FileName property

EmailReportButton.FileName — Text

Special value available in formulas:

Item

EmailReportButton

The button this property is part of, enabling multiple checked items in the app designer to share the same formula and be updated all at once.

Consider the fields Field1 and Field2, which should only be considered to be valid if their values are greater than 4. Without using the Item value, the Valid property of Field1 would need to use the formula Field1 > 4Field1 > 4 and the Valid property of Field2 would need to use the formula Field2 > 4Field2 > 4.

Using Item, both formulas can read Item > 4Item > 4. This is useful if you have many fields and you want to be able to update their formulas all at once. To do so, click their check boxes in Calcapp Creator and make sure that a checked field is selected. Then, when you update a formula for one checked field, you update all the other checked fields too, which is a great timesaver.

Use Item in exactly the same way you'd use the regular name. Button1.VisibleButton1,Visible and Item.VisibleItem,Visible are equivalent, for instance.

The name of the file that emailed attachments are saved to when the email is sent. If no period appears in the returned file name, a file extension (such as ".pdf") is added, depending on the selected format.

If this property is not set, a default file name is used.

Entering formulas in the inspector

If you use the inspector to enter a value for this property, you can incorporate formulas by enclosing them within {{ and }} markers.

Behind the scenes, Calcapp converts an inspector value with formulas to a single traditional formula. You can view this formula, or edit it directly, by selecting the FileName property from the drop-down menu next to the formula bar.

The examples on this page use traditional formulas, where text strings and other values are joined together using &. To enter them in the inspector, be sure to enclose them within {{ and }} markers. Alternatively, enter them in the formula bar.

Example

"Client " & LOWER(ClientId)"Client " & LOWER(ClientId)

Ensures that files that are attached to the email are saved under a name such as "Client 23a.csv" (depending on the value of the text field ClientId, which is made lower-case by the LOWER function).