--- schema_version: "1" id: cb9a78219e657e5cba787849ab19c2feb0e6c05a1800775ae635e399b769557e title: Scontrol collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/api_tooling/tooling_api_objects_scontrol.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/tooling_api_objects_scontrol.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 843359d5484dfa95ad66c02fd3ec0229aabe412351b01d3a83073b4bd1a0ea20 description: Represents a custom s-control, which is custom content that our system hosts, but client applications execute. An s-control can contain any type of content that you can display or run in a Web browser. --- # Scontrol Represents a custom s-control, which is custom content that our system hosts, but client applications execute. An s-control can contain any type of content that you can display or run in a Web browser. ![Important](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/images/icon_note_important.png) #### Important Visualforce pages supersede s-controls. Organizations that haven't previously used s-controls can’t create them. Existing s-controls are unaffected and can still be edited. We recommend that you move your s-controls to Visualforce. We continue to support this object. ## Supported SOAP Calls query() ## Supported REST Methods GET ## Special Access Rules - Your organization must be using Enterprise, Developer, or Unlimited Edition and be enabled for custom s-controls. - Customer Portal users can’t access this object. ## Fields | Field | Details | | --- | --- | | ContentSource | Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Specify the source of the s-control content, either custom HTML, a snippet (s-controls that are included in other s-controls), or a URL. | | Description | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Description of the custom s-control. | | DeveloperName | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description The unique name of the object in the API. 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. In managed packages, this field prevents naming conflicts on package installations. With this field, a developer can change the object’s name in a managed package and the changes are reflected in a subscriber’s organization. Label is **S-Control Name**. ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/images/icon_note.png) #### Note When creating large sets of data, always specify a unique DeveloperName for each record. If no DeveloperName is specified, Salesforce generates one for each record, which slows performance. | | EncodingKey | Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Picklist of character set encodings, including ISO-08859-1, UTF-8, EUC, JIS, Shift-JIS, Korean (ks\_c\_5601-1987), Simplified Chinese (GB2312), and Traditional Chinese (Big5). | | ManageableState | Type ManageableState enumerated list Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Indicates the manageable state of the specified component that is contained in a package: - beta - deleted - deprecated - deprecatedEditable - installed - installedEditable - released - unmanaged | | Name | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. Name of this custom s-control. Label is **Label**. | | NamespacePrefix | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The namespace prefix associated with this object. Each Developer Edition organization that creates a managed package has a unique namespace prefix. Limit: 15 characters. You can refer to a component in a managed package by using the namespacePrefix\_\_componentName notation. The namespace prefix can have one of the following values: - In Developer Edition organizations, the namespace prefix is set to the namespace prefix of the organization for all objects that support it. There is an exception if an object is in an installed managed package. In that case, the object has the namespace prefix of the installed managed package. This field is the namespace prefix of the Developer Edition organization of the package developer. - In organizations that are not Developer Edition organizations, NamespacePrefix is only set for objects that are part of an installed managed package. There is no namespace prefix for all other objects. | | SupportsCaching | Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the s-control supports caching (true) or not (false). | ## Usage Use custom s-controls to manage custom content that extends application functionality. All users can view custom s-controls, but the “Customize Application” permission is required to create or update custom s-controls.