Calcapp Creator will soon be much faster when editing large apps.
Changing a field name or caption will be up to 30 times faster and
memory usage is expected to drop to half of what we currently use. We
realized these gains by embracing modern web standards.
By maintaining multiple versions of your app, you can refer back to a
prior incarnation at a later date. It also enables you to share your
progress on a new app version with beta testers, without disturbing
the main version used by your regular users. Learn to duplicate your
app to access these features.
Can you convert a spreadsheet with lots of data to a great app with
Calcapp today? Sagger asked us this question and received a reply
from our co-founder David.
Do you have a spreadsheet you'd like to convert to an app? Get in
touch with us and we'd be happy to assess whether Calcapp is a good
fit at no charge. If you need us to do the conversion work, we'll
give you an estimate of the work involved and charge you an hourly
fee for our time.
You can use data validation to present an error message alongside an
output number field. Sometimes you want to display the message in the
field itself, though. This blog post shows you two ways to accomplish
this.
Is it possible to enter decimal numbers in a Calcapp app on an
iPhone? John posed this question and received a lengthy reply from
our co-founder David. (Short answer: Yes, but it's somewhat awkward,
and this issue can't be easily fixed.)
Making hidden fields visible can be useful when you're developing
your app. Add a "debug mode" switch to your first screen and tie the
Visible property of all hidden fields to this debug switch to easily
make all hidden fields visible. Then, hide the switch before you
share the app.
Use formulas to hide and validate fields, make buttons grayed-out,
determine the recipients of reports and more through calculated
properties. A video tutorial introduces the new feature. You can now
reference fields from other panels in formulas by clicking on them.
Also, our learning resources have been thoroughly updated.
In our very first video tutorial, we build a user registration form
which makes heavy use of calculated properties. It is available as a
template in Calcapp Creator for use in your own apps.
You can now reference fields from other panels by clicking on them
when you're editing a formula. You can also reference buttons and the
other items that make up an app from your formulas by clicking on
them.