# Need to display images from a folder present in desktop

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-to-display-images-from-a-folder-present-in-desktop/575010>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-to-display-images-from-a-folder-present-in-desktop/575010 "2020-05-18T10:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![rshekar19hi71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rshekar19hi71](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rshekar19hi71)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-to-display-images-from-a-folder-present-in-desktop/575010/1 "2020-05-18T10:14:51Z")

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I am new to thunkable. I am trying to create an app which gives details of an electronic shop. When a user opens the app, the user can click on a button which takes him to view various items with prices (images). Whenever the shop owner wants to add/remove an item in the folder, he will do it and the same needs to reflect in the app as well. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-to-display-images-from-a-folder-present-in-desktop/575010/2 "2020-05-18T11:58:46Z")

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The shop owner will need to move to an online database management system. This is how the users and him will stay in contact about what’s available.

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**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-to-display-images-from-a-folder-present-in-desktop/575010/3 "2020-05-18T12:54:48Z")

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+1 to what @jared said. Spreadsheets are also fantastic for something like this. Thunkable X supports [Airtable](https://docs.thunkable.com/spreadsheet), as well as [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/sheets) through the [Data Viewer](https://docs.thunkable.com/data-viewer-list) component. You can upload your images directly to Airtable, so the shop owner only ever has to use Airtable. See the post linked here:

> [@How to retrieve images with a Spreadsheet component](http://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-retrieve-images-with-a-spreadsheet-component/28670):
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> I recently answered a question about retrieving and displaying images (or, more generally, attachments) stored in Spreadsheets and thought it might be useful to a larger audience. As far as Airtable images (and other attachments) are concerned, the returned value for an ‘Attachment’ type column in Airtable returns an array (i.e. a Thunkable List) of objects. You can obtain the download url for the object using the url property. Here is a very simple example Thunkable program that retrieves an…

Since the new Data Viewer component can pull from Airtable, the app becomes super easy to update from your end.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-to-display-images-from-a-folder-present-in-desktop/575010/4 "2024-11-08T11:29:09Z")

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