Display attachment files or url on Form Reload

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Hello,

Lets say i have a form and i use the attachments control to upload files to SharePoint. I have copied the attachment control and paste it to another Datacard which has an input field (Hyperlink).

in this field i display the url of the uploaded file (i ve created a Flow). That works perfectly so far. Now,

when a user reloads the app, and chooses the edit form, i want that url, or the file/s attached to be dispalyed.

I m not sure how to achieve this.

Any suggestions?

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WarrenBelz 156,570 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @marial16 ,
What do you mean by "displayed" (an image in a control)?
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I mean the files as already uploaded by the user (they appear to be unsaved)
Or in the Hyperlink DataCard, text input where i display the url.
If the user reenters the form, how can he see that information?
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Hi @marial16 ,
Two things,
Until the form is saved by SubmitForm(), these attachments do not "reside" anywhere other than references in the control.
There is no ability to reference a particular item (other than specifically First and Last) in the attachments by referencing the control itself (there is no .Selected property).
However, one saved, every file has a reference AbsoluteUri which is the link to the item you are after, so the first item referenced within the form would be
First(ThisItem.Attachments).AbsoluteUri
If you have two, you could reference the other one with Last.
A further option for you is a gallery - with the Items (replace with your name)
YourAttachmentControlName.Attachments
Then in the individual records of this (which are your attachments), you can have the Link reference as
ThisItem.AbsoluteUri
and also an Image Control for pictures
ThisItem.Value
and for the file name
ThisItem.DisplayName

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I am not sure i understood how the Absolute.uri works.
inside the data card i added a gallery, where i display the file name and the url i have built in my flow and retrieved (ask-respond to powerapps).
So in the Gallery.Items: Attachments5.Attachments,
Field1: ThisItem.Name,
Field2: myVariable.fileLink
The next time the user enters the form can the name and/or url be prepopulated?
I have also initialized a var to check if the file in the Attachment5 will be displayed.
Attachment5: onAddFile:Set(Set(onAddAnother,true);ClearCollect(myDeliverableFiles,Attachments5.Attachments)
Attachments5: Items: If(onAddAnother=true,myDeliverableFiles,Parent.Default)
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Hi @marial16 ,
You have a gallery, (but only have one attachment in the example below).
ThisItem.AbsoluteUri
will get you the full path to open the file. If you only have one, then
First(Attachments5.Attachments).AbsoluteUri
will get it as well without the gallery. However, if your question is pre-population after loading but before saving, then no, you will not get the AbsoluteUri until it is saved.

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Hi @marial16 ,
Just checking if you got the result you were looking for on this thread. Happy to help further if not.

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Thank you for asking,
I followed a different approach.