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View Attachment in a block, not a popup

  • April 17, 2019
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I want to have my attachment open in a block, so I can refer to the attachment AND update data in my record at the same time.

Right now it seems all I can do is load attachment in a popup window, which is good, but when attachment is visible, my base is obscured and I can’t access or edit it - my usecase is to inpout data from the attachment into my base. Very frustrating to have to load attachment into an external viewer when those blocks are right there!

Am I missing something?

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    Kamille_Parks11

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    • Robert_Heaton
    • New Participant
    • June 10, 2019

    I believe this does what you’re asking.

    1. Add a Page Designer block.
    2. Search for the field with your attachment and select it.
    3. Position the preview image as you see fit on the page.
    4. Add and modify page elements as needed.
    5. Click Done Editing.
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    • Richard_Foxwort
    • Author
    • Known Participant
    • June 13, 2019

    I believe this does what you’re asking.

    1. Add a Page Designer block.
    2. Search for the field with your attachment and select it.
    3. Position the preview image as you see fit on the page.
    4. Add and modify page elements as needed.
    5. Click Done Editing.

    Nice one! I had not thought of this approach.

    This works for single-page attachments, can it work for multi-page PDF attachments?

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    • Robert_Heaton
    • New Participant
    • June 13, 2019

    Apparently not. :frowning: I agree that would be useful.

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    • Leron
    • New Participant
    • July 18, 2019

    Any update here. Require this to avoid the need to open multiple browsers to view the attachment and the record.

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