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Powerapp Set Timer.Value property

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Posted on by Nox1

Hello,

I'm looking at making a time keeping app that users the timer control to track someone's ongoing time for working on a specific project. I have a start, stop, and reset button setup and want to change the text from 00:00:00 to some time with another text input field and a button.

I would like to set the timer's current value property so the text that is displaying shows what their current time is if they leave and come back to to the app. So far I can only change the text of the control but not the actual value itself. Might not be possible in which case I can look at another solution but if anyone knows how to do this that would be fantastic.

Set(timer1.Value, myVariable)

Obviously this doesn't work since timer1.Value isn't a contextual variable and there is no Value property surfaced on the control. Any workarounds or suggestions would be appreciated!

Thank you

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BCBuizer 22,899 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Nox1 ,

It looks like you want to set the starting point of the timer, based on the value of myVariable.

The workaround I would use for this is to simply add myVariable to the Text property:

Text(Time(0, 0, Self.Value/1000), "hh:mm:ss") Turns into: Text(Time(0, 0, Self.(Value + myVariable)/1000), "hh:mm:ss")

When saving the total amount of time spent, you'll have to increment the existing value with the value of the Timer control.
Nox1 6 on at

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That is perfect! Exactly what I was missing. Thank you for the quick response!