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Hi,

Static resources allow you to upload content that you can reference in a Visualforce page, including archives (such as .zip and .jar files), images, stylesheets, JavaScript, and other files.

Using a static resource is preferable to uploading a file to the Documents tab because:

You can package a collection of related files into a directory hierarchy and upload that hierarchy as a .zip or .jar archive.

You can reference a static resource by name in page markup by using the $Resource global variable instead of hard coding document IDs.

Nte:-In addition, using static resources to refer to JavaScript or cascading style sheets (CSS) is preferable to including the markup inline. Managing this kind of content using static resources allows you to have a consistent look and feel for all your pages and a shared set of JavaScript functionality. A single static resource can be up to 5 MB in size, and an organization can have up to 250 MB of static resources, total.

 

Creating a Static Resource

To create a static resource:

1. Click Your Name -> Setup -> Develop -> Static Resources.

2. Click New Static Resource.

3. In the Name text box, enter the text that should be used to identify the resource in Visualforce markup. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your organization. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores.

Note:-

If you reference a static resource in Visualforce markup and then change the name of the resource, the Visualforce markup is updated to reflect that change.

4. In the Description text area, specify an optional description of the resource.

5. Next to the File text box, click Browse to navigate to a local copy of the resource that you want to upload.

A single static resource can be up to 5 MB in size, and an organization can have up to 250 MB of static resources, total.

6. Set the Cache Control:

Private specifies that the static resource data cached on the Salesforce server shouldn't be shared with other users. The static resource is only stored in cache for the current user's session.

Note: - Cache settings on static resources are set to private when accessed via a Force.com site whose guest user's profile has restrictions based on IP range or login hours. Sites with guest user profile restrictions cache static resources only within the browser. Also, if a previously unrestricted site becomes restricted, it can take up to 45 days for the static resources to expire from the Salesforce cache and any intermediate caches.

7. Click Save

 

Referencing a Static Resource in Visualforce Markup

The way you reference a static resource in Visualforce markup depends on whether you want to reference a stand-alone file, or whether you want to reference a file that is contained in an archive (such as a .zip or .jar file):

To reference a stand-alone file, use $Resource.<resource_name> as a merge field, where <resource_name> is the name you specified when you uploaded the resource. For example:

<apex:image url="{!$Resource.TestImage}" width="50" height="50"/>

or

<apex:includeScript value="{!$Resource.MyJavascriptFile}"/>

To reference a file in an archive, use the URLFOR function. Specify the static resource name that you provided when you uploaded the archive with the first parameter, and the path to the desired file within the archive with the second. For example:

<apex:image url="{!URLFOR($Resource.TestZip, 'images/Bluehills.jpg')}"  width="50" height="50"/>

or

<apex:includeScript value="{!URLFOR($Resource.LibraryJS, '/base/subdir/file.js')}"/>

You can use relative paths in files in static resource archives to refer to other content within the archive. For example, in your CSS file, namedstyles.css, you have the following style:

table { background-image: img/testimage.gif }

When you use that CSS in a Visualforce page, you need to make sure the CSS file can find the image. To do that, create an archive (such as a zip file) that includes styles.css and img/testimage.gif. Make sure that the path structure is preserved in the archive. Then upload the archive file as a static resource named “style_resources”. Then, in your page, add the following component:

<apex:stylesheet value="{!URLFOR($Resource.style_resources, 'styles.css')}"/>

Since the static resource contains both the stylesheet and the image, the relative path in the stylesheet resolves and the image is displayed.

Through a custom controller, you can dynamically refer to the contents of a static resource using the <apex:variable> tag. First, create the custom controller:

global class MyController {

    public String getImageName() {

        return 'Picture.gif';//this is the name of the image 

   

    }

}

Then, refer to the getImageName method in your <apex:variable> tag:

<apex:page renderAs="pdf" controller="MyController">

    <apex:variable var="imageVar" value="{!imageName}"/>

    <apex:image url="{!URLFOR($Resource.myZipFile, imageVar)}"/>

</apex:page>

If the name of the image changes in the zip file, you can just change the returned value in getImageName.

 

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