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New PCF Tooling version now available!

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Today we are making available an updated version of PCF tooling and are excited to announce that this new version (02.856.1) is offering support for dataset controls in the local control harness as well as a number of other enhancements like:

 

  • PowerApps CLI and PCF tooling are now localization ready
  • PCF build output enhancements include:
    • Colorization
    • Timestamps
    • Formatting updates
  • PCF build now produces formal error codes in conjunction with error messages
  • A .gitingnore file is added for all newly created CDS solution projects
  • Added initialization of control context attributes with default values in the local control harness
  • We are also enabling clean target for Solution projects


Please make sure to update your Microsoft PowerApps CLI to the latest version 02.856.1 and take advantage of all the latest capabilities by following the upgrade instructions.

 

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to respond to this post.

 

  • Tanguy TOUZARD Profile Picture
    113 Most Valuable Professional on at

    When trying to update PCF, it updates to version Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI.0.2.59, not 02.856.1

  • mbeard Profile Picture
    14 on at

    Same.

    Attempting to gather dependency information for package 'Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI.0.2.59'
  • jaguil3ra Profile Picture
    81 on at

    Same here.

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  • BillOwens Profile Picture
    7 on at

    Love whats in the update above, but I too just tried it and I am only getting Microsoft.PowerApps.CLI.0.2.59 as well. I nrealy need the support for dataset controls. Any eta when we will be able to update to 02.856.1

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    peterv333 Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    The version 0.2.59 is the Nuget package version. Please note once this package version is installed the CLI version displayed within the tool is 0.2.856.1. If you you installed the latest package, you are set with the latest features

     

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  • peterv333 Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    The version 0.2.59 is the Nuget package version. Please note once this package version is installed the CLI version displayed within the tool is 0.2.856.1. If you you installed the latest package, you are set with the latest features

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  • BillOwens Profile Picture
    7 on at

    When you say support for dataset controls , are you saying that the npm start will provide support for datasets? If so, what special things must I do to get it to work. I have the latest version, I checked by typeing pac and it is this version. I created a test data 'pac pcf init --namespace Avtex --name Test2 --template dataset', npm install, npm run build, and then npm start. However, I get a message Datsets inputs customization coming soon. 

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  • jaguil3ra Profile Picture
    81 on at

    You must add your own logic . You can use this example https://docs.microsoft.com/es-es/powerapps/developer/component-framework/sample-controls/table-grid-control.

     

    I'm guiding myself with that example and I'm building this example1.jpg

     

  • Hemant Gaur Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at
    >>Datsets inputs customization coming soon.

    The data inputs for the control in debug harness is fixed today and message means that that support for input customization will be added soon. Are you able to render the control at all, please share the manifest.
  • Craig-MSFT Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Bill,

    You may still be on the older version of our npm modules. When you run 'pac install latest', this upgrades your CLI version so that you are using the latest, but the version of npm module that you use is governed by the package.json file in your PCF projects.

    One change that we announced with this update is that you should change the related devDependencies lines in the package.json file of your PCF projects.

    From:

    "devDependencies": {
    "pcf-scripts": "~0",
    "pcf-start": "~0"
    }

    To:

    "devDependencies": {
    "pcf-scripts": "^0",
    "pcf-start": "^0"
    }

    Now, while in the directory of your project, you can run 'npm update' to get the latest npm modules. To verify, open up the node_modules directory, scan down to 'pcf-start' and open the package.json file in that module's directory. If you have the current version, you will see:

    "_id": "pcf-start@0.2.59",

    Regards,

    cl.

     

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