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Posted on by Bub 52

Greetings Everyone 😉

 

I have a powerapps app which I'm working on (steep learning curve as I'm a total newbie at this)...

 

It has literally dozens (around 50) of Yes/No dropdowns as it's basically a type of audit. It also has a load of other information about who completed it, which site it was based on etc. etc.

 

I'd estimate there are perhaps 100 pieces of information which are collected. This bit all works and ultimately puts the data into a onedrive spreadsheet. Once all of the info is captured the 'auditor' hits the submit button, onedrive is updated and the app is reset to blank entries.

 

Here's the question .... Ideally I want to dump 4 (our of 😎 whole pages of the app into a pdf and email it out. I know this isn't possible in powerapps 'at the moment'. So how do I best share the results of the completed audit with the recipients who need to see it?

 

I've tried the create html / save to onedrive / convert file to pdf route but with so many individual pieces of information this is a nightmare to do. It's just not practical to pass 100 variables into power automate. The flow would be a mile long.

 

Is there another route? I've searched but can't find anything although I feel sure I'm not the first person to ask this.

 

Thank you for reading & have a great day!

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,491 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @Bub ,

    You can export to CSV using a Flow (here is a good video from Shane Young @Shanescows on the process.

    This than then be emailed as an attachment in the same Flow.

     

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  • Adrian_Celis Profile Picture
    Adrian_Celis 1,652 Moderator on at

    Hi @Bub 

     

    I think you are on the right direction with the power automate -> create html -> convert into pdf route but you don't have to pass 100 variables into power automate. What you need to do is to create the HTML inside of PowerApps (yes it may be long knowing that you have a large form) and you only have to pass that one HTML into your flow.

  • Bub Profile Picture
    Bub 52 on at

    Hi @Adrian_Celis & @WarrenBelz. Thank you for your replies.

     

    I think creating the html in powerapps and sending the whole thing to power automate is probably best in my case.

     

    However, whatever I do in the htmltext box causes error - particularly if this includes any " marks - which table definitions and css / styles invairably do. Is there an easy way to create the html which won't cause issues?

     

    I've tried putting double quotes etc to no avail. I do need some formatting in the html otherwise it'll look terrible.

     

    Thanks again.

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,491 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @Bub ,

    Can you please supply your HTML code in Text. Also it is best to test it in a HTML box and then simply send the box as the content of the HTML file you create in the Flow.

  • Adrian_Celis Profile Picture
    Adrian_Celis 1,652 Moderator on at

    Hi @Bub 

     

    In PowerApps, just replace all double quotes in your HTML code with single quotes and it should work fine. Like @WarrenBelz said, please provide the HTML code if you need further assistance.

  • Bub Profile Picture
    Bub 52 on at

    Hi. Here is the link to the code which I can't reproduce in powerapps from W3 Schools:

     

    https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=GRQ1YC0445ZI 

     

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    No matter what I do (double quotes, single quotes, concat, & etc etc) powerapps rejects it as full or errors.

     

    I need to include the variables shown in the tables from P/A too.

     

    Obviously I'm doing something either dumb or not possible.

     

    Kind regards from the UK 😉

     

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,491 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @Bub ,

    That does not really help - to assist you I need your actual code that does not work (in Text)

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    Adrian_Celis Profile Picture
    Adrian_Celis 1,652 Moderator on at

    Hi @Bub 

    The HTML and CSS that you are looking for should be possible. But then you have to re write that a little bit as CSS classes do not work in PowerApps, so you have to do it inline style.

     

    Instead of doing it like this:

    "<style>
div.repstyle{
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 14px;
}
</style>

<div class='repstyle'>
<p>Hello World.</p></div>"

    You should do it like this:

    "
<div style='font-family: Arial;font-size: 14px;'>
<p>Hello World.</p></div>
"

     

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    WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,491 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @Bub ,

    I cannot go through all of that , however the fundamental issues are: -

    • All "inside" quotes need to be single quotes '
    • The whole thing needs to be contained in double quotes "
    • You can drop the <html> tags off the top and bottom and the doctype off the top.
    • A lot of that formatting probably will not work, particularly the class and CSS styles.
    • Keep it simple - although the HTML Text control in Power Apps is a bit forgiving for things like missing closing/mismatched tags, the HTML to PDF converter in OneDrive is not. I keep mine to a basic table structure with a colour fill in the heading. 

    Please click Accept as solution if my post helped you solve your issue. This will help others find it more readily. It also closes the item. If the content was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Thumbs Up.

  • Bub Profile Picture
    Bub 52 on at

    Thank you both. I'm just going through the suggestion from @Adrian_Celis and it's looking like it works, including the table layout. 

     

    @WarrenBelz I'll bear all of these in mind when I get further on with the editing.

     

    Thank you both for your support - it must be frustrating when some newbie asks a silly question so I'm really grateful for your patience.

     

    I'll mark as fixed once I've completed my edits.

     

    Have a great day 😉

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