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Frank TimmonsFrank Timmons 

Changes not getting saved to record

I created a VF page that will be used on the SF homepage, a checkbox users will click whenever they are going to be out of the office.  I'm testing the function but when I place a checkmark in the field, the change isn't getting saved to my own user record.  I thought everything was set up correctly but it's not working as expected.  Can someone help?

<apex:page standardController="User" standardStylesheets="true">
   <apex:form >
      <apex:pageBlock mode="edit">
         <apex:pageBlockButtons >
            <apex:commandButton action="{!save}" value=" Save "> </apex:commandButton>
         </apex:pageBlockButtons>
      <apex:pageBlockSection columns="2">
         <apex:inputField value="{!User.Out_of_Office__c}"></apex:inputField>
      </apex:pageBlockSection>
      </apex:pageblock>
   </apex:form>
</apex:page>
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William TranWilliam Tran
Okay, when you embed a VF, you need to do more stuffs, here's a way to get and update the user:

Apex Page:
<apex:page standardController="User" extensions="setUser" >
   <apex:form >
      <apex:pageBlock mode="edit">
         <apex:pageBlockButtons >
            <apex:commandButton action="{!saveUser}" value="Save"> </apex:commandButton>
         </apex:pageBlockButtons>
      <apex:pageBlockSection columns="2">
         <apex:inputField value="{!me.out_of_office__c}"></apex:inputField>
      </apex:pageBlockSection>
      </apex:pageblock>
   </apex:form>
</apex:page>

Extension class:
 
public class setUser{
    public user me {get;set;}
    public setUser(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {
        me = [select id, name, out_of_office__c from user where id = :UserInfo.getUserId()];
        }
        public PageReference saveUser() {update me; return null;}    
 }

I tested it and it worked for me.

Thx

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William TranWilliam Tran

Frank,

that should work.

Be sure to load the page with your user context that is, add ?id=0051a000000odGL   after your apex page.

to find your id go to setup/administer/Manage users/users click on you name,

you should see in the URL: https://na24.salesforce.com/0051a000000odGL?noredirect=1  where 0051a000000odGL is the ID for you as the user.

add ?id=0051a000000odGL  to the end of the apex page like below: my apex page is ooo (for out of office).

https://c.na24.visual.force.com/apex/ooo?id=0051a000000odGL

now load the page, change it, save and you should see it reflected.

Thx

 

Frank TimmonsFrank Timmons
A couple of questoins about your response:
  1. I don't have an Apex page to add the user ID to the URL.  I set up a VF page and a Homepage Component.  Where do I add the reference to the user?
  2. I'm not the only user who needs to click this box.  How do I reference all users becasuse we all have a different ID?  Is there a "GetUserID" function I could use?
William TranWilliam Tran
Okay, when you embed a VF, you need to do more stuffs, here's a way to get and update the user:

Apex Page:
<apex:page standardController="User" extensions="setUser" >
   <apex:form >
      <apex:pageBlock mode="edit">
         <apex:pageBlockButtons >
            <apex:commandButton action="{!saveUser}" value="Save"> </apex:commandButton>
         </apex:pageBlockButtons>
      <apex:pageBlockSection columns="2">
         <apex:inputField value="{!me.out_of_office__c}"></apex:inputField>
      </apex:pageBlockSection>
      </apex:pageblock>
   </apex:form>
</apex:page>

Extension class:
 
public class setUser{
    public user me {get;set;}
    public setUser(ApexPages.StandardController controller) {
        me = [select id, name, out_of_office__c from user where id = :UserInfo.getUserId()];
        }
        public PageReference saveUser() {update me; return null;}    
 }

I tested it and it worked for me.

Thx
This was selected as the best answer