[SalesForce] I have api objectfield name, how can I get the label

Im working in a site, And I need to present many fields to be filled and the page, so accoding to a selecction before, I have all the field but I have the Api Name, and the object name, but, With this api object field name, how can I get the label????

Example. I have "Student__c", I need to present "Student" to the user.

Thanks a lot for ur help!

Ok, thanks for ur answuers but I think I did not explain well this situation.

I have a list of string, where I have the information but in Api's name.
I present this fields in a table, so the user is filling the fields but with an inputText and not with an inputfield!.. So, in this moment, I dont know what is the label of each field.

My question basically, if by means of a query I could know the label of a field, if I know the api field name and the object name..
My question is if there is a way to consult this info!…

I know if I have the object is enough using an inputfield, But I cant do that. Neither set the label with HTML directly 'cause this is something dynamic.

Anyone knows how can I know, or consult, I guess by means of a query, how to get this label names???

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Not sure if you can do it in pure visualforce. With Apex controller you'll be able to do something like this:

String objectName = 'Contact';
String fieldName = 'FirstName';

List<Schema.DescribeSObjectResult> describeSobjectsResult = Schema.describeSObjects(new List<String>{objectName}); // this can accept list of strings, we describe only one object here
System.debug(describeSobjectsResult);
String objectLabel = describeSobjectsResult[0].getLabel();
Map<String, Schema.SObjectField> allFields = describeSobjectsResult[0].fields.getMap();
System.debug(allFields);
String fieldLabel = allFields.get(fieldName).getDescribe().getLabel();

System.debug(objectName + '.' + fieldName + '  => ' + objectLabel + ', ' + fieldLabel);

Totally dynamic retrieval of object label & field label ;)

See http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm for more goodies. Maybe it'd be possible in pure Visualforce with the ['string here'] syntax...

Also... exactly how dynamic you'll have to be? Check out the fieldsets in VF developer guide, might simplify your page greatly...

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[SalesForce] Label does not get displayed

See this documentation link

Note that if you include an <apex:outputField> or an <apex:inputField> component in an <apex:pageBlockSectionItem>, these components do not display with their label or custom help text as they do when they are children of an <apex:pageBlockSectionItem>. Also note that <apex:pageBlockSectionItem> components cannot be rerendered; rerender the child components instead.

Not to worry though! Just do this:

<apex:outputLabel value="[Label value goes here]" for="[inputText's ID goes here]"/>
<apex:inputText value="{![your value goes here]}" id="[inputText's ID goes here]"/>

Note however that you can only have two items inside a pageBlockSection item, so you may need to rework your page a little

EDIT: On that note, one way to get round the two item limit would be to use

<apex:outputPanel>

...to bunch items together

[SalesForce] How to i create dynamic filtering report with the user input

Your question seems odd to me, if you want to retrieve user input fields from a visualforce page, first you need to know what are the fields you need from it and then you can call those values from your apex methods, for example:

//this is the default value for this parameter
private String empresa = 'Global';

//this defines how to call the value
public String getEmpresa() {
   return empresa;
}
//setter method
public void setEmpresa(String empresa) { this.empresa = empresa; }

 //in the visualforce
 <td align="center" valign="top">
      <label><b>Empresa</b></label>
 </td>
 <apex:actionRegion >
<td align="left" valign="middle">   
   <apex:selectList value="{!Empresa}" multiselect="false" size="1">
                                                          <apex:selectOptions value="{!items}"/>
                                                          <apex:actionSupport event="onchange" rerender="paquetes,paquetesDetalle" status="cargando"/>

                                                          </apex:selectList><p/>
</td>
   </apex:actionRegion>

Of course there are other ways to get it done, but if this is not your case be more specific about what you need

Regards

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