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KyleChase1
Qrew Trainee
7 years ago

Trying to create a button to upload a file outside of QuickBase

In this particular app we're storing all documents associated with a record in another location ( Sharepoint, Sharefile, Dropbox, whatever ), and I'm attempting to create a button on a form which ...
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KyleChase's avatar
KyleChase
Qrew Trainee
6 years ago
Hi all,

Yep.  Erikson is exactly on the money.  We store so many things in Sharefile as a result of legacy systems, we would love to be able to upload a file into Sharefile, and be able to access it through Quick Base with the rest of the record.

Accessing Sharefile through QB is easy enough, as Sharon pointed out, but GETTING IT THERE as a file upload through QB is the key functionality.

And I get why the functionality wouldn't be there.  Why code for uploading into another system when QB can store it for you.  But in reality, at least in my corporate world, that's not quite flexible enough for this run and gun company. :)

So, Sharon, the core ask is the ability to upload THRU QB but the file ends up in a specified Sharefile location.
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QuickBaseJunkie
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6 years ago
Hi Erickson & Kyle!

I'm sure this is possible with a Rich Text Formula field. Even if it just opens up the Sharefile location in a pop-up window. 

A quick Google search came up with this info from Citrix https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX207515

I assume you can further customize the URL to the specific Sharefile destination. This could even be dynamic based on form field values.

If you are looking for an embedded capability (not a pop-up), that too may be possible with coding, but is not something I have experience with.

-Sharon