The Preferred Method — “View as File”

To set the field to allow both image and PDF file to be uploaded, go to “Designer” tab, select the field and click “View As/Edit As” button:

• In “View as”, set the field as “File”
  
• In “Edit as”:-
  
  In “Advanced Settings”, set the “Allowed file types” to accept both image and document format or just leave it empty to allow all file formats:-
  
• The result:-
  

Difference Among “view as image”, “view as file”, “view as PDF”

View as “Image”

• • display only image but any document file will have a broken image
    
  • click on image will open a preview
    
  • click on document will get below error
    

View as “File”

• • display image (as thumbnail) and document (as icon).
    
  • click on image or document will download it.

View as “PDF”

• • display both image and document as filename
    
  • click on image filename will download the image
    
  • click on document filename will open the document in a new tab for viewing without downloading

Conclusions on Both Image and PDF File Format

In the documentation (https://xlinesoft.com/phprunner/docs/view_as_settings_file.htm), there is “Display PDF files online” but not in our PHPRunner.

• documentation
  
• our PHPRunner
  

That’s the only way to view the PDF file uploaded online. But still the image file will be downloaded when clicked.

3 ways to show the uploaded image or file

1. view as “Image” (only show image. can be viewed when clicked)
   
2. view as “File” (show image and file as thumbnail and icon. downloaded when clicked. currently used for “jpj_registration_card” and “insurance”)
   
3. view as “PDF (only show pdf, can be viewed)