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PDF Function - Expand Containers

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Posted on by ShaneWalsh01

Hi All,

I have a screen that I am using the PDF Function on, the expand containers parameter is set to true but it is only outputting a one page document with the 'visible' screen as the only thing that is visible. It is clearly not expanding the containers, the weird thing is that it is working fine in edit mode but once the app is published and you try and use it, this error occurs.

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Lilu125 4 on at

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Same issue.

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Freddyli1989 10 on at

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Same issue too. it only works in edit mode now.

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kurtG 18 on at

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Same issue, where make.powerapps.com works but apps.powerapps.com doesn't for the same application and how it expands a galleryview.

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Heath616 27 on at

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Props to @angee for this fix, maybe it will work in your case: I Inserted a Container named "ContainerPDF" on the screen, then cut and pasted my edit form and buttons into the container, changed the formula in onselect to include PDF(ContainerPDF, {ExpandContainers: true}) and it works in the Powerapp and not just the editor!

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Freddyli1989 10 on at

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Thanks for your sharing. 👍
There is another method that works too. I'm using below formula to print the screen "scn_Printing".
Set(pdfblob,PDF(scn_Printing,{ExpandContainers:true}));
my printing screen are migrated with a gallery which may generated dynamic rows. The printed pdf cannot print all information in gallery by using below formula in "Screen/Design/Height".
Max(App.Height, App.MinScreenHeight);
Now, I fix it simply by changing the "Screen/Design/Height" to maximum number instead of above formula.😂

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kurtG 18 on at

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Thanks everyone for solution candidates. In my case moving from a screen to a container worked. With my code, if I had PDF( myScreen, {ExpandContainer: true}) would work in make.powerapps.com when do Edit/Run but not when released to app.powerapps.com. Same code behaved different in "DEV" vs. "PROD".

When I moved my screen into a container, and changed the code to PDF( myContainer, {ExpandContainer: true}) this worked in both "DEV" and "PROD". Thanks for the suggestions as moving to a container took awhile as when you copy / paste into a container my Y coordinates get messed up.

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