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Problem after Patch function

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Hi everyone,

 

I'm facing a stranged situation with patch function today.

It's very simple, I have a SAVE button with patch function to edit a field in my gallery linked to sharepoint list.

For this it works fine, no problem.

The problem I have is that when I want to add another function after the patch function, like a Reset, Refresh (for the sharepoint list to show the updated field), or an Updatecontext it doesnt work.

I dont know why everything I put after the patch function is not accepted.

 

To be honest I'm kinda advanced user, I use very often 10-20 functions in a button for exemple. But Patch function is not a function I use very often, so I don't know why powerapps refuses every new function after the Patch, it looks like a syntax error but I cant explain why. If I just add a space after the patch function the editor suggest to add IN or EXACT IN only, like I was still in the patch function, but I'm sure at 100% the function is good, it works alone without any problem.

 

So I have button to save modifications in a gallery linked to a sharepoint list, after that I just want to update a variable to then disable the edit mode and come back to the view mode (its about buttons visible, displaymode, etc...):

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Patch('HRS Teams Naming Convention'; ThisItem; {Code:TextInput2.Text;Description:TextInput3.Text;'Code Type':Dropdown1.Selected.Value});UpdateContext({codes_dmb2:false;codes_dmb:true})

 

 

 

As you can see if I separate my functions with a ; everything after is not recognized and I receive an error saying "Unexpected characters, some characters used in this formula are unexpected).

Normally I use a "AND" or a "&" to separate my formulas, but I saw ";" on a youtube video from PowerApps 911 specially for Patch function, he used a UpdateContext after the patch function, using ; to separate formulas, and for him it worked fine, but not for me...

 

If I use AND or &, like I do for everywhere else, then the code is recognized, I have no error, but then the button doesnt work, it does nothing...

 

Thanks for your help, I'm trying to fix this since hours....

 

Any Idea ?

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    mdevaney Profile Picture
    29,989 Moderator on at

    @Nours74 

    You will need to use a double ;; to indicate a line-break.

     

    Patch('HRS Teams Naming Convention'; ThisItem; {Code:TextInput2.Text;Description:TextInput3.Text;'Code Type':Dropdown1.Selected.Value});;UpdateContext({codes_dmb2:false;codes_dmb:true})

     

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    Try
    Patch('HRS Teams Naming Convention'; ThisItem; {Code:TextInput2.Text;Description:TextInput3.Text;'Code Type':Dropdown1.Selected.Value});;UpdateContext({codes_dmb2:false;codes_dmb:true})

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  • Nours74 Profile Picture
    85 on at

    Thank you so much for the help, youtube and microsoft Docs never told me about that.

     

    Thanks and good day !

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