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Salesforce.com - Why uploading of Apex class is not working?

I have an Apex class (controller) originally developed under Developer Edition and need to upload it to production which is Enterprise Edition. The upload fails with following message classes/RenewalController.cls(RenewalController):An error occurred on your page. package.xml(RenewalController):An object 'RenewalController' of type Ap...

Force.com IDE - Eclipse Plugin doesn't work?

Hi, I'm new to Apex and have just downloaded Eclipse to get to work Eclipse SDK 3.3.2 I've followed the instructions on http://wiki.apexdevnet.com/index.php/Force.com_IDE_Installation_for_Eclipse_3.3.x and have added the Remote site: http://www.adnsandbox.com/tools/ide/install/ but i get a dialog telling me "No features found on ...

Disadvantages of the Force.com platform

We're currently looking at using the Force.com platform as our development platform and the sales guys and the force.com website are full of reasons why it's the best platform in the world. What I'm looking for tho, is some real disadvantages to using such a platform. ...

Translating JSP VisualForce

Hello, I'm new to VisualForce, as you will obviously recognize by the following. How would one convert a jsp page into an apex page? I've included some of the most common code that I will have to deal with and need the apex equivalent. I cannot find a decent tutorial or howto and I'm not having too much luck from the VisualForce devel...

Time zone for Force.com API fiscal date literals?

I have a question about fiscal date literals in the Force.com API (http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/Content/sforce_api_calls_soql_select_dateformats.htm): For which time zone are date ranges calculated? For example, suppose we execute the query: SELECT Id FROM Opportunity WHERE CloseDate = THIS_FISCAL_QUARTER where, ac...

Anyone moved off Force.com

I've been developing an OEM application on Force.com for about a year, having joined a year into the project. It is consistently an exercise in frustration and disappointment, and it has become clear that every single day spent writing code on this platform is a wasted day. It is nearly impossible to build a full-featured application on ...

How can multiple developers efficiently work on one force.com application?

The company I work for is building a managed force.com application as an integration with the service we provide. We are having issues working concurrently on the same set of files due to the shoddy tooling that is provided with the force.com Eclipse plugin. If 2 developers are working on the same file, one is given a message that he ca...

Force.com IDE didn't reflect my changes?

Hi. I just refactored (renamed) some Apex classes on the Saleforce web, and the change seems to have taken just fine on the web. But the force.com IDE did not download these new classes. Refresh from Server, Save to server and Synchronize all appeared to do nothing. But if I go under "Project Propertiess, and then change the 'Project...

Why Platform as a service?

Hi Everyone, I am currently in the early stages of my project which is an ERP application that I plan to sell to enterprise clients. I heard about the Force.com platform but I'm confused on what benefits will I gain if I use it and not develop my own. Can you please explain why should I use Force.com or any PaaS? Regards, ...

How does one deploy after building on force.com

I've been directed to force.com as an alternative to creating an application using PHP and MySQL. My question is about deployment. What happens after I build the application on force.com. If the application is based on their API, will I be able to serve this application from my own domain if I wanted? ...