The Calcapp blog

Tips, new features, sample apps and letters from the team.

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Feature: No more typos when referencing colors

Colors can now be referenced with no risk of typos, thanks to "enums." XLOOKUP, XMATCH and FORMATDATE also support enums, which help warn you of errors early.
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Panels are now known as screens — and other name changes

Panels have been renamed to screens to better reflect the expectations of app authors. There are other name changes, which better reflect how Calcapp is used today and how we expect it to be used tomorrow.
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Are we there yet?

We're hard at work polishing our new formula documentation and getting our new release ready. Action formulas have been pushed to our next release.
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Array ranges, SUMIF and more are coming soon

Ranges will enable authors to easily and concisely refer to multiple values in formulas. Ranges, combined with the new function SUMIF, will make conditionally summing values much easier than before.
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Tip: Share previews of apps

When making changes to an app, you often need to share copies of your changed app with a small circle of users before letting these changes go live for all users. Read this tip to learn how this is done.
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Feature: Reset and change your users' passwords

You can now reset your users' passwords directly from Calcapp Creator. Use this feature if your users have trouble resetting their own passwords or if you'd like to set their passwords for them.
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Tip: Generate better PDF documents through Zapier

PDF reports created with Calcapp will only become truly customizable when Calcapp 4 fully arrives. In the meantime, use third-party services through Zapier to enable custom-designed PDF documents today.
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On the road to Calcapp 4

Calcapp 4 is our next-generation version of Calcapp, and it's coming along nicely. Read on to learn more about the progress we've made.
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Feature: Auto-height for AMP

The auto-height feature enables an app embedded in your web page to adjust its height in response to content changes. This feature is now also supported for AMP, a technology which makes web pages load faster.