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Power Apps PDF Function Introduction | Create PDF Documents from Screens, Galleries & Containers
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Күн бұрынPower Apps Tutorial video introducing the new PDF function.
Power Fx PDF function allows us to create PDF documents directly from PowerApps screens, galleries and containers.
The generated PDF Blob can be leveraged to showcase the PDF in a PDF Viewer control in Power Apps, or send an email with PDF File attachments from Power Apps or save the generated PDF File to a data source like SharePoint Document Library with the help of Power Automate flow.
PDF function video in Power Apps covers the following:
✅ PDF Function introduction
✅ PDF function options (Orientation - Landscape or Portrait, Size - Paper Size A1,A2, etc., Margin, DPI and ExpandContainers)
✅ PDF function Expand Containers (Shows all gallery items, can be used for Scrollable screen, form control, DataTable, etc.)
✅ Generate PDF from Power Apps Gallery or Collection or Data Table
✅ Generate PDF from Power Apps Screen
✅ Generate PDF from Power Apps Container
✅ Generate PDF from Power Apps Form Control
✅ Send PDF as email attachment from PowerApps
✅ Save PDF generated in Power Apps to SharePoint
✅ Generate PDF in PowerApps from SharePoint List Item Attachments (Camera, Pen Input, Upload Picture).
#PowerApps #PDF #powerfx #sharepoint
Keeping up to date with the latest on the Power Platform is a challenge & I hope this video series has you covered on the recent updates.
📝 Make sure to set App Authoring Version to latest available and check for settings to enable PDF Function feature.
Helpful Links 🔗:
New Power Fx Function - Create a PDF from Power Apps with PDF functions
mofumofupower.hatenablog.com/...
Power Apps SharePoint List Attachments | Save Camera Pictures, Pen Input & Images
• Power Apps SharePoint ...
Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction to PDF Function in Power Apps
00:41 - Power Fx New PDF Function definition
01:32 - Generate PDF from Screen
and Display in PDF Viewer
02:33 - Generate PDF from Gallery
02:56 - PDF Function Options
04:12 - Expand Containers in Power Apps
05:15 - Send PDF as Email Attachment from Power Apps
07:24 - Generate PDF From Container
08:28 - Generate PDF from SharePoint List Item Attachments
11:05 - Generate PDF From Multiple Controls
(Container)
12:03 - PDF Function in Action
12:24 - Generate PDF from Power Apps
& Save PDF File in SharePoint Document Library
16:01 - Subscribe to Reza Dorrani channel
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@greatkingrat Жыл бұрын
The quality of the videos, the speed of the delivery and the content has, in my opinion, jumped to a whole other level. These videos are very professionally put together. The animated marker that you're using looks great. Keep it up and a huge thanks for taking the time to inform and educate us.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Wow, Thank You so much! Your feedback has made me so happy. A lot of effort goes into creating and editing the content.
@MonaVelazquez Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani it shows! Thank you for your hard work and for sharing your knowledge!!!
@cristyanrattis7032 Жыл бұрын
Reza, here in Brazil we're always talking about the meme "there's always a indian guy on youtube to teach you something you need". But your more than that, your a professional, educator and a live saver. A lot of your work here on this platform, helped me to improve a good part of my business process. Thank you so much!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You for all the 💗 & support
@kristoftorres 11 ай бұрын
Hi Reza. I just finished developing my first Power App and used many of the functions you describe in many of your videos. I spent almost a month learning Forms, Galleries, relational sharepoint lists, Patch, and finally PDF(). It is an app that will serve my wife's nutritionists clinical practice. I also developed a few basic apps for my construction management company and people really liked them and adopted them quickly as a standard business practice. I want to thank you for your videos as they have truly been an inspiration to learn and put into practice the concepts you explain so clearly. I feel that I am standing on the shoulders of giants.
@RezaDorrani 11 ай бұрын
I'm thrilled to hear about your successful Power App development journey. It's amazing to see how you've applied the concepts from my videos to create practical solutions. Keep up the fantastic work, and remember, the learning journey is ongoing. Best of luck with your future endeavors.
@ReinerKnudsen Жыл бұрын
Honestly: I didn't think you could get any better. But this video is so incredibly full of new things to learn beyond the actual PDf function. Thanks for taking the time to create and share this video!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for the awesome feedback Reiner.
@RanjitSingh-xk9sb Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video. This works with Customized Sharepoint forms as well. I added the SharePoint form inside the container and used this formula PDF(yourContainerName,{ExpandContainers:true})). Make sure PDF button is outside the container and Reorder = Bring to front.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ranjit for sharing the SharePoint customized list forms scenario.
@im02bad Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I was going mad to find a solution.
@RanjitSingh-xk9sb Жыл бұрын
@@im02bad this PDF function doesn't work well for Rich text or mutiline text controls. Since it is an experimental function, hopefully it will improve in the future.
@ashrafjavali2841 7 ай бұрын
Dear Mr. Reza, you are always my barrier breaker in my Power Apps journey, thank you so much for this video.
@RezaDorrani 7 ай бұрын
My pleasure
@christopherezereonye1059 8 күн бұрын
Wonderful Content. Brilliant Delivery
@RezaDorrani 8 күн бұрын
Thanks so much
@carlw Жыл бұрын
Everything Reza does is fantastic. I've been too busy this past summer to even look at Office365 stuff. This winter I'll be able to finally finish some Power Apps and Flow projects
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You Carl
@carlw Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Telling facts.
@365g Жыл бұрын
Power Apps just keeps getting better and better. Love this feature, thanks for sharing Reza 👍
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching Gerard.
@jbo1253 Жыл бұрын
Another Great Video Reza! As others have said, you are consistently creating very valuable and easy to understand content. In addition to improved user experience this improved my app performance and reduced number of steps in power automate from around 25 down to just 3. I really appreciate all that you do. Thank you!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You for the feedback and glad to hear about the performance improvements.
@timothymathesii5838 Жыл бұрын
Amazing Function to use! Hopefully in a future update they will be able to auto shift gallery items so they do not get split in half across different pages.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Great feedback! I will let the team know.
@FleedX Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani any solution for this? I need professional invoices that can be many pages long, I cant have values being cut in half
@SirviscaSH Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I hope they keep adding more pdf functions in the future. Like putting a text or image to an existing pdf file.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Let’s wait and watch 😊
@RajaSekharDevarakonda 4 ай бұрын
Great tutorial. I spent 24 hours trying to get the PDF stored in sharepoint document library. Thanks for detailed tutorial.
@RezaDorrani 4 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@TheAlgebraTeacherPOWERStoBI Жыл бұрын
Just want to thank you as always for helping me learn so many new features that are hard to keep up with. You are a rockstar!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You
@ExploreMore313 Жыл бұрын
Hi Reza, Thank you for a detail and clear explanation . Always enjoy your videos and learn new things. Really appreciated!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@georgegualda4262 Жыл бұрын
Reza, Thank You for a very detail and clear explanation of this new feature. Always enjoy your videos. Hopefully we will see in the very near future UI/UX videos featuring Figma to PowerApps option.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
In my backlog which is growing by the day.
@georgegualda4262 Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani its nice to be wanted.
@felipehurtadodj1 2 ай бұрын
Simply impeccable! what an excellent video!
@RezaDorrani 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@SAULSM17 Жыл бұрын
Como siempre, muy bueno. Gracias Reza!!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You
@DMNEVERLOSE Жыл бұрын
The best PowerApps channel.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I agree :)
@turisabela Жыл бұрын
Reza, your job is amazing! I'm glad you share your knowledge with us!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I enjoy the process of creating content.
@andreaspera Жыл бұрын
Thank you Reza, your videos are always great!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching
@kv1325 Жыл бұрын
The way you explain makes the topic more understandable and interesting. I always follow your channel to update my self related to powerapps and power automate. Keep going. You always rocks buddy 🙂
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You so much
@MohammadAli-ts2ev Жыл бұрын
You have always been awsome with the content you cover. Thank you Reza for your efforts
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@CarlosSolisNow Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏 Thanks for this. I just added a major enhancement to one of my projects.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Glad to know that! Thanks so much for watching
@francovillarreal5739 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Reza, keep up the good work and share of all these functionalities that, as I'm seeing, many of us don't know if it wasn't for a video like yours. Thanks!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome and thanks so much for watching the videos
@marciokataoka Жыл бұрын
That was simply great! Thanks Reza!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@maxeaumercier6430 Жыл бұрын
These videos are amazing, the presentation and how it's explain. These app seem great. do you have any video that shows them in detail. I've watching a lot of your video and also learning a lot from you. I think you're probably one of the best out there when it comes to the power platform. Thank you and keep putting great stuff out there
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You so much for your kind words. I do have a detailed video on responsive design with help desk app - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9Vif5N1pqree4U.html and gallery designs - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNRza9hkzMq7o6c.html
@user-wj8du7cx6b 5 ай бұрын
Mr Reza, thanks again! You're the power apps goat! ⭐
@RezaDorrani 5 ай бұрын
Thank You
@dannyhometown Жыл бұрын
Super love this video. Much easier than I did through Power Automate. Thanks for your sharing Reza. ❤
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@shay7566 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@venkatasubbaraopolisettymv3802 Жыл бұрын
As Usual you nailed this feature with perfect explanation and easy to understand language my dear friend Reza even a common man like me can understand in a cleaner way. Keep doing videos like these.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
So happy to hear the feedback! Thank You so much for watching.
@alexchang414 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Reza. A great video once again. Well explained👍👍🤗.This will make my life much much easier. 😄Thank you so much.👍👍🤗🤗👍
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
You're welcome 😊
@JTsCustom Жыл бұрын
Huge help with this, was looking for a solution to a problem and this was great information to understand how to use this feature to accomplish what I was after.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching
@TheFlowHawk Жыл бұрын
This was a really great video, thanks Reza! I hope the product team can eliminate the need for flow to save or download the converted PDF file!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I agree on the flow part
@glennbullion9069 Жыл бұрын
I can only imagine how many of us waited for this feature. I designed a Time Off calendar that looks beautiful on screen, but there has never been a way to PDF that calendar and email to a user. I settled on a flow to "recreate" the calendar screen with a ton of "Append to variables" to build up an HTML page. Works okay, but is a bit complicated and takes 1 minute to run. I'm hoping this will help me kill that flow and speed things up. In early playing, I see you can't PDF another screen. It has to be the current screen you're on. So, will see if I can navigate screens, PDF, then navigate back.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Navigate pdf and back would be the option
@Franzero343 Жыл бұрын
Saving my day as always! thanks a lot my dear friend!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@fengchenwei8311 2 ай бұрын
Hi Reza, thanks for your tutorial. It help me a lot!
@RezaDorrani 2 ай бұрын
Most welcome
@youtube_Salim Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much @Reza for all the explanations, demonstrations and tricks, you are great🙂
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@youtube_Salim Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani please I have a question: what is the solution for hiding an icon during printing in PDF (example icon on sceen we set Visible --> "Not(screen.printing") but for an icon on the container does not work "Not(container.printing), thank you in advance
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@youtube_Salim Printing in PDF? Print and PDF are 2 separate functions. Screen.Priniting is specific to print. For PDF, idea would be to set a variable before calling pdf function, use value of variable to hide things on screen, then call pdf function and then reset the variable.
@youtube_Salim Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for this clarification and thank you again for this great idea to hide the icons before the PDF function. 😇
@Sharafaa979 Жыл бұрын
Really great style of explanation and implementation , thank you man!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
You’re most welcome!
@MSTechInsights Жыл бұрын
Hi Reza, once again amazing video and with simple and details explanation.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Alfakillen Жыл бұрын
Thanks. You've helped me a lot learning power apps keep up the good work.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching the videos.
@oricchannel2811 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Reza. Saved my day !!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@TienNguyen-xr4se 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your valuable sharing knowledge.
@RezaDorrani 8 ай бұрын
Most welcome
@aminabintiali-470 Жыл бұрын
great video Reza. TYVM! cheers!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@manthor Жыл бұрын
I do have PDF in experimental section at this time. Can't wait to have it !
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
It will rollout to all regions
@tvenkatesh81 Жыл бұрын
Excellent . Very helpful feature. Now power apps truly becoming low code app by adding new functions more often.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that!
@sarathbabu2616 Жыл бұрын
You are my teacher thank you sir .
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
You are most welcome
@williechoi Жыл бұрын
@Reza, thanks for the video. Not sure if it is a bug, but I've noticed it removes the selected radio button value once PDF function is invoked, the rest or next record will also be affected as well.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Might be. Its a preview feature.
@raj7sam Жыл бұрын
Most awaited
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
👍
@HareKrsn213 Жыл бұрын
wah... what a timing😁 from last one week i was looking for😁😁 thank you Reza
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
It’s all about the timing :)
@HareKrsn213 Жыл бұрын
but I cannot see this feature to enable in settings..why so? is it not rolled out for all the tenants?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@HareKrsn213 app authoring version needs to be latest + feature may not yet be available in your region.
@HareKrsn213 Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani ohk Reza I will wait...Thank you☺️
@diltoncesarjunior1848 7 ай бұрын
Great Job again Reza!! Congrats!! Please why some pictures don't render in PDF? In my One Page a have 10 pictures (photos from employees) but some doesn't appear when I visualize the PDF. Could you give a hint? In time, happy new year for you and your family.
@RezaDorrani 7 ай бұрын
Thanks! I have not experienced any issue with pictures so not sure. I will recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
@uhull9 Жыл бұрын
Very nice content! Tks for sharing!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@danielwu8660 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video that I'm just having one requirement on printing multi-page gallery that I was having headache on. Now not any more. Thanks again Reza! 😁🤩
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@im02bad Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for the video, it is a life saver. One quick question how do you capture the full lists form with the PDF function. I have captured the lists form in a container and have linked the container to the PDF function. However the PDF extract only shows what's on the screen that is the visible part of the form. Please help how should I use the expand function in the formula below for the Form. Office365Outlook.SendEmailV2(User().Email,"CAA TASK SUMMARY","PDF CAA TASK SUMMARY",{Attachments:Table({Name:"TASKSUMMARY.PDF",ContentBytes:PDF(DashboardContainer)})})
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@im02bad Use ExpandContainers - It is shown in video
@im02bad Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for responding to my query. Expand container function is not recognised for some reason and returning an error
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@im02bad Might be a bug. Post it on the forums powerusers.microsoft.com/
@asmitakagiwaga9740 Жыл бұрын
Hi Reza, thank you for your very informative videos, I was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to make an application for quote entry?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I make videos when I get multiple requests on a particular topic. Every quarter I ask subscribers for topic suggestions on the Community Tab of my KZfaq channel. Subscribers vote for topics and the highest voted topics get added to my backlog. Make sure you post this in the next topic suggestion post. If it gets a lot of votes, I will add it to my backlog.
@asmitakagiwaga9740 Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Got it, thanks!
@SabourNoori-ml2sz 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the great video . What if we have multiple tabs with data inside ? Also one of the table two page worth of data and the print function only capture a small portal and i cannot scroll down either .
@RezaDorrani 2 ай бұрын
Print only works for single screen. You would need to flatten out tabs in a single screen. Hidden sections wont show up.
@eduardomendes3078 Жыл бұрын
Thank you... you save me, man... very thanks!!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@fahimali7496 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Really helpful
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@hephzibahsamuel7 Жыл бұрын
Apart from PDF function, one more important thing i learned is, inserting data table in containers. Its a huge relief. And Can you also tell me, how to insert pdf viewer in containers? Thanks in Advance!! Thanks for the Awsome video. Thank you so much Reza!!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I have not tired inserting pdf in containers.
@jijjhn 10 ай бұрын
Thanks Reza very well explained , Thank you
@RezaDorrani 10 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@joen3927 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing all your excellent content. How would I go about printing several documents as a batch into a single PDF file? In my scenario, I have varied file types such as docx, pdf, png, jpg and xlsx. These are stored in a document library and listed in a gallery control.
@RezaDorrani 6 ай бұрын
Pdf supports single screen only. No batch processing actions available.
@muza1453 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the fantastic video.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@akshanshvats6372 Жыл бұрын
Great content like always. Thanks Reza :)
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@p_borjinmotion Жыл бұрын
damn if this new PDF function was already available back then, I don't even need to create an html then convert to pdf via automate grr. Nice function though and nice vid!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Time to update some old apps.
@user-pz2jh2kh2v 8 ай бұрын
Hello Reza, I greatly appreciate the dynamic content you consistently provide. I've learned a great deal from it. However, I have a curiosity regarding an aspect of your presentations. Could you possibly guide me on how to display multiple galleries in the same PDF viewer? Your insight on this matter would be truly beneficial and highly valued. Thanks in advance.
@RezaDorrani 8 ай бұрын
Most welcome! Pdf only works on single screen. This is the only video reference I have.
@iba3913 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Reza, Thank You for a very detail and clear explanation of this new feature,,, I am wondering if we can link the PDF icon to a PDF file already stored in sharepoint... ...
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Probably possible. Use Launch function to launch that file url onselect of icon.
@MrHesca Жыл бұрын
You are a Hero my good sir.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You Sir
@MegaKumar0 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Reza!!. very useful content.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@beltza73 6 ай бұрын
Great video, as always. Thanks a lot. But gwe have a probleams. Images, stored in sharepoint, and shown in the gallery, are not shown in the pdf. What can be the problem?
@RezaDorrani 6 ай бұрын
Most welcome! I have not come across the mentioned issue and hence not sure what the cause could be. I recommend posting your issue on forums in case someone has experienced something similar powerusers.microsoft.com
@jameslbetteridge 6 ай бұрын
Hi Reza, Thank you for your videos, they have been extremely useful on my journey to building some business apps for our company. I am struggling with one thing though. Following your tutorial has allowed to produce a really nice looking PDF but, I have a pie chart on the screen and when that comes out on the PDF, it is just a black box. Can you suggest where I might be going wrong?
@RezaDorrani 6 ай бұрын
Pie charts are not supported in pdf. Check documentation for limitations in pdf function.
2 ай бұрын
Thanks Reza, your videos are great. If I have multiple containers, or screens that I would like to add to one PDF is that possible? something like Screen1, Screen2 and Screen3 would all get separate pages in one PDF?
@RezaDorrani 2 ай бұрын
Most welcome! Pdf function only works for single screens.
@shaidjamu5997 Жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece content.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@necdetsaritas8722 Жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Thanks Reza
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome and thanks for watching
@radiosonicfan1726 Жыл бұрын
Triple Thank You.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most most most welcome
@lesvidcolina112 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the information, any question? If I wanted to download that PDF document from the same application screen, it would be possible, I don't know if I'm explaining myself, I don't want to use the pdf viewer, if not download the document, similar to the Print() option. Thank you very much
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Currently, it is a limitation.
@JenMayB 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much as always, Reza. I am so bummed because it’s not printing the contents of my screen, only the screen header, when I select the screen. I need to print the gallery and some other fields that are part of the entire screen as a PDF. Regardless, thank you as always for the amazing content.
@RezaDorrani 2 ай бұрын
I am not sure why yours is not working. I recommend posting your issue on forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
@JenMayB 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Reza. I was able to put everything on the page into one container and would print to pdf.
@newmbz9585 Жыл бұрын
Great video Reza thanks a bunch, I followed your instructions at the end of the video to generate a PDF from a Gallery in Sharepoint with PowerAutomate, it works well but for some reason the content of the PDF is blank, have you seen this before? There are no errors in the flow and I can see the PDF contents inside the PowerApp using the pdfviewer… Thanks
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
If error is in flow, then you should see what the error message says. I will recommend posting your issue with screenshots on forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
@denisskorikov6234 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the content, Reza! Is there a way to generate Power Point? If not a straight way, then perhaps a workaround?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I am not aware of any option to make PowerPoint. I recommend checking on forums in case someone has done something similar powerusers.microsoft.com
@parthshah1314 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Reza for sharing this
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
@munawarsathar Жыл бұрын
"Non-Latin script types and font weights and styles such as bold and italic may not appear in the generated PDF for some fonts." Just wanted to share a quick tip that might save you some time and frustration. Spent hours troubleshooting why my PDF function wasn't working.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Always best to check documentation
@munawarsathar Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Absolutely! Thank you so much for creating these incredibly valuable and helpful videos. Your content has always been a tremendous resource for me!
@dougydoe Жыл бұрын
Another great video, Reza. Unfortunately I couldn't follow along as I normally do as it appears the PDF function is now showing in the Settings, under Experimental as yet (I guess it's just been released so not in most Tenants as yet). Will come back to it and try it out as soon as it appears. Thanks for sharing. Really handy feature it promises to be. 😀
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
You would need app authoring version to be 3.22094 or up in order for the feature to show up.
@dougydoe Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Thanks Reza. Will take another look to see which version I currently have. 👍
@matthewbaker4163 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this Reza, it really helped me out, as your videos always do. I wonder if you have heard or found that the Expand parameter has no effect on flexible height galleries, as has been my experience. Switching gallery from flexible height to any other format fixes the issue where gallery content off the page didn't appear in PDF. Hope it saves someone a bunch of troubleshooting time.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Flexible height are not supported. Documentation must have the limitations called out.
@tasoine Жыл бұрын
Reza is the GOAT...
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks
@TheRemyRomano Жыл бұрын
Nice. Do you have insight on how this will work with multi line text boxes? I’m wondering about a text based report scenarios where we may have implemented page screens in the past for printing to PDF. Please report sizes are limited by the page screen real estate so I’m wondering if this PDF functionality can get around that and still provide a structured format.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
ExpandContainers option works with data tables, galleries, scrollable screens etc. I have not tested with multi line text boxes.
@MonaVelazquez Жыл бұрын
Hi Reza, I appreciate your videos so much! They are always extremely informative and detailed, you are a GREAT teacher!!! Do you have tips on how to create page breaks in the PDF? I'm using HTML and pen input controls for a signed agreement and I'm having issues with the page breaks. At times a line of text is split in such a way that the top of the text is on the bottom of one page and the bottom of the text (for the same line of text) shows on the next one.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mona! Page break is currently not a feature of the PDF Function. You would need to look into 3rd party premium actions that offer advanced pdf generation capabilities.
@MonaVelazquez Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani thanks for the QUICK reply!
@pierrereynaud784 5 ай бұрын
@@MonaVelazquez Actually for anyone looking for this, found the solution, you have to set a certain height to your page something like this in your HTML before inputting your data: Problem is now if your content is dynamic, it will break after the 1866 px, in that case you can set this if you want to avoid it to break in between your table or something like that: but that's as far as I managed to make it.
@Cham_AS Күн бұрын
Really good video, are you able to show how you can make the name of the PDF file dynamic using any of the input data from an edit form
@RezaDorrani Күн бұрын
Most welcome! I may have shown that in some video or the other, but do not remember which. I will recommend checking or posting your query on forums in case someone has done something similar powerusers.microsoft.com
@Cham_AS Күн бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for quick response, so i was able to use this code below "Save_PDF_to_Sharepoint.Run({file:{name:(ComboBox2.Selected.DisplayName+".pdf")", where the DisplayName is name of employee. But i get this error "The Value 'Employee name' cannot be converted to a number"
@RezaDorrani Күн бұрын
Im not sure why you would be getting that error. I will recommend posting your issue on forums.
@chemahernandez5982 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your videos !!! I tried to send a mail including the form control, and it seems the pdf generated only shows the first "row" of data cards in the Form control, if the data cards in the form control are organized in more than one row (in you example it is one row), only the first row is shown in the pdf. Am I doing something wrong?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I did not run into this issue so not sure. I would recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
@reshmatanvir1 6 ай бұрын
Hi Reza, your videos are great. Very precise and awesomely presented. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I use them as a quick guide when I get stuck :) I have a question. If we have a gallery and each item of this gallery points to a huge record which is displayed in multiple forms each form being displayed in a separate screen. How do I use this PDF function in the gallery to generate a pdf for the whole record.
@RezaDorrani 6 ай бұрын
Most welcome! Pdf only supports elements in current screen. Cross screen is not supported.
@reshmatanvir1 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your reply @@RezaDorrani . I was able to achieve this today by a work around. I've created another app and added all the forms in one container to generate pdf . This app can be called through launch function from the main app and serves only the purpose of pdf generation. Might not be the best way to work it out but achieves the target :)
@abhishekdas7011 Жыл бұрын
Hello Reza!Thanks for this wonderful video!!Could you please guide on how to export this pdf and stor e locally instead of SharePoint/onedrive?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Check kzfaq.infoIGZc022MI_o?feature=share
@marwantayseer2528 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Reza! Quick question over here. On a button’s OnSelect property, I navigate to another screen with a container, PDF the container, and send it via email using the Outlook connection, and eventually navigate back to the initial screen receiving notifications after each stage. What I’ve mentioned works well in Edit mode, but when app is in Run mode, I just receive all the notifications at once without any actions taking place. Any idea why?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I have not come across this issue and hence not sure what is the cause for your issue. I recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
@asheerhasan5680 Жыл бұрын
You always nailed it and your videos demonstration are so easy to understand and implement. I tried to find the function to enable it but couldn't find in my environment. Is there any reason for it? and does this new function work on Forms?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
app authoring version needs to be latest + feature may not yet be available in your region.
@wendythiessen3718 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos. They are so clear and easy to use. I have tried some other videos but they are not as good as yours. Is there a way I can send the email to a different email address other then the users email?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thank You! You can add a text box where user can enter email and use that value to send the email to.
@kellybrown2760 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Is there a way to expand a container to fill the page in the PDF viewer. My container comes in as its size, but I want it to fill the page.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I have shown expand container in video. I believe it works with controls that expand within (example: gallery, form etc.)
@user-zy2gu3xy5t Жыл бұрын
Thanks, a lot for your videos Reza, these helps me a lot truly you are genius, I have a one question what if we want to open it directly in our desktop viewer application instead of opening it in power apps, can we achieve that as well? hope my question makes sense.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Since file is created locally within apps, Pdf viewer is our only option unless you first save the pdf file to SharePoint or Onedrive.
@user-zy2gu3xy5t Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani thanks for your response, I have one more question, how can we watermark image in compose html action in power automate flow? further just for the info "DataUri" sometimes don't display images when sending pdf in email as attachment, instead I am using base64 encoding to render images and it works seamlessly.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@user-zy2gu3xy5t I have not tried to watermark an image hence not sure. I recommend checking on forums in case someone has done something similar powerusers.microsoft.com
@vijaykrishnan4151 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Reza for this great video. Have a query for you . I am unable to export background image from Screen.Is this a bug or something I am not doing correctly?
@RezaDorrani 3 ай бұрын
Have not experienced any issues with it so not sure. I recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
@williammlow 10 ай бұрын
great video Thanks! i have a gallery with images from web URL, they are not rendering in the PDF, any suggestions? much appreciated.
@RezaDorrani 10 ай бұрын
I have not tried with images from web url. I dont think they would be supported.
@MrBijusammathew Жыл бұрын
This is a great video. As always your videos are very informative. I was looking this function. Would you kind to make a learning video on how to Use Power apps Warp to create native apps for Android. I have an app created and I want to make it a native app instead of installing Power Apps.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I make videos when I get multiple requests on a particular topic. Every quarter I ask subscribers for topic suggestions on the Community Tab of my KZfaq channel. Subscribers vote for topics and the highest voted topics get added to my backlog. Make sure you post this in the next topic suggestion post. If it gets a lot of votes, I will add it to my backlog.
@cduke1963 Жыл бұрын
Can you be so kind as to discuss when we can use this PDF Function in a production environment is we are turning this on in Experimental area of the settings. This is "exactly" what I need but hesitate to provide to customer as I have don't understand when you can use safely. Thanks in advance!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/working-with-experimental-preview
@cduke1963 Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Thanks for that. Are there any other existing pdf solution (non OneDrive) that I could consider in the meanwhile. Plus, I failed to tell you how amazing this video was and detailed. You are clearly heads above in the industry.
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@cduke1963 Other solutions would be 3rd party solutions. I have not tried them so not sure. Thank You for the appreciation of the content
@shawnsiegrist3632 Жыл бұрын
Hello Reza, this video was a huge help with building a visitor documentation app. I'm using a SharePoint list as my data source to store a few fields of data and I was able to generate an email with the PDF's of the various screens attached. What I haven't been able to do is save a copy of the PDF files back to the SharePoint list. I did not use a form to gather and display the data, I'm using Patch to save the data fields to my SharePoint list. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
Patch does not support attachments. You would either have to use form or flow.
@lauranliam Жыл бұрын
@@RezaDorrani Any suggestions on how to do that with flow?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
@@lauranliam I do not have any specific video on it and would have to try it out to provide the steps . I recommend posting or checking on forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
@iskandaradnan Жыл бұрын
Tried this, works wonderfully! Is there any workaround for putting the labels as columns if the listing is from gallery?
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I don’t understand what putting labels as columns means. The pdf function will print what’s in the gallery or container. If you need columns and data, then look into Datatable
@samarabbasshariff4369 Жыл бұрын
Hello Reza, Thank you for this wonderful walkthrough session. A quick question: I am unable to use a DataTable inside Containers in order to create a PDF of that Table. Any guidance on that would be very helpful. Thanks in advance! :)
@RezaDorrani Жыл бұрын
I don’t exactly remember but I think I put a label control inside container and then copy and paste a datatable inside the container.
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