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Trouble getting PDF content from SharePoint using 'Get File Content using path'

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Hi all, 

 

I am using Power Automate to return a PDF's content from a SharePoint Document Library and display it in a PDF Viewer in Power Apps. This flow runs great. It grabs the pdf content from the selected PDF in the Power App and returns it to the PDF viewer, which requires a URL. It then uses that URL to display the PDF in PowerApps. So far so good.

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However, there are times when I need that URL to contain a PDF with an Adobe section link, like this (string after the '#'):

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Whenever I pass a URL with the '#' through my workflow, however, it returns an error, even though the URL returns the document correctly in the browser:

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Can anyone explain why this is and how to get around it? Being able to link directly to the section links is a desired feature within the app

 

Thanks,

 

 

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  • fchopo Profile Picture
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    Hi @powerUser1611 

    Unfortunately that's not possible in SharePoint. Although the Url+#section_name works in web browser doesn't mean SharePoint is able to "understand" that.

    You can try 3rd party solutions like Encodian one: Get PDF Text Layer – Encodian Customer Help

    Hope it helps!

    Ferran

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