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What does the "X" in CustomXTab mean when using SFDC CSS?

I am trying to implement an inline s-control with SFDC formatting, however I can't find any documentation that states what the "X" should be in CustomXTab when trying to use a custom tab's formatting in the class attribute of an object. Thanks

Message Edited by milliskenny on 10-22-2007 07:28 AM

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Update the referring object with the ID of the new related object created

Hopefully this is an easy one.  In the code below, I create a custom object (Dept) that has a one to many relationship with the contact (one Dept to many contacts).  The s-control starts from the contact and creates the new Dept with the account_id and the address information from the contact.  I use the create function on the Dynabean to create the Dept, and then retrieve the Id of the new object so I can open the record in the modal window.
 
The issue arises when I try to update the Contact record with the id of the new Dept.  I get a javascript error referencing line 3653, with the error message of "exception thrown and not caught".
 
I am pretty new to all this stuff, so I looked at the js library file for AJAX 3.3 beta and the function around line 3653 reads:
 
Sforce.Dynabean.prototype.set = function(propName, value) {
 var fldDef = this.definition.fieldMap.getItem(propName);
 var cr = this.definition.childRelationships.getItem(propName.toLowerCase());
 var rn = this.definition.parentRelationships.getItem(propName.toLowerCase());
 if (fldDef == null && cr == null && rn == null) {
  throw "The property " + propName + " is not a valid field.";
 } else {     <----- This is line 3653
  //Validate type if possible
  //TODO validate other types
  if (fldDef != null) {
   if (fldDef.type == "date" || fldDef.type == "datetime") {
    if (Sforce.Util.dltypeof(value) != "date" && Sforce.Util.dltypeof(value) != "datetime" && value != null) {
     throw "Invalid type: You passed a " + Sforce.Util.dltypeof(value) + " but the field requires a " + fldDef.type + ".";
    }
   }
  }
 
It appears that it cannot find a reference to the field I want to write back to.  The field is of type "lookup" and should reference a Dept related object.
 
Here is the section of the code where I do the update.  Thanks in advance for any help!
 
//This is where I create the new Dept
var newDeptList = new Array();

var newDept = new Sforce.Dynabean("Department__c");
newDept.set("Id","");
newDept.set("Name", name + " - " + deptPrompt );
newDept.set("Account__c", "{!Account_Id}" );
newDept.set("Legal_Entity__c", legal_entity);
newDept.set("Address__c",mailing_street);
newDept.set("City__c",mailing_city);
newDept.set("StateProvince__c",mailing_state);
newDept.set("Country__c",mailing_country);
newDept.set("Postal_Code__c",mailing_postalcode);

newDeptList[0] = newDept;

// Create new Department
results = sforceClient.Create(newDeptList);

//If the first value in the result array is null then it's a fault.

if( results[0] != null &&
results[0].success == true )
 
//Now I go to get the Id of the new dept record I created
{
// Fetch department id
newDeptId = results[0].id;


//Update the existing contact with the new Dept ID
var contactUpdateList = new Array();

var contactUpdate = new Sforce.Dynabean("contact");
contactUpdate.set("Id","{!Contact_Id}");
 
//The next line is where it fails
contactUpdate.set("NewDepartment__c",newDeptId);

contactUpdateList[0] = contactUpdate;

//Update the Contact
var resultsCon = sforceClient.update(contactUpdateList);

contactUpdateList.save();
 

Message Edited by milliskenny on 10-03-2006 01:51 AM

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What does the "X" in CustomXTab mean when using SFDC CSS?

I am trying to implement an inline s-control with SFDC formatting, however I can't find any documentation that states what the "X" should be in CustomXTab when trying to use a custom tab's formatting in the class attribute of an object. Thanks

Message Edited by milliskenny on 10-22-2007 07:28 AM

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The AJAX Toolkit and SANDBOX edition

Is it possible at this point to use the AJAX toolkit in the sandbox?  I've tried simply logging in as follows and it doesn't work... any ideas?

Code:
<script src="https://www.salesforce.com/services/lib/ajax/beta3.3/sforceclient.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

   sforceClient.setLoginUrl('https://test.salesforce.com');

   var loginresult = sforceClient.Login("sandbox_username","sandbox_password");

   sforceClient.setUrl(loginresult.serverURL);

   alert(loginresult.sessionID);

</script>
 
 
 
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Custom Links in Edit mode

I hope this isn't a stupid question (I new to Salesforce.com): Is it possible to have custom links displayed when editing a contact?
Here's why: I want to implement a multi-select field where the options are generated from a query againast a custom object.
The standard multi-select field takes it's options list from the field definition, so to add or remove options I need to edit the field.
What I want is more data driven than that, so I thought I'd create an  S-Control using AJAX toolkit to perform a query against the DB, and  present a list of checkboxes for the user. The S-Control would update a field (text or text area) using values checked in the form when the user presses a ok button  (all pretty standard stuff I guess).

However, I need a custom link to call the S-Control, and the "custom-links" section of the form is not presented when I edit the contact record.
Am I missing something ???

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