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Displaying all attachment contents in a PDF file

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Posted on 14 Mar 2025 13:22:40 by petewalburn

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Hi,

I have a Power Apps app that has a PDF export button on it. The export button creates a PDF file for the currently displayed record. The record may have attachments (pictures, PDFs, documents). I can add the list of attachments (Filenames) to the PDF file. I would like to be able to add the contents of each attachment.

Not sure if this is possible, but I have managed to display the contents using Reza Dorrani's video (Display SharePoint List Attachments in Power Apps | Viewer Component) to display previews of some of the attachments. It is necessary to download each attachment in order to get the full details.

Would it be possible to have a gallery of PDF Viewer controls and image controls that would have the contents of the attachments? I could probably limit the types of attachments that can be viewed, but users do attach PDF files to the record, so I would need to be able to extract these attachments and append them to the exported PDF of the main record.

Any help is much appreciated.

Pete

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petewalburn 153 on 14 Mar 2025 at 14:07:18

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Displaying all attachment contents in a PDF file

Hi Jacqui,

Thanks for that answer. I don't think that it's something that about (extra work and licensing issues), so I guess I'll probably have to just be happy with the attachment names.

Pete
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Jacqui Muller 46 on 14 Mar 2025 at 13:54:24

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Displaying all attachment contents in a PDF file

Hi @petewalburn we spent many many hours on a similar problem. We ended up writing an Azure Function for this which we called from the App. You could create a PCF as well but there's a limit on the byte size that can be returned.

I know it's not a great answer - it's a lot of work and adds additional security/licensing conversations but it's the best solution we could find. We also limited our attachments/files to pdf, docx and xlsx.