Ever been building your PCF control and hit a wall with an ESLint validation error? You’re not alone. Those error messages can leave you scratching your head. But fear not!!! This blog might just be the solution. In this blog, find a solution to the ESLint errors, ensuring your PCF control builds smoothly. What is ESLint and what is it used for? ESLint is a static code analysis tool that checks your JavaScript code for common problems, such as syntax errors, formatting issues, code style violations, and potential bugs. The Error – [Error] ESL int validation error: D: \PCF Confetti Control ..read more

This PCF (Power Apps Component Framework) control will help you add the confetti effect into your Canvas Apps. The confetti effect adds a touch of celebratory charm to your digital experiences, employing dynamic and colorful particles to engage and delight users. Table of Content: Credits Features Dependencies and Prerequires Creating a new component project Code for adding the Confetti effect Build and Debugging your code components Packaging your code component Adding code components to a canvas app Credits This control makes use of the canvas-confetti library, which can be fo ..read more

This tutorial is part 2 of the Power Apps Test Engine for Automate Testing.  we’ll provide an introduction to TEST Engine, exploring its features and functionalities. If you are not familiar with Test Studio, I strongly encourage you to check out our tutorial here for a comprehensive understanding. What is Test Engine ? Why use Test Engine? Prerequisites for building Test Engine. Steps to use Test Engine? What is Test Plan? Limitation of Test Engine Troubleshooting What is Test Engine ? The Power Apps Test Engine is an open-source project designed to offer makers a unified automated tes ..read more

Notes with attachments are commonly used in Dynamics 365 as they provide a way to document and track important information such as customer interactions, meeting minutes, and project updates. However, Timeline (Notes and Attachments) are not enabled by default. This blog provides step-by-step process of enabling notes and attachments in Dynamics 365. This blog is the first blog in the “PowerApps Component framework – Retrieve Notes with Attachments in Dynamics 365 using Web API“. The blog is mainly divided into two main parts: Enabling Notes & Attachments: Adding Notes & Attachm ..read more

In this blog post we go through the process of creating color-coded HTML tables conditionally in Power Automate and then included the formatted table in the email body. Before you begin: Basic understanding of HTML and CSS. Appropriate access to Power Automate and the data source. High level understanding of the solution: To apply conditional formatting to the table, we will create an HTML table and infuse it with CSS magic, making use of data attributes. By using the data-* then you’re free to do add the customization of your choice to the HTML element! Don’t like to read, just follow th ..read more

In this blog post we will get the picture/images from a SharePoint list and add it within an HTML file and store in a separate SharePoint document library. Scenario\Use Case: Imagine capturing profile pictures from a list and including them into corresponding HTML files within a document library. Each HTML file will also included SharePoint metadata such as the title, effectively creating personalized HTML documents. Don’t like to read, just follow the video Tutorial at: Trigger the Flow: A manual trigger, as this is the test. You can also trigger the Power Automate automatically, usi ..read more

Power Automate is a powerful tool for automating workflows across various applications and services but managing credential can be challenging at times. In this tutorial, we will explore a somewhat challenging scenario where we use a personal Azure account/subscription to interact with Azure Key Vault in a different Microsoft 365 subscription. When attempting this, you might encounter an error, but fear not! We will navigate this obstacle by creating an Azure AD (Microsoft Identity) application to seamlessly use Key Vault in Power Automate. Scenario: Imagine you have assets stored in Azure Key ..read more

Welcome to this introductory video on HTML control in Power Apps. This tutorial will guide you through the fundamentals. We’ll explore how to add both simple and complex controls, including PenInput and Camera controls. Additionally, we’ll sprinkle some CSS magic, and style your HTML. Before you begin: You should understand the basics on HTML. If not, please see basic HTML tutorials see – https://www.w3schools.com/html/ Set(PenImage,JSON(PenInput1.Image,JSONFormat.IgnoreBinaryData)); Set(HTMLContent,"<html><head><title>HTML Demo</title><body><h1>"& ..read more

The wrap feature in Power Apps enables you to wrap your canvas apps as custom-branded Android and iOS apps for native distribution to mobile users. You can distribute such wrapped native mobile apps to the end users through Microsoft Intune, Microsoft App Center, Google Play Store and Apple Business Manager. This blog will provide you with end-to-end detailed instructions on how you can wrap your canvas apps in a native Android mobile app: The following diagram from the Microsoft article explains the steps involved in using the wrap feature to create native mobile apps, we will cover the pract ..read more

The Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) is a powerful tool that enables developers to create custom components that can be seamlessly integrated into Dynamics 365 environments. As such, it has garnered a lot of attention from the Dynamics 365 community and has become a popular topic of discussion among developers. In line with this, I recently created a video tutorial on “Getting started with PCF”. Following the tutorial, one of my subscribers reached out to me and expressed an interest in learning how to utilize Web API to manage notes with attachments in Dynamics 365. Notes with attachments ..read more