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Feb 26, 8:24 PM

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Ashlee Williams
Mar 3, 9:30 PM
@Shannon Harrop (Salesforce UX Enablement)
I checked with some other folks in my company-- it looks like the option is available on the fullsand box for our main instance, but not in the developer one I spun up.

I checked the info for my instance according to the instructions on the SF website; it
says
I'm on Spring '25, but I don't see anything for SLDS2 in my options.

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Mar 3, 6:56 AM

I am evaluating a third-party library using the Locker Console Tool in Salesforce to check for potential security concerns. However, I observed inconsistent results during the evaluation process.

Details:

Issue: When running an evaluation on my third-party library’s source code, the Locker Console sometimes returns true and other times returns undefined, even when the Locker toggle is enabled.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Locker Console Tool in Developer Console.
2. Load the third-party library and attempt to evaluate its source code.
3. Observe that the returned result fluctuates between true and undefined, making it unclear whether the library is restricted or allowed.
Expected vs. Actual Behaviour:
- Expected: A consistent evaluation result with a clear definition of what true and undefined mean.
- Actual: The evaluation result varies, leading to confusion regarding whether the third-party library is compliant with Locker Service security restrictions.

Questions:

What does "true" vs. "undefined" mean in the Locker Console evaluation results?
Why does the result fluctuate when Locker is enabled?
Is there a documented definition for these evaluation results to validate third-party libraries correctly?
Where can I find deeper technical details beyond standard documentation?

I referred this documentation, but I didn't get exact clarification about this.

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/lightning-components-security/guide/locker-console-evaluate.html

I am evaluating a third-party library using the Locker Console Tool in Salesforce to check for potential security concerns. However, I observed inconsistent results during the evaluation process.

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Mar 1, 12:17 AM

Why My Apex class that sends an Email after a record created from a flow not working

I have an Apex class that generates PDF and after a record created and attach that PDF under Notes and Attachments for that record and sends an email to the email field from the record and attach that PDF in the email also. This is working fine when I manually create a record within salesforce. But it is not happening when the record creating through a record triggered flow. what could be the solution. below is my Apex Class Code from Production:

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public class ContractPDFEmailSender {    @InvocableMethod    public static void sendContractEmail(List<Id> contractIds) {        for (Id contractId : contractIds) {            List<Contract__c> contractList = [SELECT First_Name__c, Last_Name__c, Email__c FROM Contract__c WHERE Id = :contractId LIMIT 1];            if (contractList.isEmpty()) {                System.debug('No Contract record found for ID: ' + contractId);                continue;            }            Contract__c contract = contractList[0];            if (contract.Email__c == null) {                System.debug('No email found for this contract.');                continue;            }            // ✅ Fix: Mock the PDF content for test execution            Blob pdfBlob;            if (Test.isRunningTest()) {                pdfBlob = Blob.valueOf('Mock PDF Content');  // Return dummy content in test mode            } else {                PageReference pdfPage = Page.ContractPDF;                pdfPage.getParameters().put('id', contractId);                pdfBlob = pdfPage.getContent();  // Normal execution            }            String fileName = 'Contract_' + contract.First_Name__c + '_' + contract.Last_Name__c + '.pdf';            // Save as ContentVersion            ContentVersion contentVersion = new ContentVersion();            contentVersion.Title = 'Contract_Details.pdf';            contentVersion.PathOnClient = 'Contract_Details.pdf';            contentVersion.VersionData = pdfBlob;            contentVersion.FirstPublishLocationId = contractId;            insert contentVersion;            // Create Email Attachment            Messaging.EmailFileAttachment attachment = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment();            attachment.setFilename(fileName);            attachment.setBody(pdfBlob);            attachment.setContentType('application/pdf');            // Send Email            Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();            email.setToAddresses(new List<String>{contract.Email__c});            email.setSubject('Your Contract PDF');            email.setPlainTextBody('Dear ' + contract.First_Name__c + ',\n\nAttached is your contract PDF.\n\nRegards,\nYour Company');            email.setFileAttachments(new List<Messaging.EmailFileAttachment>{attachment});            // Send email            Messaging.sendEmail(new List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>{email});        }    }}

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Mar 3, 4:38 PM

Hi @Nargees Mahammad

Make sure that your flow is correctly set up to invoke the ContractPDFEmailSender class. Verify that the flow is passing the correct record IDs to the sendContractEmail method.

Try this once

public class ContractPDFEmailSender {
    @InvocableMethod
    public static void sendContractEmail(List<Id> contractIds) {
        for (Id contractId : contractIds) {
            List<Contract__c> contractList = [SELECT First_Name__c, Last_Name__c, Email__c FROM Contract__c WHERE Id = :contractId LIMIT 1];
            if (contractList.isEmpty()) {
                System.debug('No Contract record found for ID: ' + contractId);
                continue;
            }
            Contract__c contract = contractList[0];
            if (contract.Email__c == null) {
                System.debug('No email found for this contract.');
                continue;
            }
            // ✅ Fix: Mock the PDF content for test execution
            Blob pdfBlob;
            if (Test.isRunningTest()) {
                pdfBlob = Blob.valueOf('Mock PDF Content');  // Return dummy content in test mode
            } else {
                PageReference pdfPage = Page.ContractPDF;
                pdfPage.getParameters().put('id', contractId);
                pdfBlob = pdfPage.getContent();  // Normal execution
            }
            String fileName = 'Contract_' + contract.First_Name__c + '_' + contract.Last_Name__c + '.pdf';
            // Save as ContentVersion
            ContentVersion contentVersion = new ContentVersion();
            contentVersion.Title = 'Contract_Details.pdf';
            contentVersion.PathOnClient = 'Contract_Details.pdf';
            contentVersion.VersionData = pdfBlob;
            contentVersion.FirstPublishLocationId = contractId;
            insert contentVersion;
            // Create Email Attachment
            Messaging.EmailFileAttachment attachment = new Messaging.EmailFileAttachment();
            attachment.setFilename(fileName);
            attachment.setBody(pdfBlob);
            attachment.setContentType('application/pdf');
            // Send Email
            Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
            email.setToAddresses(new List<String>{contract.Email__c});
            email.setSubject('Your Contract PDF');
            email.setPlainTextBody('Dear ' + contract.First_Name__c + ',\n\nAttached is your contract PDF.\n\nRegards,\nYour Company');
            email.setFileAttachments(new List<Messaging.EmailFileAttachment>{attachment});
            // Send email
            Messaging.sendEmail(new List<Messaging.SingleEmailMessage>{email});
        }
    }
}

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Feb 25, 7:02 AM

I have to use Image form salesforce CMS dynamically in VF pages email template, how to achieve this use case

currently using this img from Static resource <apex:image id="logo-image" value="{!$Label.Boost_Portal_Login_URL + RIGHT($Resource.NUR_Logo, (LEN($Resource.NUR_Logo) - 1))}" alt=" Logo"/>

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Akash Jagdish Gawai (Salesforce)
Mar 3, 4:14 PM
Hi, sorry for the inconvenience. If you don't receive a response here, we recommend reaching out to our support team for further assistance. You can do so by visiting https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000393090&language=en_US&type=1

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Feb 24, 9:52 AM

How Connected Apps Callback Notification to Endpoint

My system is integrated through the "Notta" application in Connected Apps. Salesforce users can authorize their Salesforce accounts in my system, and my system can use the users' credentials to create records in the users' Salesforce accounts. Now, I want to ensure that after a user successfully authorizes my system, any changes they make to a contact in Salesforce trigger a notification to my system without requiring the user to perform any additional actions—just the initial authorization is needed. How can I achieve this? This should be similar to HubSpot’s app webhooks.

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Akash Jagdish Gawai (Salesforce)
Mar 3, 4:12 PM
Hi, sorry for the inconvenience. If you don't receive a response here, we recommend reaching out to our support team for further assistance. You can do so by visiting https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000393090&language=en_US&type=1

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Mar 3, 3:32 PM

Issue with External Services

Hi All,

I am having issues with an external Service, to use an Http Callout in Flow. My HTTP Callout POST data from my Flow to another service and provide a response, I have used example payload/response as the payload can result in different response data based on the inputted values so I am trying to capture everything. my input is a basic JSON with sting values and my response body is an array.

Payload Example:

{

"system": "System",

"webMethod": "NewEnquiry",

"CaseType": "reporting",

"reference": "F1234567789"

}

My example Response is:

[

{

"json_featuretype" : "call_return",

"system" : "System",

"webMethod" : "New,

"EnquiryNumber" : "0986543",

"LoggedTime" : "2025-03-03T13:54:12",

"EnquiryLogTime" : "2025-03-03T13:54:12",

"LoggedByUserName" : "CRM CRM",

"LoggedByUserId" : "CRM"

}

]

I need to setup so I can provide an example payload and the call will result in different responses based on the payload body. So setting up I also provided an example response body with all possible fields. When testing I am getting a 200 code and confirming that the payload has gone where it needs to but my Response is null?

Thanks

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#Flow #Data Management #Salesforce Developer #HTTP Callouts #External Service

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Demio Development
Mar 3, 3:35 PM
Per my own experiences, SF not necessarily response immediately. In many cases, it takes time or just swallows actual responses, and you will end up with something that is not in the documentation.
One "mitigation" tactic is to make another request and search for your data.
There is a postman collection on the net (half-official) where you can find exact examples (most of them working, actually) and some example responses, etc.

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Feb 25, 4:50 AM

How to authenticate the redirect

String query = 'SELECT MetadataComponentName, MetadataComponentType, RefMetadataComponentName, RefMetadataComponentType ' + 'FROM MetadataComponentDependency '+ 'WHERE RefMetadataComponentId=\'' + sObjectNames[0].sObjectName + '\''; HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest(); req.setEndpoint('callout:namedCred' + '/services/data/v63.0/tooling/query/?q=' + EncodingUtil.urlEncode(query,'UTF-8')); req.setMethod('GET'); req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'); Http http = new Http(); HttpResponse res = http.send(req); if (res.getStatusCode() == 302) { String redirectUrl = res.getHeader('Location'); if (redirectUrl != null) { HttpRequest newReq = new HttpRequest(); newReq.setEndpoint(redirectUrl); System.debug(redirectUrl); newReq.setMethod('GET'); newReq.setHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + UserInfo.getSessionId()); newReq.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'); the first http request gets authenticated by named credentials, the second calls the redirect url, how can i authenticate it? newReq.setHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + UserInfo.getSessionId()); does not work, gives Unauthorized error

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Chris Feldhacker (Principal Financial Group)
Mar 3, 3:05 PM
1) sessionid is not an access token 2) Best solution is to avoid the redirection. Make sure the "namedCred" is pointing to your My Domain url ("...my.salesforce.com") rather than the generic "login.salesforce.com".

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Feb 28, 12:41 PM

Apex Trigger and Apex Class to Prevent Insert in Object A and Update Fields in Blacklisted Object B if Aadhar Matches

Is it possible to create a trigger and an Apex class that works before inserting a record into a custom object (Object A) with an encrypted field storing the Aadhar number? There is another object (Object B - Blacklisted Aadhar) where I store blacklisted Aadhar numbers. I want to create an Apex class for Object A that checks if the Aadhar number exists in Object B (blacklisted Aadhar). If it matches, I don't want to save the record and need to throw an error. However, I would like to update fields in Object B, such as the number and email used to create the record in Object A, without saving a new record. (I tried both the @future method and .addError(), but neither of them worked. I'm not sure if it's even possible because .addError() stops the data from being saved in the database, and I'm trying to update existing records in Object B. Since I wasn't sure, I just wanted to get others' opinions.)

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