Upload and download form components

About uploading and downloading apps and app items

You can download apps and app items to your computer or flash drive and upload them into an instance of Mobile Enterprise Platform.

Apps and app items can be downloaded, which exports and saves the file. Then the app or app item can be uploaded (imported) into another instance of Mobile Enterprise Platform.

If there is a development instance of Mobile Enterprise Platform and also a production instance, the item uploaded to the production instance can skip versions. For example, an app might exist as version 5 in the production instance. The same app, edited in the development instance, might now exist as version 8. When this app is uploaded to the production instance, it uploads as version 8 (skipping from version 5 to 8).

When an app item is downloaded, it is given a file extension indicating the type of file it is. The extensions for app and app items files are as follows.

Application

Extension: .clientapp

Promotion Package

Extension: .package

Form

Extension: .form

Form Component

Extension: .formcomponent

Wire

Extension: .wire

SubApp

Extension: .subapp

Include

Extension: .include

Table

Extension: .table

Service Definition

Extension: .servicedefinition

Data Object

Extension: .dataobject

Style Group

Extension: .stylegroup

Configuration Element

Extension: .configelement

Business Rule

Extension: .businessrule

Repository File

Extension: the extension of the file (.png, .jpg, .mp4, etc.)

Download a form component

You can download (export) a form component, which exports the file to a designated folder on the local system or network.

To download a form component, complete the following steps in Advanced Inventory Platform Manager.

Go to Develop > Application Studio.
On the App Studio nav bar, select the Library view.
In the left rail, select Form Components, and hover over the applicable version number for the component to download.
Select Download from the context menu.
In the File Download dialog box, select Save.
In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the location in which to save the file.
Optional. Edit the filename.
Select Save.
If the Download Complete box appears, select Close.

Upload a form component

You can upload (import) a form component, which imports the file from a designated folder on the local system or network.

To upload a form component, complete the following steps in Advanced Inventory Platform Manager.

Go to Develop > Application Studio.
Select Upload > Item.
For Select Project, select a project, or use the default Create a new project to which to associate the subapp. If you select to create a new project, complete the following substeps.
1. For Project ID, enter an ID that contains only letters, numbers, underscores, and dashes.
2. For Project Description, type a description for the new project.
For ID, enter an ID for the file that contains only letters, numbers, underscores, and dashes. If the ID is left blank, the ID will default to the name of the file being uploaded.
In the corresponding Upload dialog box, browse to the location of the file to upload.

Step Information

Note:In a Mobile Enterprise Platform 7+ installation, files are in the Data\AppData folder for the instance.
Select Upload.
Expected Result
Result:

If a form is being uploaded, and there is more than one style group in the system, the Style Group Selection window will appear. Select a style group to be applied to the form from the drop down selection and select OK.

If uploading more than one form, a different style group can be selected for each form, as long as there are multiple style groups in Styles. If desired, select a style group for each form and select OK.

Result: The form component is uploaded and is checked in. If uploaded successfully, it is added to the list of form components. If not, an error message appears at the top of the Application Studio page and the uploaded component is not added to the list.

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