![]() However, after you take the first photo, you will see that new options appear for you to take additional photos and navigate through all the photos you have taken.Ĭounting photos submitted, and limiting how many photos can be submitted ![]() ![]() When using the multiline appearance you will initially not see much of a difference in your form. Support for the multiline appearance for image questions was added in version 3.10. For now, lets start with the multiline appearance: There are good cases for both approaches. If you want users to submit more than one photo with your survey, you can either add multiple image questions or alternatively use the multiline appearance on an image question. Here is a visual representation of what the user experience looks like using the different method parameter options:Īnd here is what an XLSForm looks like if you want to force users to submit a new photo from the camera: If you want to give users a choice, leave the the body::esri:style column empty or set the method parameter to camera,browse. If method is set to browse, users will need to browse for an existing photo. If the method parameter is set to camera, users will need to capture a photo using the camera. The method parameter in the body::esri:style XLSForm column lets you specify if both methods are allowed, or just one. If you are designing a survey for inspectors to document code violations, for example, you may want them always to take a new photo with the camera, and not allow browsing of existing photos in the device. Sometimes, you want to have control over the source of the photo. Otherwise, the photo question will be presented to the user as optional.Ĭontrolling the source of the photo: Camera versus browseīy default, the Survey123 web and field apps will let end users either take a new photo using the camera or browse for an existing photo in the device. If the severity of the incident is high, then a photo must be submitted. In the next XLSForm example, an expression is used in the required column to determine if a photo must be submitted. Like any other question type, you can use the required column to define if the end user must submit data for your question or not. If you want your users to submit a photo through your smart form, you will include a question of type image. Check out the Survey123 XLSForm tutorials in YouTube or our documentation if you need to get started.Īs with many other Tricks of the Trade articles, we will start easy, and progressively explore more sophisticated techniques one step at a time. Most of what is described in this article involves the use of Survey123 Connect and requires familiarity with XLSForms. This blog highlights these new features and a few other techniques so you can get the best out of photos in your smart forms. The 3.10 release, introduces even more: multiline appearance and the method setting in the body::esri:style column. Survey123 includes great capabilities to help you specify how photos should be captured from your smart form. Updated Decem(setFileName property to rename photo file names)
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