You probably know that PowerApps Component Framework is now in the public preview for CanvasApps. So, what do we do when there is something new? Of course, we start poking around to see what happens. One thought that kept bothering me is that I tend to use more than I am probably supposed to in… Read More »
Every input control in model-driven apps has a couple of methods that I use quite often when creating web resources to customize form behavior. Those are: setVisible setDisabled Actually, I can’t recall a single projects where I would not need to use one, or, probably, both of those. So, we have PCF now, and… Read More »
You know how we can put more than one control for the same attribute on the model-driven form? So I was thinking… would it work if I added the same attribute twice, but if I used default control for the first occurrence of that attribute on the form, and, then, if I used a custom… Read More »
Ever since Power Apps Component Framework went into the GA, there probably was not a day when a new PCF component would not be released by somebody in the Power Platform community. There is just no way to ignore the fact that PCF has turned into a very popular addition to the Power Platform developer… Read More »
Up until now, none of my PCF controls were meant to be readonly. But, of course, it would only make sense to prevent updates for inactive records and/or when some of those controls are set to be readonly in the form designer: Dynamics Ninja has already described the basics in his earlier post: https://dynamicsninja.blog/2019/11/25/is-your-pcf-control-read-only/ Just… Read More »
I was looking into adding FetchXml parameter to the N:N lookup PCF component earlier today, and something interesting came up. But first things first. I needed a way to define a filter for the list of records my control will be showing in the dropdown list. Imagine the following scenario, for instance: There is a… Read More »
I used to think Canvas Apps are synchronous, since, after all, there are no callback functions, which means implementing a real async execution pattern would be a problem. As it turned out, there are at least a couple of situations where Canvas Apps are starting to behave in a very asynchronous way. There is a… Read More »
It was a strange day today – I kept finding new stuff (as in “new for me”) in Canvas Apps. Apparently it had something to do with the fact that a Canvas App I was working on is being used in production now, so it’s getting much more real-life testing than it used to. A… Read More »
When thinking about user licensing in D365 instances, you may be thinking of D365 applications. However, from the licensing standpoint D365 instance is nothing but an “advanced” CDS instance with a bunch of first-party apps deployed there, so it is still possible to use Power Apps “per app” and “per user” plans in those instances.… Read More »
Sometimes, I get a feeling that, as far as Dynamics/Model-Driven javascript event handlers are concerned, everything has already been said and done. However, I was recently asked a question which, as it later turned out, did not really have the kind of a simple answer I thought it would have (meaning, “just google it” did… Read More »