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[John Martin]

I use a couple of small free utilities that let me paste plain text in any application.

The free Plain Clip is a tiny application that removes formatting from text which is on the clipboard. It includes additional options such as, for example, removing line breaks so text wraps normally. It’s available here: http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/.

Plain Clip can be run as a standalone application that removes formatting from whatever text is on the clipboard, which you can then paste as unformatted text. I use a small free keyboard manager that runs Plain Clip whenever I press Command-F1 and then pastes the text uses Command-V. I get unformatted text with a single keystroke in every application! Spark is available here: http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php.

Note: To run Plain Clip with Spark, you have to set it up as an AppleScript action. The Plain Clip page notes you can also call it from a text expansion utility such as TypeIt4Me.

— John Martin

[tonyt]

Thks Bredan
Got your shot!
I have been running NOScript on Firefox and it stopped me posting a file!
Here goes again…..

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[Tom Copeland]

An interesting aspect of the iPad’s Stage Properties records is that, even though the words in the various fields do not show up, a search can be done, and the results are correct, whether the word searched for appears in the “Item” field or the “Location field.” I have not tried the “Description” field. But all that one actually sees in these searches is a row of pictures and a good many blank records, the ones lacking pictures.

[Brendan]

Hi Will,

Tap Forms Mac has not been integrated with AppleScript. You could theoretically query the database file directly. It’s just an SQLite file. But that would require some knowledge of SQL.

[Will McCourt]

I understand, thank you for the response! Is there a way we can automatically have TF export a csv file to drop box? Let’s say I wanted a script to do this every 4 hrs. Is this possible?

[Brendan]

Hi Tom,

Those .tiff files didn’t work on the upload.

However, I think the problem is that your file has no references to the photo file names:

Picture<photo>,Item<text>,Where<text>,Description<text>,Other<text>
,Adding Machine,?,”Mechanical, with buttons and lever”,
,Barrel,Calvin Center,”small, wood, with metal rims”,Calvin

The first comma in your data row tells me that the photo field has no value associated with it. Tap Forms won’t be able to match the photos you copied into the Photo field without the file name being in the CSV file.

Try putting the file names of the photos into your CSV file before importing your CSV file.

For example:

Picture<photo>,Item<text>,Where<text>,Description<text>,Other<text>
Photo-1.jpg,Adding Machine,?,”Mechanical, with buttons and lever”,
Photo-2.jpg,Barrel,Calvin Center,”small, wood, with metal rims”,Calvin

Now that’s assuming your photo file names are “Photo-1.jpg” and “Photo-2.jpg”. You should substitute she the correct file names of course.

Let me know if that works better for you.

[Tom Shannon]

Thanks, Brendan.

I’m quite enjoying the program. If you don’t mind it, I would like to suggest that a few keyboard shortcuts be added. The reason may not be obvious. I’m an AppleScript guy and, although Tap Forms doesn’t support it, one easy thing you can do with any program is simulate keystrokes. If it has a keystroke or a menu item you can automate it.

A good example of something that would benefit from menu access is iCloud sync. This, of course, allows you to set a keyboard shortcut yourself or to use AppleScript to access the menu.

A good example of something that could use a simple keystroke: when editing a form you can highlight fields with a series of tabs but, for instance, you can’t currently open a note field after the icon is highlighted.

Assuming you are using XCode, this seems like a relatively simple addition that would enhance the program.

Keep up the good work,
Tom S.

[Pandora]

@Brendan: Thanks for the clarification. However, I’m about to throw in the towel. I feel so incompetent at times. I went to the /Documents folder in both locations and neither had a /Photos subfolder. I created this and copied all my images (that had been separated from their folders per the script ./bntfolderstofiles) to first the /Mobile… folder but when neither device saw those images, I copied them to the /Containers… folder. I’ve clicked the sync action on both my Mac and my iPad and the field for those images is still empty.

By throwing in the towel I mean I will copy/paste these images from the Finder into the appropriate field in my form. It will take time but certainly no more than I’ve already spent trying it out per Giacomo’s fine tutorial. Fortunately, there are only ~300 images. :-)

In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

-Pan

[Roo]

I’m not sure why you posted this query under this thread. However, if you download my Tap Forms Instructions database from the link above, then you will find a full description of how to import databases without getting the problem that you encountered.

It is listed under “Exporting Linked Forms & Records” in the “Sharing” section. (Importing your modified file will not replace the existing file but will add to it but then you can just delete your original one record if you wish.)

Best of luck

[1Levite]

I see that in the menubar there is: Edit> Find>Find and Replace

I may be dense, but after experimenting and viewing videos and searching the forum, I cannot find a description of Find/Replace functionality in Tap Forms. Finding and setting up search criteria is no problem—it’s the replacing that has me puzzled.

[Kwestter]

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<textarea id=”bbp_reply_content” class=”bbp-the-content” name=”bbp_reply_content” cols=”60″ rows=”12″ tabindex=”101″>Ok, just figured it out.

Tapping on the check mark in the media field pop up brings up the list I was looking for. From there I can search for and select multiple items.

The number on the right reflects how many items have been selected from the database, not the number of items in the database. Makes sense now.

This is even better than I was hoping for since I only need one media field to track all the items being checked out. That will keep it pretty simple.

And the email function will work perfectly for sending reminders of upcoming due dates for items. It lists the titles and email addresses right there in the email.

Thanks again for the help and the great program! I think things will come together now but I'll be back if I have more questions.

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[ArsAstronautica]

Actually, I think you could do it with a little work. Get TF to export the list to a file and then run that file through an AppleScript or perhaps Automator script to send out the emails to everyone in the list.

No, sorry, I am not volunteering. :-)

[xavipi]

Hello,

I’m new here and new with TapForm ;) (i come from bento)
I have a question about using fields calculation.

Is it possible to calculate values from linked fields? or put literal values from this linked fields?
For example:
I have a form called Projects. There i have fields like project name, Hours worked, Amount and a linked field called time billing.
Time billing is really an other form where i put hours when i begin a job, hours when i finish, a calculated field to know time worked, and a description.

I Want to know how can i catch amount values of total hours worked and put this value in Hours worked field of ‘Projects’ form.

Is this possible?

Thanks

Xavi

[ArsAstronautica]

Pierre,

I have both Lion and ML machines. iCloud on ML is decidedly more robust that it is on Lion, but it does usually work on Lion. (Though I have not run Tap Forms on Lion. I’ll try and remember to test this.) I found that on Lion, certain apps were better able to trigger a sync than other apps. So I would sometimes run them to get the other app’s files to sync. Expedient , if not elegant. The only reason I still have ANY machines still on Lion is because ML does not run on them. :-( I should add that I am a Mac admin for my family and work. That’s the reason for the multplicity of machines I have accounts on.

As to the other items, calendar, book marks, etc. Those always worked well on Lion. Macs had that ability long before Lion came out (Snow Leopard?, Leopoard?) The mechanism behind those is not the same as iCloud. If syncing works, then this is good news in the fact that at least Apple servers and your Mac can talk to one another. I presume that your iDevices are syncing this calendar/bookmark data too? That shows you have the right Apple ID for all of them.

I doubt it’s a past Mobile me account issue. I am an old .mac subscriber. I subscribed becuase of all the machines I managed. Manually syncing those machines with key data was such a chore I opted for the paid subscription to .mac. The cost was made up in savings of headache pills. :-) So I now have .mac, .me, and .icloud addresses. As long as the AppleID is consistent across Apple products, you should be good.

I recommend openning up the iCloud preference and turning off the Document syncing, turning it back on, and then checking the Mobile Documents folder again. Also, after that, try adding something to iCLoud via your iPad. I suspect that your Mac is just not properly linked to iCloud. These action might help.

Lastly, if you can, consdier an upgrade to ML. iCloud in Lion is rather half baked. iCloud supported apps in ML give you the option to store/ retrieve items in the cloud in the usual file dialogs. Quite nice. In Lion, you often have to do back flips to do this. Better than manual file transfers, but only barely in some cases.

Best of luck!

[Brendan]

Hi David,

Ya, I’m not planning on providing PDF form filling out options. There’s an app called PDFPen which I believe can do that. It’s a different kind of app really.

I think you might be able to make an AppleScript to take the CSV file exported from Tap Forms and open it in another app, but I’m not an AppleScript expert, so I don’t really know.

Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

Thanks,

Brendan