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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Reusable Components Appian</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/40553/reusable-components-appian</link><description>I&amp;#39;m planning to create some reusable components in Appian. I&amp;#39;ve already built several, including reusable forms, page headers, message banners, empty state (no data) screens, date and currency formatting utilities, and a few others. 
 Can anyone suggest</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Reusable Components Appian</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/155129?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:46:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d0dd8a73-5a19-4aff-bb1d-07cc36f35977</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;A few of my favorites that I&amp;#39;ve come up with myself for my own use and use across my project:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;a datetime field in a side-by-side with an icon that gives the user a 1-click target to fill with the current date (or datetime)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a file upload field that doubles as a read-only file preview field (predating the recent updates to the file upload field offering the &amp;quot;preview&amp;quot; pop-up) with a rich text icon saving the linked document ID into a local variable to show it within a preview field&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a universal preview field which detects the file type (PDF or image file) then opens it in the relevant on-form viewer, if possible, and defaults to a download link if incompatible&lt;/li&gt;
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