File Download Control

Add a control from which the Request participant can download files to a local computer.

Control Description

The File Download control adds an area in the Screen from which the Request participant can download a file to a local computer that was attached to the Request via a File Upload control in a different Screen in that Request.

This control is only available for the following Screen types:

• Display type

• Form type

See Screen Types.

Watch the following product tour to learn how to use a File Download control.

For a documented example of using the File Download control, see Preview or Download Multiple Files Uploaded from a Previous Task.

Add the Control to a Screen

Permissions

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to design a Screen unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:

• Screens: Edit Screens

• Screens: View Screens

See the Screens permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

Follow these steps to add this control to the Screen:

1. Create a new Form-type or Display-type Screen or edit an existing one.

2. From the Controls Menu on the left, expand the Files category, and then locate the File Download icon.
3. Drag and drop the control to the Screen Builder canvas. Existing controls in the Screen will adjust positioning based on where you drag the control.
4. Configure the File Download control. See Settings.

5. Validate that the control is configured correctly. See Validate Your Screen.

The following screen uses a File Download control where you can download details of a license purchase.

File Download control

Settings

The File Download control has the following configurable settings in the Properties Panel:

• Variable panel

• Advanced panel

Variable Panel Settings

Expand the Variable panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Label

Edit the default label that displays for this control if necessary. New File Download is the default value.

Name

Enter the name of the download file. This setting has no default value.

Advanced Panel Settings

Expand the Advanced panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Visibility Rule

Specify an expression that indicates the condition(s) under which this control displays. See Expression Syntax Components. If this setting does not have an expression, then this control displays by default.

For example, this control displays if the variable value tip is 1. For a detailed example of the Visibility Rule setting, see Show or Hide Controls Based on Button Selection.

Note the following regarding how to use visibility rules:

• To make this control hidden until another control contains a value, enter the Variable Name setting value of that control to this control's Visibility Rule setting.

• Visibility rules override custom CSS settings.

Device Visibility

Select on which device types this control displays:

• Desktop: The control displays only on desktop devices. Enable the Show for Desktop toggle key.

• Mobile: The control displays only on mobile devices. Enable the Show for Mobile toggle key.

• Both: The control displays on both desktop and mobile devices. Both toggle keys are enabled by default.

CSS Selector Name

Enter the value to represent this control in custom CSS syntax when in Custom CSS mode. As a best practice, use the same CSS Selector Name value on different controls of the same type to apply the same custom CSS style to all those controls.

Then, use this name in the Custom CSS feature to apply CSS styling to this control as follows:

[selector='Submit Form'] {
    color: blueviolet;
}

See the following best practices regarding custom CSS in Screens:

• Editing a CSS name to represent this control in custom CSS syntax

• Visibility rules override custom CSS settings

Aria Label

Enter the string that provides a text alternative to this control for the following purposes:

• Assistive technology, such as screen readers, read the Aria Label setting value.

• This control has a visual indication of its purpose, such as a control that uses a graphic instead of text, but still needs to clarify that purpose for anyone who cannot access the visual indication.

The Aria Label setting value replaces the Label setting value. For example, if a control has both a Label setting value and an Aria Label setting value, assistive technology only uses the Aria Label setting value.

Tab Order

Tab order determines the sequential navigation order to navigate a Screen's controls using a keyboard interface. Assistive technology users often use a keyboard for navigation.

See best practices for setting the tab order for a Screen's controls.

Enter the number for the sequential keyboard navigation order that this control takes focus amongst other controls in this Screen.