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Hello together,

actually i have two easy questions. Easy for you, but unfortunately not for me 😉

1.) I would like to reset a label with the name test. If i want to reset a text field then i just do this: Reset(test)
but for a label it doesnt works?

2.) I have a text field "test" and i want to fill it with a variable. I do this: test.text = myvariable
but it doesnt works?

Thank you for the help

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LeeHarris 1,026 on at

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Hi @Anonymous

Im not sure you can Reset a label control. From my understanding, the Reset function is primarily for input controls.

With regards to filling the Text field "test", if this is a Text Input simply change the Default property of this control to be "myvariable" (if this is a Label control then set the Text property to "myvariable"). You cannot directly set properties of the controls at runtime but you can update the variables that they refer to.

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Hi @LeeHarris

thank you for the reply,

"Im not sure you can Reset a label control. From my understanding, the Reset function is primarily for input controls."
Ok, thank you for the information.

I could change the Default property from the text field but i want to reset all the text fields,
if i change the screen.

With the other text fields without Default property it works!!
Just Reset(test1);;Reset(test2);;Reset(test3)

The text field test4 has a default property and it doesnt works
I close the Screen and open again.... all the other fields are clear except field test4 😞

What can i do?

Thank you again

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Hi @Anonymous

Any text field that is displaying the content of the variable "myvariable" will continue to show whatever value is stored in this even if you reset the control. By updating the variable "myvariable" to a blank string this will effectively remove the default value.

As an aside, if you want to Reset multiple controls at once you can use a true/false variable in the Reset property of the control. Then simply "toggle" the variable on and off to trigger the reset. Details on how to achieve this can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-reset

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Hi@LeeHarris

Thank you very much. I will try to do this..

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