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Submit textinput to a commentfield in a sharepoint list with timestamp and username

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Hello!

I was reading about append to comment and that function doesnt really work in powerapps yet, and in my case its kinda crucial. I need that function somehow.

Is there anyway to make a textinput in powerapps that I can make a comment inside and click "Save" and then in shows up in an simple commentcolumn I have in a sharepoint list with a timestamp and username of the person who did the comment?

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My preferred way to do this is by using the PATCH function and an HTML text control.

#1 In SharePoint, change the column type of Comment to multi-line text. Then Refresh the datasource in PowerApps

#2 Put this code in the OnSelect property of your Save button

Patch( your_datasource_name, Defaults(your_datasource_name), {Comment: "<p>User().FullName&"" ""&Text(Today(),""yyyy-mm-dd""&"" - ""&TextInput1.Text</p>" )

#3 Finally, create a new HTML Text control to display the comments and put this code in the HtmlText property.

ThisItem.Comment

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Hello!

I tried this but I get an error:
An operator was expected. We expect an operator such as +, *, or & at this point in the formula.
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The name is not valid. This identifier cannot be identified

I really appreciate your help!

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I've edited my code above. Forgot to use double-quotes x2 inside the HTMLtext.

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Now I got no errors on the code. But when I save the comment it wont show up in the comment section. But it pops up another error on the button that says another field is requiered to be filled in, but the thing is that field is already filled in on that object i'm trying to make a comment on.. This is in a gallery wjth many object, and I want to be able to make comment on single objects in this gallery. Dont I have to use a condition like "Selected" or something? Any idées?

Once again, I really appreciate your help!

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Is there someone who can help me?

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Hello again! I still havent been able to solve this, is these anyone who can help me?

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