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How to use the PDF Viewer, to view PDF's in a Model Driven app from an attachment column

Usecase My PDF viewer works in the canvas app, but not when I embed it Show image 0/0 in MDA The beginning I had a need, to display a pdf from a Dataverse attachment column in a Model driven app form. I had looked at many different PCF Components (which are totally awesome, you should really check them out!) However these only work on Notes with attachments. My dataverse table/solution uses a files column.

Monday, August 12, 2024 | 3 minutes Read
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Sending an email from a Model Driven App on a command bar button

What is the command bar? The command bar is the ribbon on top of your Powerapp. How do I edit this? Go into edit mode for your Model Driven App Right click on your table, Edit the Command Bar This opens the Command bar editor What are the 4 areas? Main Form - This is the one I’m focusing on right now Main Grid Subgrid View Associated View Reference material Scott Durow created this and it has been adopted by Microsoft ever since. If you need any information on all of the functionality, he has awesome video’s and sessions on it.

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | 2 minutes Read
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Business Process Flow - How to automate moving through different stages

How to move stages automatically (BPF) using Power Automate (no http calls needed) Quick summary: You need to grab data from 3 different tables, link them using lookup columns, capture ID’s, and add in conditions and use Data operations to shape the data into usable steps. Then add in a switch depending on your stage names, and add final actions updating your BPF table. Sounds easy enough right?….. I hope this helps, and I tried explaining it clearly, please let me know in case of any questions, feedback, other methods etc. For me this worked.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 | 3 minutes Read