Answered

Disable controls/tabs when the save process is going on

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hi, Any idea would be appreciated.

How to disable/make controls readonly/disabled, till the save data is getting processed ?

I want to freeze the tabs while data saving is going on (movement of ... at the top), I am saving data from powerapps to Sharepoint list and collection at the button click. Screenshot attached.

Regards,

Nandan

Categories:

Building Power Apps

All responses (3)

Answers (1)

Sort by

Joel CustomerEffective 3,224 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

This is a good use of a timer control
see the “loading button” section of this article for an example of disabling a button while a timer is running. https://jobs.collab365.community/powerapps-best-practices/

figure out the average amount of time it takes to save your data, create a timer for that amount of time, and set the DisplayMode of the controls to disabled when the timer is running

@Anonymous if this answers your question please mark it as a solution
Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @Anonymous

Shane Young has a nice video on using a spinner to block access to the app while a save or patch is running.
Verified answer

v-bofeng-msft Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
Hi @Anonymous :
My method is to set a variable to control the display mode of the control.
For example:

Set(Disable,false); /*Disable is my custom variable*/ ForAll([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,2,4,3],Patch('List A',Defaults('List A'),{Title:Value})); Set(Disable,true)

Disable is my variable.
ForAll([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,2,4,3],Patch('List A',Defaults('List A'),{Title:Value})); is the code to save the date.
Before the save process starts, I set the variable to false, and after the save process ends, the variable will change to true.
To demonstrate it, I created a button:
DisplayMode:

If(Disable,DisplayMode.Edit,Disabled)

Best Regards,
Bof