Category: Salesforce
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Why is my VF email link not showing?
Question: I have a Visualforce email template in Salesforce where I am using a Visualforce component to include a URL link using an anchor (<a>) tag. However, when I send a test email, the link does not appear. I even tried adding the anchor tag directly in the email template, but the URL still does…
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What Are the Best Practices for General Trigger Bulkification?
What are the best practices for bulkifying Apex triggers in Salesforce? Also, how should we handle scenarios where more than 200 records are updated, since this will cause the trigger to execute multiple times? Answer Bulkification in Salesforce refers to designing Apex triggers and classes so they can efficiently handle large batches of records. Because…
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Is boxcarring removed from Lightning Web Components (LWC)?
When working with Lightning Web Components, many developers notice that Apex calls seem to run individually rather than being grouped together. Since LWC does not expose something like action.setBackground() (as used in Aura to influence boxcarring behavior), a natural question comes up: has Salesforce removed boxcarring for LWC server calls? The short answer is: No,…
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How to Custom Scroll in Lightning Components?
In Salesforce Lightning, I am trying to implement custom scroll functionality inside a ui:inputTextArea component. I wanted to use the jQuery nicescroll plugin to add a “nice scroll” effect. My approach was to access the textarea element using its aura:id like this: However, this approach fails when Locker Service is active, producing the following error:…
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How can Programmatically Selecting Menu Items in aura:iteration?
When building a menu component in Lightning Aura Components, you may want to highlight or select a menu item not only when the user clicks it, but also programmatically from another event or component. A common approach is to use aura:iteration to render a list of items, such as Opportunities, and assign a unique identifier…
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How the Lightning Data Service Efficiency?
Question: How efficient is Lightning Data Service (LDS) in Salesforce when it comes to working with multiple records? Is it suitable for bulk loading or updating, or is it better to use Apex for handling large volumes of records? Answer: Lightning Data Service (LDS) in Salesforce is designed to simplify working with records on the…
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How to Disable Lightning Component Cache in Salesforce?
When building Lightning Components in Salesforce Lightning Experience, developers often encounter a situation where the changes made to their component files — especially the JavaScript controller or helper files like custom_componentController.js or custom_componentHelper.js — don’t immediately show up after saving and reloading the page. You might have noticed that even after performing a normal refresh,…
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How to Place a Custom LWC in an Omniscript Block?
I have created a custom Lightning Web Component (LWC) and I want to use it inside an Omniscript. However, I am unable to place this custom LWC under a Block element in the Omniscript. What could be the reason for this, and how can I make it work properly? Answer:In Omniscript, placing a custom LWC…
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How to Maintain Flow LWC Input Values with Dynamic Visibility?
When building a custom Lightning Web Component (LWC) for a Flow screen, a common challenge arises when you want to preserve input values between navigation (using “Use values from when the user last visited this screen”) but also refresh certain logic, such as dynamic field visibility, based on variables or selections from earlier screens. In…
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How to Use a Picklist in LWC Table and Update Records?
When working with editable records in Lightning Web Components (LWC), you may run into situations where you want to display fields in a table-like structure, iterate over them using for:each, and allow users to edit certain fields. For text or number fields, the lightning-input component works fine, but for a picklist field you need to…