I’m just dropping this here so I have something to refer people to when they ask. This is a simple concept app (copyable), that demonstrates the following techniques: Building custom forms for adding and editing list items (as an alternative to the native forms provided by Glide) Preventing dupli…

@Darren_Murphy thanks for redirecting me here! I am looking at the app you made to understand how to avoid duplicates but I am not getting how to apply this to my app… also the ACTIONS are not available on your app, I don’t know why so I can’t see actually what the actions are doing. I was wonderin…

@Pnina_Barth can I bother you detailing me how you accomplished it? I am on the same path but I am struggling to understand the logic and steps to validate when adding an item so avoiding duplicates. Thanks!

It’s a very old Classic App, which didn’t have a separate Actions editor. Glide has changed a lot since this was made, although the general concepts are the same. Making a more modern version is on my todo list.

Sure. Look here: https://demo-for-custom-form-87rt.glide.page ‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 1 באפר׳ 2024 ב-4:41 מאת ‪22 DG via Glide Community‬‏ <‪ notifications@glideapps.discoursemail.com ‬‏>:‬

Oh I was wondering to understand how to accomplish the avoid duplicate…by the way, I tried your app, added Banana to Fruit category and it added so there was a duplicate banana row…

[image] 22_DG: tried your app, added Banana to Fruit category and it added so there was a duplicate banana row… Did you use the Plus (Add) button at the top of the screen with a native form that doesn’t provide duplicate validation, or did you use the button at the bottom of the screen, which…

@Darren_Murphy sorry for this! I was replying to @Pnina_Barth but I failed to make it clear, her app was the one that had duplicates. Regarding yours it’s amazing, I still got a lot to grasp and comprehend that’s why I asked if you did a video on it on how you built it to understand the steps you m…

thanks @Jeff_Hager I missed that button…now it makes sense @Pnina_Barth do you have this app available to copy so I can see how you pull it of?

The link is: https://demo-for-custom-form-87rt.glide.page I also got into trouble with custom forms, but in the end I managed to write myself exact instructions on how to do them. I hope it will help…: How to Create a Custom form? When you are using the built-in Add button of Glide, the informat…

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Darren_Murphy April 1, 2024, 4:36pm 126

Exactly which App did you try?
My original concept App doesn’t have any categories.

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