// archives for "Salesforce.com"
 

winter ‘09 is (almost) here

I got the good old scheduled maintenance window message on na1 this week, but I didn’t expect it to be for the Winter ‘09 release. Kudos to SFDC for the early release (a month before Dreamforce).
Release Preview
Release Notes (pdf)

visualforce autocomplete component

I saw this on the boards and I wanted to make sure everyone knew it was out there.
http://www.jonathanrm.com/blog/?p=12
 
 

(unofficial) adobe air tasks

i’m gauging interest from other consultants that track time in Salesforce.com. Would you use an AIR app? See a screencast after the jump…

populating a flex combobox with picklist values

i’ve had some requests concerning filling flex combobox’s with picklist values returned from a describe call…

running a trigger via workflow

Those of you who follow Steve Andersen’s blog may have seen his post re: cron jobs using Apex in April 2007. Kudos to you, Steve for a fantastic post (better late than never!) not only because of its universal application, but also because it got me thinking of other roundabout ways of utilizing Apex.
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new look for the approval history related list

just noticed this…is this new in Summer ‘08?

visualizing workflow

When clients illustrate complex business processes with a seemingly endless cast of layers, players, deadlines, and notifications I cringe, not because of Salesforce.com’s inability to handle these types of processes (Salesforce.com’s workflow capabilities are exceptional), but being a visual person I’m well-aware of Salesforce.com’s inability to provide visual representation of workflow.  As a solution, I [...]

enhance recent items…please?

As a heavy Salesforce.com user/developer/consultant, there are many times when I’m cycling through custom objects, workflow rules, apex triggers, and reports in an org and I’d like to be able to follow my progress in the sidebar via the recent items section.  I’d really like the ability to customize the recent items section to toggle [...]