Documentation
Learn StepVane
The StepVane manual explains how to do anything, with numbered steps that name the exact buttons. It comes with StepVane and works offline: in the Windows app open Help → Documentation.
Getting started
New here? Watch the video guides: it builds an app from scratch, with workflows, a data connection and a paired phone.
StepVane has two parts: StepVane Studio, where you build the app, and StepVane Capture, the app on the handheld that runs it. The PC that runs Studio is the server.
- Install StepVane on a Windows PC from the download page. Studio opens with a local owner account already created.
- Pick an app: under Apps › Starter apps click Use on one of the ten ready-made apps — it comes with sample data. Or click New app for the wizard. Change fields under Build, steps under Workflows, and press Simulate.
- Publish once the checklist shows no red problems.
- Install and pair: in Devices, scan Get the Capture app with the phone and install it. Then Show pairing code; on the handheld, tap Scan QR code in StepVane Capture (or pull the scanner trigger at the QR). In a phone browser use Pair with address and type the code.
- Capture: tap the app tile, scan, save. The record appears in Studio’s Records within seconds. Turn Wi-Fi off and keep scanning; it syncs when the network is back.
The words StepVane uses
| App | Everything one set of handhelds runs |
|---|---|
| Starter app | A ready-to-use app that comes with sample data |
| Session | One job the worker starts from the Home screen, with its pages and records table |
| Page | The fields and buttons the worker sees at one time |
| Workflow | “When this happens, do these steps” |
| Home screen | The first screen on the device, one tile per session |
| Publish | Send a new version of the app to every device |
The manual
Twenty sections, from your first app to backups, network setup and troubleshooting. Open them in StepVane with Help → Documentation.
- 01Getting startedInstall, the Studio window, your first app in ten minutes
- 02Apps and versionsCreate, save, publish, roll back and back up apps
- 03PagesFields, field types, barcode parts, layouts, the page designer, look & feel
- 04ButtonsWhat a button does, keys, security and look
- 05Sessions and navigationHome screen tiles and moving between pages
- 06LanguagesTranslate an app; each worker picks a language
- 07WorkflowsTriggers, steps, branches and the simulator
- 08ScriptsThe sandboxed escape hatch for unusual logic
- 09DataTables, lookup tables, records, grids and live data
- 10Connections and APIsWeb services, Smartsheet, Salesforce, files, databases and database commands
- 11Sync, transfers and exportsSync settings, exports, transfers and the REST API
- 12PrintingDocuments, PDF forms and printers
- 13EmailSending email from workflows, exports and transfers
- 14DevicesInstalling and pairing, phone settings, scanners, RFID, kiosk mode
- 15Operators and securityOperators, roles, PINs and how data is protected
- 16Importing from TracerPlusImport a TracerPlus 10 project and read its report
- 17ReferenceEvery step, trigger and formula function
- 18Admin and installInstall, the Windows service, backups, network and HTTPS, the Android app
- 19TroubleshootingSymptoms and fixes, crash reports and the support bundle
- 20Starter appsThe ten ready-to-use apps and their sample data
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