Before you start reading, here is a disclaimer right away: this post is not an extension to the power apps documentation. It is just my attempt to figure out how Lookup and Filter functions work in Canvas Apps when those functions are applied to the CDS data source. I am hoping the information below is… Read More »
I have seen this error a few times so far, and every time it seems to happen out of nowhere. My application used to work – I even recorded a video of how it was working the night before to share it with the client. Lucky me, since, when I opened it the next morning… Read More »
I was looking for a point of sale software solution the other day, and it occurred to me that, in theory, I could probably write something up using a Canvas App. Of course I would need to solve a few problems, such as: Which device do I run it on How do I stop users… Read More »
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 »
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 »