WebLink

Represents a custom link to a URL or Scontrol.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), update(), upsert()

Special Access Rules

To create a custom link, the client application must be logged in with the “Customize Application” permission.
Customer Portal users can’t access this object.

Fields

Field Name	Details
Availability	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description
Description	Type textarea Properties Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Description of the custom link. Limit is 1,000 characters.
DisplayType	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Type of display: button, link, or mass-action button.
EncodingKey	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Required. Encoding of parameters on the URL link.
HasMenubar	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the popup window shows a menu bar (`true`) or not (`false`).
HasScrollbars	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the popup window shows scroll bars (`true`) or not (`false`).
HasToolbar	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the popup window shows browser toolbars (`true`) or not (`false`). Toolbars normally contain navigation buttons like Back, Forward, and Print.
Height	Type int Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Height of the popup in pixels.
IsProtected	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the object is protected (`true`) or not (`false`). Protected components that have been installed in other organizations can’t be linked to or referenced by components created in the subscriber organization. A developer can easily delete a protected component contained in a managed package in a future release of the package without worrying about failing installations. However, once a component is marked as unprotected and is released globally, the developer can’t delete it.
IsResizable	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether users are allowed to resize the popup window (`true`) or not (`false`).
LinkType	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Required. Type of link (S-control or URL).
MasterLabel	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Master label for the link. Limit is 240 characters. This display value is the internal label that is not translated.
Name	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. Name to display on page.
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 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. This field can’t be accessed unless the logged-in user has the “Customize Application” permission.
OpenType	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Required. How the custom link opens when clicked in a browser—NewWindow, Sidebar, or NoSidebar.
PageOrSobjectType	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Required. For standard objects, the name of the page on which to display the custom link. For custom objects, the name of the object.
Position	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Location on the screen where the popup should open—TopLeft, FullScreen, or None.
RequireRowSelection	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the custom link requires a row selection (`true`) or not (`false`).
ScontrolId	Type reference Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description ID of the custom s-control object (Scontrol) to link to. Can include fields as tokens within the custom s-control object. Label is Custom S-Control ID.
ShowsLocation	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the popup window shows the browser’s address bar containing the URL (`true`) or not (`false`).
ShowsStatus	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Show the status bar at the bottom of the browser.
Url	Type textarea Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description Required. URL of the page to link to. Can include fields as tokens within the URL. Limit: 1,024 KB.
Width	Type int Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description Width of the popup in pixels.

Usage

Use this object to programmatically manage custom links, which allow client applications to integrate data with external URLs, an organization’s intranet, or other back-end office systems. A custom link can point to:

An external URL, such as www.google.com or your company's intranet.
A custom s-control, such as a Java applet or Active-X control.

Custom links can include fields as tokens within the URL or custom s-control.