Use formulas to hide and validate fields, make buttons grayed-out, determine
the recipients of reports and more through calculated properties. These
formulas are evaluated when your app is run and make it possible to build far
more dynamic, complex apps.
Will Calcapp ever support importing your spreadsheets directly? Allan posed
this question to us and received a lengthy reply from our co-founder David.
This update brings cross-references, enabling you to build large,
interconnected apps. Flag suspicious values with data validation and send
reports as PDF files.
Use cross-references to refer to other panels with our next release, enabling
you to build truly large, inter-connected apps. This update also lays the
groundwork for calculated properties, which are coming soon.
Use data validation to flag invalid values with our next release. Specify
allowable intervals for number fields to determine validity. A later release
will allow you to use formulas to determine if a field is valid or not.
Customize the sender of reports that are e-mailed from your apps with our next
release. Soon, you will also be able to determine the sender using a formula.
Access the formatted values of fields from formulas and prevent persistent
fields from being reset with our upcoming release. Also, apps will look better
on desktops and on tablets and the app creation experience will be improved.
If your app isn't in English, your users are not getting a great experience
today: Numbers may not be formatted correctly and some messages are displayed
in English. We're working to improve this situation.
Cross-references will be available in February and calculated properties will
be available in March. Once we end the beta, pricing will likely depend on if
your app is for private or public use. Calculated properties will make your
apps considerably more powerful.
Starting with our next release, fields will be given names based on the
captions you type for them at all times. This makes formulas easier to read.
You can still assign names manually.
Calcapp enables you to create apps that might otherwise have been
created using a spreadsheet. Create apps yourself without
time-consuming and expensive custom software development.