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Posted on by SaraW1987 16

I am trying to create an email that launches from Power Apps and I want to add a hyperlink that will return the user to the app, however the hyperlink looks messy within the body of the email.  I would like to change the hyperlink to the app to say 'here'.  Can anyone help me with this.  I am a complete and utter newbie to Power Apps and I am self taught so hoping the solution is a fairly simple one. Thanks

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,528 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @SaraW1987 ,

    Insert this in your HTML code

     

    <a href="https://apps.powerapps.com/play/ . . ."> here </a>

     

     

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  • SaraW1987 Profile Picture
    SaraW1987 16 on at

    I have already written the start of the code that will send the email and I can get it to do that without a hitch but when I attach the hyperlink into the body of the email it looks messy, I would like the hyperlink to go onto the end of this code.  my hyperlink will be the URL for my Power App, but I want it to say 'here' instead of the whole URL. 

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    WarrenBelz 156,528 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @SaraW1987 ,

    It can still be sent as HTML so on the end

    "To upload your document open the app: <a href='" & 
<PowerApps Url> &
"' > here </a> find your board slot . . . "

    Note the single quotes inside the doubles. HTML interprets both the same and the URL need to be enclosed in quotes. PowerApps Concatenate will strip the doubles, so you are sending

    To upload your document open the app: <a href='https:apps.powerapps.com/play/ . . .' > here </a> 
 find your board slot . . .

     to the email, which should render a hyperlink under the word "here"

     

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  • SaraW1987 Profile Picture
    SaraW1987 16 on at

    so far so good with that, however I am getting the red squiggle under https:

     

    Told you I was a newbie 😉

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,528 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Can you please send me a screenshot of the code?

  • SaraW1987 Profile Picture
    SaraW1987 16 on at

    I have sent something over to you. Thanks for helping.

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,528 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @SaraW1987 ,

    I missed the possibility you were hard-coding the PowerApps URL - this is far less complex - just add the bit from the second code - no concatenation needed. The URL just need to be in single quotes to work in HTML

     

    To upload your document open the app: <a href='https:apps.powerapps.com/play/ . . .' > here </a> 
 find your board slot . . .

     

     

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    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more. It also closes the item.

  • SaraW1987 Profile Picture
    SaraW1987 16 on at

    It no longer has any errors but it has pulled everything I wrote to the email.  The email text that came through is below.

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,528 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @SaraW1987 ,

    You need to concatenate the last bit in quotes - put some quotes before To open your document and after slot

    To stop second-guessing myself, I have just loaded the exact code into a blank HTML boxHTMLInput.png

    And the output was (and the hyperlink worked, but obviously the URL was invalid)

    HTMLScreen.png

     

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more. It also closes the item.

  • SaraW1987 Profile Picture
    SaraW1987 16 on at

    I think I might just be confusing matters here with me being new to Power Apps but I am not entering the code to a html box, it is on a button.  When the button is selected it generates an email, then saves the data to sharepoint.  Does that make a difference? I have done what you said with the quotes and that is what is causing the text in the email to pull through that I sent to you before. 

     

    Sorry, if I am just being irritating. I am grateful for any help. 

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