Working with Attachments Control

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I have an attachment control in a form. I use a Power Automate flow with a power apps triggers to update the data. This allows me to hide the data from the users as my service account does all updates.

I have a SharePoint list that needs to store multiple attachments in the list item.

Without using any functions that require the user to have access directly to the list, when the user clicks the "X", I want the attachment to be immediately removed from the item. Similarly, if they press the "Restore" button that appears after deleting an item, i want the file to be immediately restored. I would prefer to do this through a power automate flow with the power apps trigger.

This is all for the scenario where the item and attachments have already been saved, and the user is updating the item. Not for first time creation.

I basically do not know how to save the file identifier to a variable for the specific attachment that was clicked. If I can find out how to find the file identifier, the rest of the flow is very simple.

2nd Question:
Why does my "Open All" button only open 1 of the file attachments in the attachments datacard?

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Any help is appreciated!

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WarrenBelz 153,079 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi

I can give you a start on the first one - these three triggers on the attachment control should allow you to instigate the relevant Flow action

Regarding the second question - the Launch() function opens up in a new tab, but always the same tab, so you only ever see the last fiel launched - I have seen this question many times and do not believe there is a solution.

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The answer is to on file remove(or Undo) clear collect the original attachments on the item before any change is made, then clear collect the current attachment in the attachments control, then use a flow to remove the items not found in the current attachment collection that were previously found in the original attachment list by comparing the Value. You compare the value to determine if it is the same file or not.

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