Dynamic SVGs
SVGs can be used dynamically in Power Apps such as to change their color or to create animation. This article explains a couple of examples of how using dynamic SVGs in Power Apps can be very helpful to users. The …
SVG in Power Apps
SVGs or Scalable Vector Graphics are an XML-based format for 2D graphics. There are many things that are possible with SVGs that JPEGs, PNGs & GIFs can’t even come close to such as animation and scalability. Using SVG in Power …
Select Multiple Records in a Gallery
There is a simple and very effective way to select multiple Records in a Gallery. The TemplateFill property of Galleries used with the tips below gives complete control so both individual and multiple Records within Galleries can be selected and …
Filter Galleries – 3 Great Tips and Tricks
Records in Collections can be filtered before being displayed in Galleries. Dropdowns are a great way to do this and using a little configuration their use can be made intuitive, effective and user friendly Filter Galleries – 3 Great Tips …
Updating Records from within a Gallery
In this post I’m going to show how to customise Galleries so you can make changes to Records directly in a Gallery itself. No need to create a separate control outside the Gallery and clutter up the screen Updating Records …
Input Boxes, Galleries & Collections
Power Apps has a load of functionality you can use in your apps, but some of the real workhorse controls used in the majority of apps are the humble, Input Boxes and Galleries In this post I’ll cover some of …
Custom Connectors – Some General Info
What is a Connector? A Connector (including a Custom Connector) is a wrapper around an API that allows a service to communicate with Power Apps or Power Automate. Connectors allow the Power Platform to access data hosted on other Microsoft products …
Custom Connectors requiring an API Key
Web Service APIs In the previous post: Build a Basic Custom Connector, I showed how to create a Custom Connector to access a simple web service API that didn’t require any authorisation or other information to be passed to it, to …
Building a Basic Custom Connector
Custom Connectors Power Apps is a fantastic platform not only to build great Apps quickly, but also to connect to remote services. There are a huge amount of zero-cost web services out there and even many of the premium sites …
Components & Custom Functions
Components Components are reusable building blocks for canvas apps allowing app makers to create custom controls to use inside an app, or across multiple apps. Components are a fantastic way to re-use functionality either that you’ve created yourself or to …
Push Notifications in Power Apps
Push Notifications Push notifications are messages that pop up on a mobile device. Power Apps publishers can send them at any time either manually via the app or automated using a trigger or timer and recipients don’t have to be …
Neon Effect Animated Buttons with CSS
In the second post in this series using HTML text boxes and CSS to create animated Power Apps buttons, I’ll demo how to dynamically change the button color by adding a variable into the inline CSS Animated Buttons Start by inserting …