The file upload field

The file upload field

With a file upload field, you can have a user upload files into your registration. This can be a single file but can also be multiple files. These can be photos, documents, presentations, videos or Excel sheets and can also be uploaded directly from the camera app on the mobile phone. How to set this up and what other options there are in the file upload field, we explain in this article.

1: A file upload field

In the editor, you can add a file upload field by choosing the field type "upload file" and clicking on "Add field". As soon as you do this, a standard file upload field will appear. In this field, users can add 1 file of any type:


If you do this, you will first be given the choice whether toNew fileDo you want to upload or do youPreviously uploaded fileI want to choose from the library:


If you want to upload a new file, you can do so with the following popup:


Here you choose your file, the type of the file and who can access the file.

Once you have done this, you will see the attached file as follows:


Here you can see the preview of the file if you click on the name of the file. In addition, you can upload a new version of the file by clicking the yellow button or extracting the file from this registration by clicking on the cross.

InfoWatch out;Every file you upload goes to your file library. So if you disconnect the file here by means of the cross, the file can still be found in your file library. In addition, he automatically places files that you upload in "form A", automatically in a folder in the file library called "Form A".
NotesWatch out;If you click on the yellow button, you can upload a new version of this file that automatically replaces the old version. The old version can always be found later in the file library.


2: Multiple file upload field

If you want users to upload multiple files, you can edit the field with the green pen. In the tabValue institutionsCan you have the optionUpload multiple filesonYesPutting.

Once you do this, users can upload multiple files. These can be both new files uploaded and selected files from the library:


If you click on the title here, you will not see a preview of a file but a popupwhere you can see the linked files:


Here you can immediately see which file type it is, the name (as soon as you click on it you will see the preview), an update option and a disconnect option.

In addition, you can also add additional files here.



3: Other institutions

When you click on the green pen of the file field, the settings open popup. Once you go here to theValueIf tab goes, you have the choice of the following options:

File type

This allows you to ensure that a user can only upload images, documents, or videos. You can choose from the following options:

  • All file types
  • Pictures
  • Documenten
  • Videos
  • Audio files

Upload camera mode

This allows you to tell the device which camera it should use. This is useful when, for example, you create a mobile form with a file upload field in which the user can upload images. On a mobile device, he then gets the opportunity to select an existing photo or to take a new photo. If you select an upload camera mode, the device jumps directly to the camera and uses the camera you indicated (back camera or front camera).

Skip library choice

It is possible that your form must be filled in on the mobile phone where people practically only attach new files / photos. Choosing whether the user wants to add a file from his device or from the file library is then a bit unnecessary. It is always from his cell phone. It is therefore possible to remove this choice. You can do this by editing the file and in theValue institutionsThe optionSave library choiceAbout onYesto put.

Pre-select user groups

By default, the person who uploads a file can choose who is allowed to access the file. The idea here is that a user can determine this for the groups under his own group. This means that an administrator can determine whether a manager is allowed to see the file, but not whether another administrator or consultant can see the file (For more information here, read the articleFile Management and Library.

You can select this as the author of a form so that the user no longer has to fill it out.
You can do this by editing the field with theGreen penand in the tabwEarthThe optionStandard group accessto set up.
Once you do this, any file uploaded in this field will give these groups access and no other groups. The user/uploader then no longer has to/can make this choice:


Pre-select by default file type

You may find the File Type field not relevant or want to pre-select the File Type field to the user.
You can do this by editing the field with theGreen penand in the tabValueThe optionDefault file typeto set up.
Once you do this, the user/uploader can no longer choose file type but this is already pre-selected underwater:


Create a "Cake Photo" button

You can adjust the height and text on the upload button and create as follows:

You can do this by adjusting the field with theGreen penand at the tabValueUse the following institutions:


Make an upload field private

Finally, you can also make a field private. This ensures that when someone uploads a file in this field, only he can view this file and is hidden from any other user.You can do this by editing the file with theGreen penand in the tabValueThe optionIs privateonYesto put.

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