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Authenticate to SOAP API using portal user credentials

Hi All, I am thinking is it possible to use portal user credentials to authenticate to SF SOAP API? If yes, how?

 

Basically, I have done a bit of research and coding for that, and it seems the answer to this question is no. As to use SOAP API, I need to provide user name and password+security token for the authentication. But the situation for portal users is that there is no such a way to retrieve their security token.

 

Woule be very appreciated if anyone can confirm my answer or point me to a right way if I am wrong.

 

 

 

 

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Dynamic APEX form

I don't know it is possible , but here we goes:

I want to build a form to edit a Standard Object, into a custom visualforce page.

To do that , i get the description of every field (with the getDescribe() and things like this), and i put it on a list.

The apex code:

Code:
The class:

 public class AccountEditableField {
  public String label { get; set;}
  public Schema.SObjectField value { get; set; }
 }

The Parser:

 public void accountDescribe(){
 
  Set <String> fieldKeys = new Set<String>();
   
  fieldKeys = AccountFieldsDescribe.keySet();
 
  List <String> editableFieldKeys =  new List<String>();
 
  String queryFields = '';
 
  for(String elem:fieldKeys){
   // Get the fields
   Schema.DescribeFieldResult field = (AccountFieldsDescribe.get(elem)).getDescribe();
    
   //Schema.DescribeFieldResult f = Schema.sObjectType.Account.fields.elem;
   if(field.isAccessible() && field.isUpdateable()){
    editableFieldKeys.add(elem);
    queryFields += field.getSObjectField()+', ';    
   }
       
   System.Debug(' ** \n'+AccountFieldsDescribe.get(elem)+'\n ** \n The field is visible (accesible)—:'+field.isAccessible()+' \n **  \n The field is Updateable–:'+field.isUpdateable());   
  }
   
  queryFields = queryFields.substring(0,queryFields.length() - 2);
    
 
  for(String f:editableFieldKeys){
   
   AccountEditableField fieldEditable = new AccountEditableField();
   Schema.DescribeFieldResult fieldDescribed = (AccountFieldsDescribe.get(f)).getDescribe();
   
   fieldEditable.label = fieldDescribed.getLabel();
   fieldEditable.value = fieldDescribed.getSObjectField();
   
   listOfFields.add(fieldEditable);
 
  }
 
 }

 



And try to generate the form at at the visualforce page:

Code:
 <apex:form id="accountEdition">
   <apex:repeat value="{!listOfFields}" var="field">
    <apex:outputText value="{!field.label}" />
    <apex:inputField value="{!field.value}" />
   </apex:repeat>
 </apex:form>

 When i try to save the page, the error are:

Save error: Could not resolve the entity from <apex:inputField> value binding '{!field.value}'.  inputField can only be used with SObject fields

I know that the code at the apex controller can be simplified but i keep it in that way to make it easy to understand.

Anybody knows a workaround for that problem ?
Another way to build a dynamic form ?


Thanks in advance ;)


Message Edited by Br1 on 11-05-2008 12:15 PM
  • November 05, 2008
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