Blog - Recent Posts
Controls - Top 6 changes that are coming to Modern Controls in 2024
What updates and enhancements might we see to the Modern controls in 2024? Find out here...
SharePoint - How to check if a user belongs to a Microsoft 365/ SharePoint group
If you need to verify Microsoft 365/SharePoint group membership from a canvas app, this post describes how you can perform this task.
How to fix licensing error when registering for the Power Apps developer plan
If you're attempting to register for the Power Apps developer plan and receive the error "You need a Power Apps license to use this app", this post describes how to work around this problem.
Walkthrough - An beginners guide to building an app that stores images in SharePoint
If you want to store images in SharePoint, this post gives an introductory guide on how to carry out this task.
Designer - How to fix the problem with the formula bar not resizing
If the formula bar in Power Apps no longer resizes, here's how you can fix this problem.
Editor - How to see changes that other app-makers are making in real time
If multiple app builders open a canvas app in the editor at the same time, it's possible to see the modifications that are being made in real-time. This post describes this feature in more detail.
Copilot - A cautionary example of how Copilot can write formula that's completely incorrect!
Although Copilot simplifies the task of writing formula, it still is important to verify that what Copilot suggests is correct. Here's an interesting example of where Copilot got it very wrong.
How to open component libraries - component library option missing in app menu 2023
Following the UI update to the Power Apps maker portal, here's where you can now open Power App Component Libraries and Wrap projects.
Apps - The easiest way to determine the OS and browser details of the end user device
If you need to determine the OS and browser of the device that a user is using, this post describes the easiest way to carry out this task
DevOps - Quickstart guide to setting up DevOps and enabling multiple app builders to simultaneously edit canvas apps
Do you want to enable multiple app builders to work on the same canvas app by using a Git repro hosted in DevOps? If you've never done this before, here's a quick guide to main steps that are needed to setup DevOps.
Bug - What to do when the Power Apps editor shows an empty grey screen
If the Power Apps editor shows only a blank grey screen, here's how you can attempt to workaround the problem.
Apps - How to launch a child Power App in the Windows version of Power Apps
From a canvas app, if you want to launch another canvas app in the Windows version of Power Apps, here's how to carry out this task.
Controls - How to build a component for users to enter numbers with a set of connected slider and text input controls
This post describes how to build a component that allows users to enter numbers with a connected set of slider and text input controls. It also describes how to incorporate the component into a screen with an existing edit form.
Dates - How to format date day numbers with suffix (st nd rd th)
If you need to format or get the suffix for a day number (eg 1st, 2nd, 3rd), this post describes the formula you can use.
Dataverse - How to build an edit form to set the parent account for a contact record
A task that canvas apps builders struggle with, is how to set the parent account for contact record. The account lookup field doesn't appear in the form editor and doesn't appear to be editable in the data grid view. This post describes the behaviour walks through how to build an edit form in a canvas app that enables the user to set the parent account on a contact record.
Recent Posts
- SQL - How to return data from Stored Procedures to Power Apps
- Reading Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group successfully holds its Q1 2024 meetup
- Data - How to show the distinct rows from 2 data sources or collections
- Data - How to implement circular rotational date sorting
- Dataverse - The easiest way to modify Dataverse data outside of Dataverse and Power Apps
- Forms - When calling SubmitForm, how to debug the error "Network error when using Patch function"
- AI Builder - Where to find the AI Models in the Power Apps designer
- Text - How to truncate and add 3 dots / ellipsis to long label text
- Controls - How to build a control to enter measurements in inches with fractional units
- FormuIas - Is it possible to call a user-defined function recursively in Power Apps?
- Formulas - A beginners guide on how to create and call user-defined functions (UDFs)
- Text - How to display text and content upside down
- Dates - How to convert a month name (eg January, Feburary, March) to month number (eg, 1, 2, 3)
- SharePoint - Deleting the last record from a SharePoint list - how NOT to do this!
- The easiest way to caption images with AI in Power Apps
- Controls - Top 6 changes that are coming to Modern Controls in 2024
- SharePoint - How to check if a user belongs to a Microsoft 365/ SharePoint group
- How to fix licensing error when registering for the Power Apps developer plan
Blog Author
Tim Leung Author, software developer, Power Platform specialist |