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PCF component in Canvas App doesn’t get updated after successful import and code is not reflecting

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Posted on by senthilkumar29

Existing PCF component which I have extracted and made updates and the changes are not reflecting after deployment. Below are the steps done.

• Incremented the control version in Control manifest file

• Incremented the version in Solution file

• Msbuild /t: restore

• Msbuild

• Imported the solution package

• Publish all customizations

• Edit the App Prompts for Update Update successful

• Unable to see the changes (Note: code added in the ts files is not reflecting)

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a33ik 3,306 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hello,
Try the following in your Custom App:
1. Delete your custom control from app.
2. Save and close app.
3. Open App.
4. Reimport control.

It worked for me.

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cchannon 4,702 Moderator on at

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Yeah, @a33ik is exactly correct. this was a known problem I think 2 years ago and I thought they solved it a long while ago, but I saw the same behavior in a custom page I made a couple weeks ago. You have to remove the control from the canvas app/custom page, save and close, then go back in and re-add it.

Also, with Custom Pages still sometimes (I haven't tested enough to say exactly what conditions cause it) but sometimes when you update the custom page you need to remove from App and re-add to get it to reflect in the UI... Isn't it just like MSFT to create features that require a "turn it off and turn it back on again" solution?

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Timussch 4 on at

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Still not fixed. Re-open the canvas app or custom page and you'll get a green notification bar saying the control is updated. Very strange and unwanted behavior.

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a33ik 3,306 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@tmms read my reply. That green bar unfortunately doesn't reflect what is happening in reality.

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PetrSlachta 6 on at

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As a better alternative to these headaches I highly recommend usign pac auth which works similary to git push (only your pcf components will be uploaded to dataverse and end up in your solutions).

setup (only the video): https://dev.to/powerplatform/getting-started-with-the-power-platform-cli-kca

after that you just need to increase the manifest version either manually or by typing: pac pcf version -s Manifest and then run pac pcf push --publisher-prefix your-prefix and pcf components in canvas apps are automatically updated

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taylorgmojo 29 on at

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that is totally the right answer, thanks so much!

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