Attaching an image to a record
Associating an image with a record is a common requirement while implementing Salesforce, for example, adding a photo to a contact or a custom news story sObject. Using the standard attachments functionality creates a disconnect between the record and the image, requiring additional clicks to view the image, and often relying on the user following a naming convention when uploading the file.
In this recipe, we will create a Visualforce page to allow a user to attach an image to a contact record. The page also displays the image if one has been uploaded. This page will be embedded into the standard contact page layout.
Note
While the size limit for record attachment in Salesforce is 5 MB, as the attachment in this recipe ...
Get Visualforce Development Cookbook - Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
