Hi @chad_johnson ,
my understanding is that the Nintex Gateway service does not support file variables for any of the supported connection (SQL on-prem, SharePoint On-premise, web serivces)
This is frustrating and a few of us have been pushing through Nintex ideas to get this added
Please consider adding your support to the following ideas:-
Add file support to SharePoint on-premises via Nintex | Nintex Ideas
File variable support in Nintex Gateway for SQL | Nintex Ideas
Add support for file shares to Nintex Gateway | Nintex Ideas
Yes there is a way in online , i don’t now if it will work in On-premise,
- Create a long texte field on your SharePoint list (Html)
- Create a library in SharePoint where you will store your file
- In Nintex automation cloud , use a for each action in your Nintex form to get your file collection , choose file as data type ,
- In Nintex automation ,with the sharepoint action Store a file, store your file in the library created in step 2, create a variable for the result Output (Ex : varMyFiles)
- In Nintex automation , with Create a text string action put this code in the string Components:
varMyFilesUrl
<a href="{"valuePath":"${'Url']","key":"c_varMyFiles"}" target="_blank">{"valuePath":"${'FileName']","key":"c_varMyFiles"}</a><hr>
Store your string components result in a variable name it varMyFilesUrl
- In Nintex automation cloud if you have used create an item in sharePoint list action , Go and search for your sharePoint field created in step 1 , and give the value as varMyFilesUrl
If you want to display the attachement in your validation form use a label action in the form and put your varMyFilesUrl inside
I wish that can help u
Happy New year To you