question.
I have a custom object that is updated upon a button click on a VisualForce Page.
I can see in my debug logs that the object has been updated. But when I refresh ...
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'Multiple items found' error when selecting from 'My Recent Items' drop down on standard lookup field
Maybe a Summer '18 Version problem?
I have a dependent lookup field where you must select the value via the lookup window. After you have done this there is a standard lookup field that filters on ...
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Visualforce Remoting: Javascript proxies were not generated for controller QuoteLayout: may not use public remoted methods inside an iframe
I've looked at all of these solutions here on SFDC stack exchange (1) (2) (3). I followed them for what applied to what I'm doing and I'm still getting this error.
I made my apex class global ...
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Recaptcha in Salesforce Lightning component
My requirement was to create a custom lightning component, which will be hosted in a community and will allow users to create cases. Before submitting the case, users have to successfully pass 'I am ...
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<apex:map> doesn't render when using continuation(asynchonous callout)
It seems like there's a bug rerendering an <apex:map> from asynchronous callout.
On my sample page below I have two <apex:commandbutton> one executing an asynchronous callout(action="{!...
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Hitting error when trying to save HTML5 canvas in VisualForce Page
We have a requirement to open an image attachment in a VisualForce page, the user should be able to draw on the image and those edits should be updated in the attachment on save. So to achieve this, ...
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Visualforce field help icon/text not rendered in Lightning Experience?
Just noticed today that the apex:inputField field-level help icon and help text are not rendered when a Visualforce page is run in Lightning Experience. It looks like field-level help text only ...
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Using SLDS icons in inline VisualForce page within managed package fails due to 302 redirect
I am currently creating a managed package and am running into a problem which I think others will or have also faced while deploying a package using lightning components which are optionally wrapped ...
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Since Winter '17 update, iframes embedded in Visualforce pages do not appear
Since Winter '17 update, iframes embedded in Visualforce pages do not appear.
There have been no change in the VF pages, iframes etc.
Can anyone help me with this?
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problem displaying Community password reset link error messages
In our Community I am using custom Visualforce pages for login and reset password and the change password pages.
We occasionally have customers that the password reset link they get via email ...
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JSON parsing to Visualforce page difficulties
Following my previous question here I've been dealing with some pretty crappy JSON for an assessment submission and trying to display it in a VF page as a table, ultimately with questions, available ...
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Check if browser is supported by salesforce right on visualforce page
In short, we need to display to the community users kinda warning in case if their browsers are not among supported by salesforce.
The option we've come up with so far, is just to check user's agent ...
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Is there a issue with <apex:selectCheckboxes> when associated to apex properties?
I am defining a apex property public String[] values{get; set;} and calling it in VF page
`<apex:selectCheckboxes value="{!values}">`
<apex:selectOptions value="{!items}"/>
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Salesforce OAuth Refresh Token - Invalid Scope
I'm trying to get Refresh Token as part of scope but I'm getting following error
error=invalid_scope&error_description=the%20requested%20scope%20is%20not%20available
This is my request
https:/...
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Accessing Intranet web application from salesforce
I'm new in salesforce world.
i have question about salesforce and we implemented for sales and service team.
my question is:
we have internal portal web site for employee and knowledge management. ...
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Display Publisher Actions (Upload file to feed) on Visualforce page in Salesforce1
I have a feed-enabled CustomObject__c which I want to expose via Salesforce1. For some reasons I have an override for the View page that is a used for desktop and mobile devices.
On of the use cases ...
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Test class for community to get network id
i am facing problem with getting network id in test class, while executing visual force page, controller returns proper network id, when try to write a test class for this 'ClassNetwork' controller, ...
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Chatter feeds not appearing correctly on Vf page
I am showing a chatter feeds in my VF page by using the following
<chatter:feedWithFollowers entityId="{!theCase.id}"/>
The feeds dont seem to be displaying correctly. I cant see the feeds on ...
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Lightning record page printable view or PDF
I need to create a printable view (or PDF) of a record's Lightning Page (think "tear sheet") that includes a compact "details" section, compact related list tables, and a custom ...
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Trying to publish Lightning Message Channel from Visualforce page and getting error `Sfdc is not defined`
I am trying to publish a message from a visualforce page into a lightning component and my visualforce page is not able to publish.
My Visualforce code :
<apex:page applyBodyTag="false" ...
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Why can't I skip LWC namespaces in namesspaced scratch org
I have an LWC component as part of a managed package. To support Classic its also embedded inside VF page using a Lightning App(Aura):
<apex:page standardcontroller="Account">
<apex:...
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How to set the criteria parameter in the retrieve method for RemoteObjectController?
My question is:
How do set the criteria like 'where' and 'orderby' (in the java script below) in the retrieve method for RemoteObjectController?
RemoteObjectController
Use RemoteObjectController ...
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How to set Language for entire LWC component like visualforce page
In visualforce page we can set the language using language attribute like this.
<apex:page id="myr_Page" language="{!userDTO.userlanguage}" >
I know that we can use the below way to set the ...
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JSForce describeGlobal isn't working when the community has an added URL
I have to be able to get all objects on my salesforce community and whenever i utilize the jsforce library to get the connection by using this method "jsforce.Connection"
let conn = new jsforce....
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Can I use a Managed Package Visualforce page in Utility bar?
I created a new Lightning application in which I added some utility items.I also want to add a Visualforce page in the Utility bar but the page is from a Managed package.
Is it even possible?
Is there ...
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How to use polyfill in visualforce component?
Link to polyfill: https://github.com/jonstipe/number-polyfill
The polyfill is to allow increment decrement buttons in Internet explorer for
I added the .js and .css file from the polyfill as a ...
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Empty Visualforce tags without closing whitespace
Consider this very simple part of a Visualforce Page:
<apex:variable var="object" value="{!MyObject__c}"/>
<apex:pageMessages/>
Until recently when you tried to save this you would've ...
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Using Javascript window.confirm() in Lightning Experience
We are using window.confirm() in the JS parts of Lightning Aura Components and embedded Visualforce pages (iframed).
This worked just fine for several years.
Yesterday I noticed that in both use ...
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Visualforce page not displaying correct Devnagiri words when it render as pdf
I am using Arial Unicode MS font in the visual force page. I need to render it as pdf. The HTML contains Devanagari words. HTML is displayed properly but the words are broken in the generated pdf. e.g ...
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