Custom S-Control Attributes

Find out about custom S-Control attributes.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic

Available in: Contact Manager, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

Attribute Name	Description
`Label`	The text that displays on page layouts for embedded s-controls.
`S-Control Name`	The unique name for the s-control. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your org. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores.
`Type`	Determines how you plan to use the s-control. HTML Select this option if you want to enter the content for your s-control in the `Content` area. URL Select this option if you want to enter the link or URL of an external website in the `Content` area. Snippet Snippets are s-controls that are designed to be included in other s-controls. Select this option if you want to enter the content for your s-control snippet in the `Content` area.
`Description`	Text that describes the s-control. This only displays to administrators.
`Content`	Enter the content or source for your s-control. You can enter up to 1 million characters. The HTML code defines exactly how your users should view the custom s-control. If you are building a formula in the Advanced Formula tab or for approvals or rules, such as workflow, validation, assignment, auto-response, or escalation, click Insert Field, choose a field, and click Insert. To create a basic formula that passes specific Salesforce data, select the Simple Formula tab, choose the field type in the `Select Field Type` drop-down list, and choose one of the fields listed in the `Insert Field` drop-down list. Build cross-object formulas to span to related objects and reference merge fields on those objects. To insert an operator, choose the appropriate operator icon from the `Insert Operator` drop-down list. To insert a function, double-click its name in the list, or select it and click Insert Selected Function. To filter the list of functions, choose a category from the `Functions` drop-down list. Select a function and click Help on this function to view a description and examples of formulas using that function. To reference a file that you uploaded in the `Filename` field as part of the custom s-control, select Custom S-Control from the `Select Field Type` drop-down list, and choose Custom S-Control URL to get the merge field for it. For a Java applet, you can also use the `{!Scontrol_JavaCodebase}` merge field and the `{!Scontrol_JavaArchive}` merge field. To insert activity merge fields, select Event or Task from `Select Field Type`. Internet standards require special encoding for URLs. Salesforce encodes the text from any merge field you insert into a link. Encode extra text in your link manually. For example, to generate the following URL: `http://www.google.com/search?q={!user.name} Steve Mark 50%` `http://www.google.com/search?q={!user.name}+Steve+Mark+50%25` Salesforce strips double quotes from URLs when the content source is a URL. If you must use double quotes, encode them manually. For example, to generate the URL `http://www.google.com/search?q="salesforce+foundation"`, use this content: `http://www.google.com/search?q=%22salesforce+foundation%22`
`Filename`	Upload a file to display when you add this custom s-control to a custom link. The file can contain a Java applet, Active-X control, or any other type of content. This option applies to HTML s-controls only.
`Prebuild In Page`	This option keeps the s-control in memory, which may improve performance when the page is reloaded because the s-control does not have to be reloaded. This option applies to HTML s-controls only.
`Encoding`	The default encoding setting is Unicode (UTF-8). Change it if you are passing information to a URL that requires data in a different format. This option is available when you select URL for the `Type`.

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