Laserfiche Forms App Picker

The app picker is a convenient tool that provides quick access to a customizable set of essential applications. Use it to quickly access the Forms Inbox, a repository in the Web Client, the Forms configuration site, or another custom internal or external web page.

Note: All shortcuts will be available to all users of the Forms site. Any shortcut that requires registration will request the user to sign in for access.

Setting up the App Picker

  1. Open the Laserfiche Forms Configuration page to the App Picker page.

    Note: The App Picker page is available when Laserfiche Forms is configured to use Laserfiche Directory Server authentication.

  2. Select the Enable App Picker checkbox to show or hide the menu for all users.

Configuring App Picker Shortcuts

In App Picker configuration, you can add, sort, change, and delete related application shortcuts under the groupings User and Administration. In the App Picker menu, User and Administration shortcuts are separated by a line, and a shortcut to the Laserfiche User Guide is provided at the bottom of the menu. You can change the order of the shortcuts within each group.

Setting up a shortcut

Click + Add App Shortcut under either User or Administration.

For each group, three Application Shortcut types are provided. For User shortcuts, they are Forms, Web Client, and Custom. For Administration they are Forms Configuration, Web Client Management, and Custom. Each type has a different icon to help with identification.

Once you select the shortcut type, enter a Display Name to identify it in the menu.

For the URL, provide the URL of the web page for your desired shortcut. Each shortcut type provides an example structure that you can follow.

Note: The Custom type is designed for any desired web page.

Sorting the Shortcuts

Once you have created all the shortcuts your users will need, you can sort them by moving them up or down within the menu group using the arrow buttons.

Sharing App Picker Configurations

To create a consistent interface between the Laserfiche Web Client and Forms, administrators can build the app picker in either application, and then transfer the information from one to the other.

Copying the App Picker from Forms to the Web Client

Use the following simple SQL select query on the Forms database to extract the configuration data:

select [setting] from [cf_settings] where id = 6

Open the Web Client's AppPickerConfig file (by default, located at C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Web Access\Web Files\Config\AppPickerConfig.json) and replace the contents of the file with the results of the SQL query. Save and close the file.

Copying the App Picker from the Web Client to Forms

Open the Web Client's AppPickerConfig file (by default, located at C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Web Access\Web Files\Config\AppPickerConfig.json) and copy the contents.

Use the following simple SQL script to update the Forms database with the copied data, replacing CONTENT_TO_UPDATE with the json data copied from the config file:

declare @settingToSave nvarchar(max)
set @settingToSave = 'CONTENT_TO_UPDATE'

if exists (select * from [cf_settings] where [id] = 6)
begin
update [cf_settings] set [setting] = @settingToSave where [id] = 6
end
else
begin
insert into [cf_settings] ([id], [setting]) values (6, @settingToSave)
end