Pulling data from excel database

[melvynbr]

Hi,

I am new to flipabit and was trying to test it out as I’m looking for an alternative to developing interactive apps. Currently, one of my clients has a requirement similar to the catalog sample, however, instead of images, we need to display PDFs.

I have a similar table below, which when a specific image is touched, the maximized version is displayed above with the description. I found no way to do this.

I tried to follow the you tube example and got the layout correct but found it very hard to do match the actions, as I guess the you tube example was based off an old version of the software as the actions set property, row number, etc. I could not find in my version of the software.

I have the latest version installed and running on a windows 10 machine.

Please help as my client is looking for something like this urgently.

Thanks

[Daniel]

To bind Image widget with Table use the following action:

To use PDFs follow this steps:

1. Add all your pdf files using Pdf widget
2. Name it as pdf_1 (for first row), pdf_2, etc.
3. Add 2 actions on Current index changed:
   3.1 Will hide all pdf_NUMBER widgets
   
   3.2 Will show selected pdf_NUMBER widget (this action need short delay 25ms)
   

See the example https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvjr9yotvauo89d/table_with_pdfs.pma?dl=1

[melvynbr]

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for the sample, while this works with a few pdfs, it becomes a bit hard to add maybe 50 pdfs onscreen. Also, to change the text description to match the specific pdf touched , how do you do that, as the commands used in the video tutorial could not be found.

I think it will be easier if you could tell me what are the new commands related to the old ones used in the catalog tutorial, for e.g. set property, row number, etc. I could not find those.

Thank you for all your help

[Daniel]

Here is the new command to connect table with widgets:

Instead of Row number event you need to select Current index changed. You can send your project on help@flipab.it I’ll check it.