Adding a launch page
When a Visualforce page is deployed to production, only users whose profiles have been given access via the security settings will be able to access the page. Any user with a profile that does not have access will receive an Insufficient Privileges error, which is not a good experience and can lead users to think that the page is crashing.
A better solution is to check whether the user has access to the page and if they do not, present a user-friendly message that explains the situation and directs them to where they can get more help.
In this recipe, we will create a launch page accessible to all profiles that checks whether the user has access to the protected page. If the user has access, they will be transferred to the protected ...
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