Enable End Users to Upload Files
Use the Upload widget to add files — such as photos — to your application.
In mobile
To upload a file in a mobile app:
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Drag the Upload widget from the Widgets toolbar to the screen.
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On the screen, create a local variable of Binary Data type to hold the file content.
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Set the File Content property of the Upload widget to the local variable.
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Use a Client Action to call a Server Action to send the file to the server:
- Change the Server Action to accept the variable in the File Content property as an input parameter and save it.
- In the Client Action, add the variable as an argument to the Server Action.
In web
To upload a file in a web application:
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Drag the Upload widget from the Widgets toolbar to your screen.
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Add a Button to the screen that executes a Screen Action to save the file and make sure its Method property is set to Submit.
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To save the file in the Screen Action, use the Runtime Properties of the Upload widget:
Upload.Content: The file contentUpload.Filename: The file nameUpload.Type: The file type
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In the screen you want to upload the file, create a link to navigate to the newly created screen containing the Upload widget. Alternatively, you can put the screen with the Upload widget inside a popup.