how to Upload a file & allow users to refer back to contents

[yrodriguez]

Hello, i am working with a folder full of .files. These .files are an export of attachments. These attachments consist of PDFs, jpegs, pngs etc.

These files have a 'file name' which is equivalent to the 'attachment ID' field in another workflow i have created. The 'attachment ID" field is a string, and i would like to be able to select those attachments whos 'file name' matches the 'attachment id' and in another column either allow the user to open the attachment its self later on in the future. Or store the contents of the attachment in a way that can later be retrieved. 

I have been stuck on this for the past week and really dont know how to work through it. 

I have tried using the directory input took but the result comes back as a string with a path to my particular so the end user wouldnt be able to retrieve these in the future. 

I considered using the convert blob tool to change the file path into a blob but i really didnt understand the output. but the concept was to have the .file converted into the HTML which can be stored as a string and then opened later ? 

Any ideas, please help me solve this. 

[mceleavey]

Hi @yrodriguez ,

The Intelligence Suite tools handle the importing of PDF files etc.

If you don't have this, then you can maybe try one of the community built pdf reader tools but I can't vouch for any of them.

The other image files can be handled using the tools you mentioned, or using the Image tool wrapped in a batch macro and using the directory tool to pull in the file names and cross reference with the list of IDs you have in your other source.

It depends what you're trying to do, but it sounds like you need the IS tools.

I'm happy to have a chat with you about this and to show you how these tools work. DM me if you think this would be useful.

M.