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Simplify Importing & Exporting Power Apps With Datasource Environment Variables

When moving Power Apps between environments they remain connected to the same SharePoint lists. This is a problem because we don’t want to manually delete connections inside a live app and make new ones. It’s alot of work and anytime…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - May 16, 2021
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Power Apps Patch Function Error Handling

If you Patch records to a datasource and don’t check it for errors, you are doing it wrong! Why? Patching a record doesn’t guarantee it was successfully added/updated. There might have been a data validation issue, a dropped internet connection,…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - May 9, 2021
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Force App Updates In Power Apps

I’m pretty sure every Power Apps maker has experienced publishing an app update but the end-user doesn’t receive it. There a few reasons why this might happen including the device has the old version stored in cache or the user…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - May 2, 2021
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Print A Form In Power Apps

The ability to print in Power Apps canvas apps appeared in my tenant this week. Printing has been one of the most requested features for a long time. Though no official announcement was made I have been able to figure…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - March 28, 2021
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Power Apps Text Functions (With Examples)

Text is the most common data type in Power Apps. Often, it needs to be manipulated in some way: extract part of the text, format it differently or remove unnecessary spaces or symbols. Power Apps text functions can do all…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - March 22, 2021
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Power Apps Navigation Menu Component

“Don’t repeat yourself” is a coding principle smart developers use to avoid doing the same work twice. Canvas app components are a great example of this. You can make a component and re-use it on several screens as well as…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - March 14, 2021
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Power Apps Multiple Selection Checkbox

Multiple selection checkboxes give a user the ability to pick from one or more options. This feature does not come included in Power Apps. Fortunately we can make our own by combining a single checkbox with a gallery. In this…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - March 7, 2021
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Power Apps Component With An OnSelect Property

This week Power Apps components received an important update: they now support behavior properties such as OnSelect & OnChange. Ever since components were released it was seen as missing feature. Power Apps developers had to resort to work-arounds to trigger…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - February 28, 2021
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Power Apps Custom Functions & Reusable Code

“Don’t repeat yourself” is a software development principle all great app makers follow. In a practical sense, it means any repetitive code should only be written once as a custom function. Then the function can be called on again-and-again to…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - February 21, 2021
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Power Apps Source Code Tool

I’ve spent the past month playing with the Power Apps source code tool and discovering all of the exciting new possibilities it presents for canvas app developers. Not only can you do things like conduct a code review using flat…

  • Posted by - Matthew Devaney
  • on - February 14, 2021
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