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Forms and views
Enter your data here and filter as required Forms In some applications (especially databases), a structured window, box, or other self-contained element provides a visual filter for the underlying…
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What is an application?
Applications, often simply called apps, are complete, self-contained computer programs developed for end users. Applications perform specific and useful tasks that have nothing to do with the IT…
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Introduction
We show you, step by step, everything that Ninox can do To create your own applications, whether it’s an invoice management system, event calendar or customer management solution (CRM),…
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Formula editor features
An overview of all basic features the formula editor offers as of version 3.6.0
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Introduction to Ninox script
The Ninox script language (also "NX script language" or "NX script") is designed to automate simple, repetitive operations, as well as complex work sequences,…
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Icon picker
Find the name of each available icon in Ninox
In version 3.12 we introduced a new icon library and an updated icon picker. 
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Color picker
Updated colors and a new color picker in 3.12
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Intro to "any" functions
Below is info on how we use the "any" data type here in our Ninox guidance, specifically in the syntax of our functions "any" functions are a bit different Values of the data type "any" as well as…
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Automatic adjustments
Ninox automatically makes the following adjustments for you Braces Ninox script automatically removes superfluous braces in expressions. For example, 1 + (2 * 3) is saved as 1 + 2 * 3.…
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Intro to transactions
In Ninox, all actions are performed as transactions. In doing so, a sequence of database operations is summarized in a transaction. We distinguish 2 types of transactions in Ninox:…
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Picture example – Word document
Prepare a dataset with a public URL or a Data URI corresponding to the image URL "image": "http://link.to/you/picture" } Data URI { "image": "data:image/png;base64,…
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Picture from a Base64
This feature may not work at the time of release. Use picture from a public URL in the meantime. We will update this page once it becomes available.… -
Picture from a base64 Data URI
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Substitutions
To substitute data in a template, use indicators {d.}. Indicators {d.} are substituted for data from your JSON dataset in Ninox. The following values can be substituted: a string a number a date
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Deleting tables
Be careful when deleting tables. Depending on the structure of your database, information from a table might be used in other places as well To prevent you from “accidentally” deleting a table,…
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Extra: Display options in the Choice field
You have various options for displaying the different choices in the form You can display the options stored in a Choice field in 3 different ways. On the left you can see the display options:…
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Customizing data fields
You can customize the options for a data field to suit your needs. For example, you might want to specify that a field must always be filled in, i.e. that it’s a required field.…
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Editing after saving changes
How to return to the table settings after saving Before we save the changes, we would like to make a few updates. You’ve already clicked the Save button?…
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Adding and naming fields
A table consists of several fields, each of which holds information of the same type We will now create a form with various fields in which we want to enter our data.…
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Adding a table
We will create a new table in a database Now we will continue working with the Event Management database that we’ve just created. Our “Event Management” database that we’ve just created Tables We…
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Read transactions
To find specific records in a table using a filter, Ninox searches the table for records that match the filter. During this process Ninox only "reads" the table in order to display the records that…
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Write transactions
When you change data within an action, this is referred to as a write transaction. Examples of write transactions The input or modification of data Single statements of a script that change data, e.g.…
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Tips and tricks
Learn how to boost the performance of your databases First, a checklist of common questions and advice:
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Automatic invoice number
Use this script to automatically assign an invoice number An invoice number... must be unique and should be sequential, can consist of numbers and letters,…
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Picture from a public URL
The following dataset is used in the example below that shows how to insert a picture into an ODT report Data { "flags": [ { "name": "France", "picture": "https://share.ninox.…