One problem with my inspection canvas app was that I did need some “business logic” to be there, and, of course, with the limited coding we can do in the canvas applications, it just had to be implemented somewhere else. A Microsoft Flow maybe? Well… I am talking about a CDS application, and this is… Read More »
Sometimes, a Canvas App can save a project. This would be almost impossible for me to say even a year ago; however, the way my current project evolved in the last two weeks, I can think of no better tool to quickly deliver the functionality required by the client. And, so, if you are… Read More »
Why is it not enough to make a field readonly on the form if you want to secure your data from unintended changes? Because there are at least 2 simple ways to unlock such fields: 1. Level up extension from Natraj Yegnaraman https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/level-up-for-dynamics-crm/bjnkkhimoaclnddigpphpgkfgeggokam Here is how read-only fields look before you apply “God Mode”: Then… Read More »
I got a little different idea for the month of October, and it is not directly related to the PowerApps development, but it depends on what I can do with the bots. So, naturally, I’ve been trying Bot Framework, Virtual Agent, and may need to try Virtual Assistant samples. If this interests you, carry… Read More »
I am wondering how many of us have missed this post: “Preview for usability enhancements to lookups in Unified Interface” https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/preview-for-usability-enhancements-to-lookups-in-unified-interface/ I certainly did. So, to summarize, here is what’s happening now when you are clicking that magnifying glass button in the lookup field: If “recent list” is enabled for the lookup, you will… Read More »
I blogged about it before, but now that ItAintBoring.CDS.PowerShell library has been fine tuned, it might be time to do it again. There are three parts to this post: Introduction ItAintBoring.CDS.PowerShell installation instructions ItAintBoring.CDS.PowerShell usage example INTRODUCTION There are different ways we can set up ci/cd – we can use Azure Devops, we… Read More »
While developing a PCF control, you might want to start the test harness. Although, if you are, like me, not doing PCF development daily, let me clarify what the “test harness” is. Essentially, it’s what you can/should use to test your PCF control without having to deploy it into the CDS environment. Once it’s started,… Read More »
I have a strange attitude towards managed solutions. In general, I don’t always see great benefits in using them. On the other hand, this is what Microsoft recommends for production environments, so should I even be bringing this up? This is why I probably don’t mind it either way now (managed or unmanaged); although, if… Read More »
While switching between Visual Studio, where I was adding yet another plugin, and Microsoft Flow designer, where I had to tweak a flow earlier this week, I found myself going over another episode of self-assessment which, essentially, was all about trying to answer this question: “why am I using all those different technologies on… Read More »
I wanted to see how a custom PCF control would work in a canvas app, and, as it turned out, it just works if you make sure this experimental feature has been enabled in the environment: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-experimental-release-of-the-powerapps-component-framework-for-canvas-apps/ You also need to enable components for the app: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/component-framework/component-framework-for-canvas-apps So, since I tried it for the Validated… Read More »