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I am trying to turn a link (https://####.sharepoint.com/) into a clickable link using the LAUNCH command in OnSelect property

 

I have tried:

Launch(ThisItem.'Project Charter')

Launch(DataCardValue17_3.Text)

 

Neither of these work yet when I put the same value in quaotaiton marks in an external label it works fine. Because the links are really long, I would ideally like to set them as a variable on the page OnVisible and then pass them the OnSelect of a button so I can just create a button for each link

 

Any help is always appreciated 🙂

 

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  • SimonPiquer Profile Picture
    255 on at

    Hi Peter,

     

    Are you able to provide some more information/screenshots perhaps?

     

    • What is your data source?
    • If it's a Sharepoint list, what type is the Project Charter column set to?
    • What is the layout? Is it a canvas app with a gallery/display form, or a Sharepoint Form?
    • Are you getting any errors? Or what specifically is not working?

     

    Thanks!

  • PeterDonohue Profile Picture
    162 on at

    Hey @SimonPiquer ,

     

    Data Source: Sharepoint List

    Type: Canvas App with Form to display information - custom cards

    Project Charter: Hyperlink or Picture column type

     

    I'm not getting any errors, it just does nothing. Cursor does not change

     

    I created a Label inside the data card, and assigned the text to from the Project Charter field to the "text" property. 

    This will change the cursor but is not clickable.

     

    I created a button and referenced the Label text but outside the Form - this works fine as long as the button is

    Brought To Front

     

    I think the order is important, just can't figure it out 

     

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    SimonPiquer Profile Picture
    255 on at

    Hi, 

     

    I've tried these three options on my side and they all work for me

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    1. First one, DataCard Title Project Charter, is simply connected to a column set as Hyperlink in Sharepoint. I did not need to change anything to get this to work, I simply click the link and it opens it up.
    2. Second one, DataCard Title ProjChart, is connected to a column set as Single Line of Text in Sharepoint. I set the OnSelect of the DataCardValue to Launch(DataCardValue5)
    3. Third one, I created a custom card , connected to the Text Column ProjChart in Sharepoint and set the OnSelect value of the button to Launch(DataCardValue5_1)

    I am not exactly sure which, if any, of these you are trying to achieve. But maybe it is to some help.

     

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    v-yuxima-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @PeterDonohue 

     

    Could you please add one Label control to test whether your 

    Launch(ThisItem.'Project Charter')

    Launch(DataCardValue17_3.Text)

    show the correct link you want to launch?

     

    More information:

    function-param

     

    Best Regards.

    Yumia

     

     

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @PeterDonohue how are you progressing with this? Were the above replies helpful?

     

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