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PowerApps Reusable Components

Technology by Adam Toth on March 26, 2019

This post will show you how to create a reusable component for PowerApps, which you can then place on multiple screens in the same app, or export and use on multiple apps. Overview In this post, I’ll show you how to create reusable canvas components for your PowerApps. If you haven’t seen the announcement and…

PowerApps Design – Create a Digital Alarm Clock Display

Technology by Adam Toth on March 12, 2019

In this post, we’ll look at creating an LED style digital alarm clock display, to help add some cool retro visuals to some PowerApps data. Overview In this post, we’ll look at how to use SVG images and some formulas to create a digital alarm clock style display in PowerApps. This is going to involve…

Testing Online Connectivity in PowerApps

Technology by Adam Toth on January 17, 2019

This post will walk through testing the Connection.Connected property in your PowerApps. Connection.Connected If you are building a PowerApp with offline capabilities, then it becomes very important to test whether the device has an active internet connection. The sensor function Connection.Connected can be used to test for connectivity – if true, you are connected, false…

Microsoft Flow Quotas Explained

Technology by Adam Toth on June 27, 2018

Many of my customers have wanted clarification on the quotas for Microsoft Flow for the various license levels we have. This post will attempt to clear up any confusion. Overview The

Set and Clear Person Column Values Using SharePoint REST API

SharePoint, Technology by Adam Toth on March 30, 2016

This post will show you how to update a Person/Group column value in SharePoint using the REST API, including how to clear/empty the value in the columns. Setting a Person/Group Value If you want to set a Person or Group column value using SharePoint’s REST API, there are a couple of things you’ll need to…

Emptying the Recycle Bin via CSOM and PowerShell

Technology by Adam Toth on February 26, 2015

This post shows how to empty a site collection’s recycle bin in SharePoint 2013 via CSOM wrapped in PowerShell – very useful if your site has exceeded the storage quota and you are locked out. Overview When a SharePoint site collection exceeds its storage quota, it’s a very nasty experience. Rather than informative error messages, users…

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Slowly but surely attachments support is coming to PowerApps. https://t.co/gl23OnLmN5 05:50 AM Mar 07