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File upload Element

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The File Upload element is used for providing users with the facility to upload file attachments to the form.

 

The following properties are available for a File upload element

 

General Tab

 

FileUploadGeneralTab

Property Name

Description

Name

Property used the describe the name of the Text Field.  In addition if this element is to become a search field, this property then become the label for the search field in the form   This is a required field

AllowableTypes

Indicates which file types are accepted.  The file type is the file extension component of the file.  It is possible to specify a list of file types separated by a coma (,).  Leave the property with empty or blank value indicates ALL file types are accepted.  For example "doc,txt" means only files with .doc or .txt file extension are accepted

FieldGroupName

This property represents the Name of the Group the field element belongs to.  FieldGroupName property is generally used with Conditional Visibility where it could be applied to a group of field elements with the same FieldGroupName value.

 

 

Layout Tab

 

FileUploadLayoutTab

Property Name

Description

Class

Name of the CSS style class.  Some of the CSS classes available for use are

Normal

Head

SubHead

SubSubHead

NormalRed

NormalBold

Refer to the module style sheet and/or skin style sheet for more available CSS classes.  It is also possible to reference external CSS style sheets by adding a link reference via the HTML element.

 

Disabled

Indicates if the field element is displayed in read-only mode preventing users from making changes to the value of the field

Style

Additional CSS styles to include the field.  Please refer to here for more information on CSS styles.

Hidden

Indicates if the field element is rendered hidden via CSS (i.e. Display=None)

DisplayAsInlineImage

Indicates if the file upload is of type image and is to be displayed as an image in the form

InlineImageWidth

Specifies the width of the Inline image

InlineImageHeight

Specifies the height of the Inline image

 

 

Conditional Visibility Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Conditional Visibility tab

 

 

Validation Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Validation tab