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POCreating Custom fields from Flex (Salesforce)
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    copied!<p>I'm trying to CREATE custom fields from flex, but I'm having hard time finding the correct syntax.</p> <p>Below is the piece of code that I'm using and it's resulting in error "<strong>sf:INVALID_TYPE INVALID_TYPE: null objects not allowed in create/update request</strong>"</p> <pre><code> var con:Connection = new Connection(); var lRequest:LoginRequest = new LoginRequest(); lRequest.username = username1.text; lRequest.password = password1.text; lRequest.callback = new mx.rpc.Responder(createFields, loginFault); con.login(lRequest); //CreateFields Method .... var externalIdField:CustomField = new CustomField(); externalIdField.label = 'ProductionId'; externalIdField.type = FieldType.ID; externalIdField._length = 18; externalIdField.externalId = true; externalIdField.unique = true; var customObjectVar:CustomObject = new CustomObject(); customObjectVar["type"] = "Account"; customObjectVar.addField(externalIdField); var objarray:Array = []; objarray[0]=customObjectVar; con.updateObject(objarray,new mx.rpc.Responder(saveresults,sfdcFailure)); </code></pre> <p>Tried below alternate way (as suggested by Simon), that too results in error </p> <blockquote> <p>"soapenv:Client Element {http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata}type invalid at this location"</p> </blockquote> <pre><code> var externalIdField:CustomField = new CustomField(); externalIdField.fullName = 'Account.ProductionId__c'; externalIdField.type = FieldType.STRING; externalIdField._length = 18; externalIdField.externalId = true; externalIdField.unique = true; var objarray:Array = []; objarray[0]=externalIdField; con.updateObject(objarray,new mx.rpc.Responder(saveresults,sfdcFailure)); </code></pre> <p>`</p>
 

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