Adding and Deleting Output Fields for Your App

You can add and delete fields for file output, folder output, and multiple file outputs.

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Adding an output field

Output File Name field

  1. Click to open the section into which you want to add the argument.
  2. In the Output section on the left, click and drag the Output File Name item to the location in the selected section.
  3. Click in the Output File Name Label field to display its Details on the right.
  4. In the Details section:
    • Output File Name label: Edit the label as you want it to be displayed in the DE.
    • Argument option: Enter the command line option according to the tool's requirements.
    • Do not pass this argument to command line: Click to prevent the argument from being passed to the command line.
    • Default output file name: Enter the default output file name.
    • Do not display this item in the app: Hides the field in the GUI.
    • Make this field required: Requires the user to select a file.
    • Exclude this item if nothing is entered: Skips the item if nothing is selected.
    • Tool tip text: Edit as needed.
    • *Source of output file:* Enter the source for your output file.
    • Type of information in this folder: Select the type of file that can be included in the folder, or leave Unspecified to allow more than one file type in the folder.
  5. Click Preview and then click Preview UI. When done, close the Preview window.
  6. Click Save.

Output Folder Name field

  1. In the Create Apps window for the app, click to open the section into which you want to add the argument.
  2. In the Output section on the left, click and drag the Output Folder Name item to the location in the selected section.
  3. Click in the Output Folder Name Label field to display its Details on the right.
  4. In the Details section:
    • Output Folder Name label: Edit the label as you want it to be displayed in the DE.
    • Argument option: Enter the command line option according to the tool's requirements.
    • Do not pass this argument to command line: Click to prevent the argument from being passed to the command line.
    • Default output folder name: Enter the default output folder name.
    • Do not display this item in the app: Displays (default) or hides the field in the GUI.
    • Make this field required: Requires the user to select a folder.
    • Exclude this item if nothing is entered: Skips the item if nothing is selected.
    • Tool tip text: Edit as needed.
    • *Source of output file:* Enter the output source.
    • Type of information in this folder: Select the type of file that can be included in the folder, or leave Unspecified to allow more than one file type in the folder.
  5. Click Preview and then click Preview UI. When done, close the Preview window.
  6. Click Save.

Multi-File Output Name field

  1. In the Create Apps window for the app, click to open the section into which you want to add the argument.
  2. In the Output section on the left, click and drag the Multi-File Output Name object to the location in the selected section.
  3. Click in the Multi-file Output Label field to display its Details on the right.
  4. In the Details section:
    • Multi-file Output Name label: Edit the label as you want it to be displayed in the DE.
    • Argument option: Enter the command line option according to the tool's requirements.
    • Do not pass this argument to command line: Click to prevent the argument from being passed to the command line.
    • Default Multi-file output names: Enter the name pattern for the multi-file output.
    • Do not display this item in the app: Hides the field in the GUI.
    • Make this field required: Requires the user to enter an integer.
    • Exclude this item if nothing is entered: Skips the item if nothing is selected.
    • Tool tip text: Edit as needed.
    • Type of information in this file: Select the type of files that can be included in the list, or leave Unspecified to allow more than one file type in the folder.
  5. Click Preview and then click Preview UI. When done, close the Preview window.
  6. Click Save.

Deleting an output file or folder field

  1. Hover over the argument to delete until you see a blue border around it:
  2. Hover over the the gray icon at the top right until it turns red:
  3. Click the icon to complete the deletion.
  4. Click Save.
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