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Using a File URL
Christiaan Huizer
Below the code you can use to get the file URL, however I have in one column the URL and in the next one the HyperLink() Function.

ParseJSON(thisRow.File._Merge().ToText(),path: "$.publicUrl").Hyperlink()

Initially I started with SetControlValue() and that works rather well. You name the controllers and this naming helps to avoid mistakes when adding the value like the first name. However the better option seems to me to use Format(). Although I had used this function before in this context, it was
Joost
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who showed me how he did it in his company. That inspired me to work out two solutions you see below. The invoices are fake. Just pdf’s to have something.
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EmailPerFile
Firstname
File
FileLinks
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Email
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Email Invoice
Email Invoice
christiaan
Invoice 0128.pdf
Invoice 0129.pdf
Invoice 0130.pdf
Invoice 0128.pdf
Invoice 0129.pdf
Invoice 0130.pdf
182e46d0d5a54edf
christiaan.huizer@gmail.Com
Christiaan Huizer ​Founder Huizer BV Paul Fredericqstraat 24 BE-9000 Ghent Belgium
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Email Invoice
Email Invoice
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Invoice 0128.pdf
Invoice 0130.pdf
Invoice 0128.pdf
Invoice 0130.pdf
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3
Email Invoice
Email Invoice
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220824 Dimitri Demo Fake Invoice.pdf
220824 Dimitri Demo Fake Invoice.pdf
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The article that explains a bit of the background you find below ⬇️

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How to send an attachment in Coda?
Using the file link you create with ParseJSON
huizer.medium.com
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⤵️ how it looks in an email:
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