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Posted on by da_1299 28

Hi all,

 

I am having a few PDF on my local comp and I have uploaded them into the SharePoint. Is there any code that I could type in the PowerApps to download the PDF directly to my local computer?

 

Thank you.

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,752 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @da_1299 ,'

    No - Power Apps is a cloud-based solution (hence all "destinations" are also cloud. The only way you could do this is to manually download them and save to the local drive.

     

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  • da_1299 Profile Picture
    da_1299 28 on at

    Thank you but is it possible for me to send an email by attaching the pdf into it by clicking a button on PowerApps?

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,752 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @da_1299 ,

    Not from your local drive - it would have to be in OneDrive or in a SharePoint Library (and then you would also need a Flow.

     

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  • vladimir84 Profile Picture
    vladimir84 322 on at

    Hi @da_1299 ,

    Check out this guide to see if it is helpful for your operation. After setting up the flow, you can associate it to a button in PowerApps as a trigger

    Power Automate - Send SharePoint files as attachments | Microsoft Docs

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    da_1299 28 on at

    Thank you all. I will have a try on it first.

  • PauloRech Profile Picture
    PauloRech 105 on at

    I'm using Download() function, getting the AbsoluteURI of the attached PDF file, using one LookUp inside another.

     

    Download( 
 LookUp( 
 LookUp( SP_LIST , FILTER ).Attachments,
 EndsWith(DisplayName,".pdf"), 
 AbsoluteUri
 )
)

     

    Does it solve your issue?
    Please, check as a solution. 


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    da_1299 28 on at

    May I know what should I enter inside the LookUp() and EndsWith()?

     

    My PDF is stored in SharePoint. I have created a document library in SharePoint named 'Routine' to store the PDF. Then i have used a pdf icon in PowerApps and hope to download the pdf to local or it could pop up in the browser instead of navigating me back to SharePoint. 

     

    Thank you.

  • PauloRech Profile Picture
    PauloRech 105 on at

    Hi @da_1299 

    In a Document Library, you can use the 'Link to the item' property.

    In the PDF icon you created, put the code below in OnSelect property.

    Something like this:

     

     

    Download( 
 LookUp( 
 Routines , 
 FILTER, 
 'Link to the item' 
 ) 
)

     

     

    Obviously, you need to define a FILTER to get the PDF you want.
    If you have some questions about LookUp() function, please visit Filter, Search, and LookUp functions - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs.

    I hope I'd help.

  • YuYu2runrunrun Profile Picture
    YuYu2runrunrun 13 on at

    Yes!! There is a solution:

    If you open the SharePoint pdf document list, open your web browser developer tools, Choose the pdf from sharepoint list, Right click, choose the "download" button from sharepoint list. now you will find a uniqueID from developer tools under Network, go to find the download.aspx?UniqueID:

    YuYu2runrunrun_0-1648090701189.png

    Copy this url to PowerApps Button Onselect

    YuYu2runrunrun_1-1648091117213.png

     

    It will download this file directly.

    Hope this helps and works for you!

     

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    shastri 2 on at

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