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Hi Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find it.

We have separate forms for new, edit and view.

When editing a record the New form opens then pauses then opens to Edit form.

The forms are quite large and the pause can be 30s on a busy day.

Ideally we would like the edit form to open first and load.

Another option I'm thinking of is a welcome screen with a loading message.

Thanks in advance..

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WarrenBelz 156,528 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @jimitodd ,
I assume you are talking about the SharePoint Integration PowerApps for,
Can you please send the code in the SharePointIntegration area for OnView, OnEdit and OnNew as well as the DefaultMode of the SharePointForm1.
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No problem.
The forms are for new employee and updated employee details submitted from departments.
We have 5 forms for different types of contracts.
The initial "action screen" has a dropdown menu which loads the selected new input form.
When you choose to edit a form the "action screen" opens, waits then the edit form loads.

The edit form has extra fields for HR and Payroll to input progress information some of these fields are on separate lists.

Hope this info makes sense and helps.

Default mode is new

New.
Set(SharePointFormMode, "CreateForm"); NewForm(Newform1); Navigate(ActionTypeScreen, ScreenTransition.Fade)

Edit.
Refresh(Connect);   // Add this formula
Set(SharePointFormMode, "EditForm");
If(SharePointIntegration.Selected.'Action Type'.Value = "05) Leaver",
   EditForm(EditLeaversFormv2);Navigate(EditLeaversScreenv2,ScreenTransition.Fade),SharePointIntegration.Selected.'Action Type'.Value = "01) Change of Position - Teaching",
   EditForm(EditCOP_TeachingForm_1);Navigate(EditCOP_TeachingScreen_1,ScreenTransition.Fade),
SharePointIntegration.Selected.'Action Type'.Value = "02) Change of Position - Non Teaching",
   ViewForm(EditCOP_NonTeachingForm_1);Navigate(EditCOP_NonTeachingScreen_1,ScreenTransition.Fade))

View.
Set(SharePointFormMode, "ViewForm"); If(SharePointIntegration.Selected.'Action Type'.Value = "05) Leaver",
   ViewForm(ViewLeaversFormv2);Navigate(ViewLeaversScreenv2,ScreenTransition.Fade),
SharePointIntegration.Selected.'Action Type'.Value = "01) Change of Position - Teaching",
   ViewForm(ViewCOP_TeachingFormOLD);Navigate(ViewCOP_TeachingScreenOLD,ScreenTransition.Fade))
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If you want to open the form as edit on default: Select the form, then on the Defaultmode property change it to DisplayMode.Edit

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Hi @jimitodd ,
OK - I see the issue here - you have created a multi-screen form in the SharePoint Integration facility.
I can only relate to my experience on this, however I have found that once you go past one screen, the default behaviours of the in-built controls don't seem to "play nicely".
What I do (which seems to work) is have all the New/Edit/View controls on the forms themselves and tell users to ignore the inbuilt items. You can exit the whole facility with RequestHide().
I found this also easy as almost all of my forms are standalone apps forms copied and pasted into the SP Integration and already have all this functionality.
It is great to see you have this almost working. I have tagged @v-xida-msft of the Microsoft team to see if they can add any wisdom to this.
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We are going to go with a loading screen for now as it works beter for us.

Navigate(WelcomeScreen, ScreenTransition.Cover); at the beginning of New, Edit and View.
Then prior to request hide on submit so it loads the last screen you were on.

Unless @v-xida-msft has any better ideas
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Ok @jimitodd ,
That should certainly work as designed.