Calling a Workflow from a Custom Button
I had a requirement to place a custom button on a layout that needed to call a workflow to accomplish some action. This can’t be done natively but there is a neat little trick you can employ.
1107, 2016
1007, 2016
I’ve gotta be honest
I love my job, but it was pretty hard leaving these sunsets so I could go back to the office tomorrow morning
0807, 2016
A Note To My Former Colleagues
Thank you. I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the well-wishes of so many former Progressive Waste Solutions colleagues from all over North America who have PM’d me to wish me well in my new role at Manulife.
0507, 2016
Manipulate CreatedDate property of test-context sObjects
One thing I somehow missed in the Spring ’16 update is a new method in the System.Test class called setCreatedDate() .
2303, 2016
Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo is cool, but it’s hardly artificial intelligence
Anyone following me on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook over the past few weeks knows my excitement about the Go match between Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo program and South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-dol.
1103, 2016
Capturing CNG to literally fuel our business
When I’m considering multiple offers and choosing an employer, it’s important that they value what I value: a progressive vision and forward thinking innovation. Here, we’re fueling our trucks with CNG converted from landfill gas. With a large enough facility, we can eventually create a new line of business selling fuel to, for example, the city to power transit buses
1003, 2016
Triggers: Before vs After
When you’re writing a trigger, you face a decision about whether your trigger will execute Before or After. How do you decide?
0303, 2016
March 2016 Snowstorm
Here are some photos of the snowstorm we had Tuesday night, and some photos of the aftermath.
0103, 2016
Dynamic Record Cloning
I’m building a custom cloning functionality that needs to meet a few objectives, most important of which is being dynamic. I don’t want to build these out for each object in our instance.
2502, 2016
Using Dynamic URLS to access Static Resources
I think we’ve all been guilty of hardcoding URLs at some time – I tend to do it when I’m whizzing through some development and I’m too in the zone to do things properly. I’ll just come back and fix it once I’m out of the zone.