I cant figure out why I am getting this error when trying to query an object.  Any suggestions?  Thanks

Rob

Fellas,

Got this piece of code that needs to be tested, am aware of unit testing to some extent but still a newbie. Can someone help me write/guide simple test class (called by a visual force page) for the code below, greatly appreciated. :)

public class PDFMerger
{
    public PDFMerger(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {

    }


    private String getXmlString(pb__InventoryItem__c c, User u)
    {
       datetime todayis = system.now();
       String s = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' +
           '<xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" xml:space="preserve">' +
           '<f href="https://*****.salesforce.com/resource/1295957476000/Work_Assurance_Inspection"/>' +
           '<fields>' +
           '<field name="property address"><value>' + c.Unit_No__c + ' ' + c.Project__c + ' '+ c.Area__c + '</value></field>' + 
           '<field name="agent name"><value>' + u.Name + '</value></field>' + 
            '<field name="Date"><value>' + todayis + '</value></field>' +
            '<field name="Property Type"><value>' + c.pb__UnitType__c + '</value></field>' +
            '<field name="Number of Bedrooms"><value>' + c.pb__UnitBedrooms__c + '</value></field>' +
           '</fields><ids original="E348711A455B6041A503958ABEF555F0" modified="D4A9F66D55B86D47A4F3991DD9F07E18"/>' +
           '</xfdf>';
                    
       return s;
    }
    
  
    public PageReference XFDFInit() 
    {
        pb__InventoryItem__c c = [SELECT Id, Ownerid, Name, pb__UnitType__c, pb__UnitBedrooms__c, Unit_No__c, Project__c, Area__c FROM pb__InventoryItem__c
        WHERE id = :ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('id')];
       
        User u = [SELECT id, Name FROM User
        WHERE id = :c.Ownerid];
        String xmlContent = getXmlString(c, u);
           
        Attachment attachment = new Attachment();
        attachment.Body = Blob.valueOf(xmlContent);
        attachment.Name = c.Name + '.XFDF';
        attachment.ParentId = c.Id;
       
        insert attachment;
                        
        PageReference contactPage = new PageReference('/' + c.id);
        contactPage.setRedirect(true);
        return contactPage;
   }  

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Updated 10/27/2011

Due to too many mis-posted threads here, I'm going to ask for bona-fide announcments that you precede your title with a categorization: "Webinar:", "Product Release: ", "Networking: " or "Event: ". E.g., "Webinar: Build data-rich websites with Siteforce".

If you have another category of announcement that should be included email me and let me know (dle@salesforce.com). I'm trying to cut down on the misposts to Announcements. 

IF YOU POST WITHOUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT CATEGORY I WILL DELETE YOUR POSTING. Moderators are spending too much time moving threads around.

Thanks!

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When you're ready to submit your application for consideration, visit this page. Your application will need:

• Title
• Description
• The YouTube link to your demo video
• A screenshot of the app
  
• Optionally, you may also include a site URL, but it isn't required.
  

Submissions will be previewed via our Ideas community site that will debut shortly. Once submissions close on June 6 11:59 pm PDT, we'll open up voting on our Challenge site. From there, the top finalists will be judged by our expert panel from salesforce.com -- and winners will be announced at an event toward the end of June!

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Hi friends ~

I was cleaning up some boards that have very little traffic and merging content. 

Notifications were supposed to have been turned off during this time but it has come to my attention that this was not actually done; I deeply apologize to all of you who had your inboxes stuffed with notification, I'm really, really sorry about this. 

Also, moved posts have not been sorting correctly by date and are now floating at the top. This is being looked into ASAP and I hope to be solved shortly. 

Thanks for your patience and understanding, we are undertaking these changes with the hope to make the boards easier to navigate and find the information you need. 

Let me know if you have any questions or comments!

Best,

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I cant figure out why I am getting this error when trying to query an object.  Any suggestions?  Thanks

Rob

Hi,

How do i get site force enabled in my Org? I had been hearing for a while now that site force would be GA  but never heard anything officially. Can any one let me know please.

Thanks.

I tried last year without success.... Is there anyone in the South Jersey / Philly area that has any interest in attending the DEV 531 Class ????

I am trying to get 6 people so we can have a class in Philly.  The May class that was scheduled in NY has been moved to Boston.

Anyone?

Hello fellow board members,

I thought I'd ask around for your opinion on the proper etiquette when marking solutions as solved.

Seemes to happen often that after going back and forth trying to resolve someone's issue, when the poster finally gets the answer, he/she marks one of their own posts as the solution. While I'm all for sharing and helping, it's also nice to be recognized for the effort. But I feel weird asking the original poster to give credit to me instead...

Thoughts?

I just viewed a post that I had written a week or so ago, copied the subject line, and then pasted it into the Search box at the top right of the Developerforce site. But when I searched for that string, my post didn't show up in the results.

It's not just this one post -- I've been having problems for quite a while finding posts that I know exist. The discussion boards are a great resource, but not so much when I can't rely on the search results. Is somebody working on the search funtionality?

I have a force.com free edition account.But 2 days ago i lost my password.And i decided to reset my password.

I clicked the reset link and i log my security answer but the page isnt redirected to page where you create your new pass.

I have to say that ,before i lost my password i had changed my email address.

I thought my ip or my mac address is banned ,have any idea?

I am new to Cloud Platform...I want to create Public site in Cloud Platform....

I go through http://www.salesforce.com/in/platform/siteforce/

But My doubt is Which Language can i use for Website development in cloud platform????........how to do this.........Also how to develop website in force.com IDE????

Where to start developing website......I have registered in Developer Edition.....then i got how to develop Applications.....many places sales force focus on Applications....how to develop websites......where can i get clear step by step procedure.........including codings.......Plz clear my doubts...........

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We've started creating one but surely there have been many robust client libraries for .NET integration to SalesForce built over recent years? Where can I find such a thing?

By way of example, here are a couple features I'd like to see:

- Automatic handling of login()

       don't make me have to include calls to login/logout in my application code. Login could be implicit, and credentials encapsulated safely somewhere by the library.

- Automatic setting fields to null

      let me write natural c# code like below to set a field null.

Account.Foo = null;

- Give me simplified APIs, and how about generics

// returns a strongly typed contact by id
sflibrary.Get<Contact>(id); 

// inserts a single contact, returns a single result - no messing
// with collections in our out of the method.
result = sflibrary.Insert(contact); 

- or setting optional properties (aka set property "foo" on an object without needing to set "fooSpecified".

// this
Account.SomeDate = DateTime.Now;

// instead of
Account.SomeDate = DateTime.Now;
Account.SomeDateSpecified = true;

The list goes on... Is there anything like this out there, or am I just wishful thinking?

Hi guys when trying to register I receive an error. I need help.

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Fellas,

Got this piece of code that needs to be tested, am aware of unit testing to some extent but still a newbie. Can someone help me write/guide simple test class (called by a visual force page) for the code below, greatly appreciated. :)

public class PDFMerger
{
    public PDFMerger(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {

    }


    private String getXmlString(pb__InventoryItem__c c, User u)
    {
       datetime todayis = system.now();
       String s = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' +
           '<xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" xml:space="preserve">' +
           '<f href="https://*****.salesforce.com/resource/1295957476000/Work_Assurance_Inspection"/>' +
           '<fields>' +
           '<field name="property address"><value>' + c.Unit_No__c + ' ' + c.Project__c + ' '+ c.Area__c + '</value></field>' + 
           '<field name="agent name"><value>' + u.Name + '</value></field>' + 
            '<field name="Date"><value>' + todayis + '</value></field>' +
            '<field name="Property Type"><value>' + c.pb__UnitType__c + '</value></field>' +
            '<field name="Number of Bedrooms"><value>' + c.pb__UnitBedrooms__c + '</value></field>' +
           '</fields><ids original="E348711A455B6041A503958ABEF555F0" modified="D4A9F66D55B86D47A4F3991DD9F07E18"/>' +
           '</xfdf>';
                    
       return s;
    }
    
  
    public PageReference XFDFInit() 
    {
        pb__InventoryItem__c c = [SELECT Id, Ownerid, Name, pb__UnitType__c, pb__UnitBedrooms__c, Unit_No__c, Project__c, Area__c FROM pb__InventoryItem__c
        WHERE id = :ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('id')];
       
        User u = [SELECT id, Name FROM User
        WHERE id = :c.Ownerid];
        String xmlContent = getXmlString(c, u);
           
        Attachment attachment = new Attachment();
        attachment.Body = Blob.valueOf(xmlContent);
        attachment.Name = c.Name + '.XFDF';
        attachment.ParentId = c.Id;
       
        insert attachment;
                        
        PageReference contactPage = new PageReference('/' + c.id);
        contactPage.setRedirect(true);
        return contactPage;
   }  

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There are five main reasons why this may happen:

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Return to my original page ..

If I close this page, and click the link in the email again, it usually works fine.  It's getting rather annoying though.

Updated 10/27/2011

Due to too many mis-posted threads here, I'm going to ask for bona-fide announcments that you precede your title with a categorization: "Webinar:", "Product Release: ", "Networking: " or "Event: ". E.g., "Webinar: Build data-rich websites with Siteforce".

If you have another category of announcement that should be included email me and let me know (dle@salesforce.com). I'm trying to cut down on the misposts to Announcements. 

IF YOU POST WITHOUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT CATEGORY I WILL DELETE YOUR POSTING. Moderators are spending too much time moving threads around.

Thanks!

Hey community pals,

We conferred about this and decided to open up the Announcements board to the entire community. To be clear, please only post your announcements that would be of interest to the Developer Force community, such as developer-focused events and product launches.

Please don't abuse the privilege and only post items of interest. Thank you!