PDF Function weird issue

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Hello,

Experiencing strange behavior with the PDF Function. When I run the canvas app in the edit designer, the pdf generates the full pdf, however - when i run the canvas app normally (not in the edit designer) it only generates the 1st page of the pdf. Anyone else experiencing this?

here's my pdf function:

Set(varPDFContent, PDF(
scrnFinalEval,
{
Orientation: "Landscape",
ExpandContainers: true
}
))

I then have the pdf displayed in the PDF viewer control, and am also saving it to a Sharepoint library. In both cases, the issue described above is occurring.

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kevinlowe 66 on at

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Same issue here - although I can't get a multi-page even in edit mode. expandcontainers:true still won't create more than one page, even though it did it just fine last week. It's not an issue with the expansion - collapsing that container to super small still gives me one full page. It just won't create more than one page. This was working as recently as last week.

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VinceThePro 34 on at

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Hello - i have the same problem. I use

ViewForm(FormEvenement);; Set(docEventPDF; PDF(MainSectionContainer2; {ExpandContainers:true}))

But I don't have all the contents of the containers developed and printed in the PDF. It did work one day...

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RobKP 5 on at

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Same issue working fine one week then not the next
using:
Set(myPDF,PDF(DetailScreen1,{Size:PaperSize.A4,DPI:80,Orientation:"portrait",Margin:"1px",ExpandContainers: true }));

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Tasha_S Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi folks! Thank you for sharing your feedback. We did push out a fix for the issue resulting in single page PDFs which should be available in preview region environments this week. Please give it a try when you are able and let us know if you continue to experience challenges!

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kbarber 162 on at

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Thanks for the information @Tasha_S !
Sorry for my ignorance, but does anyone know how to access a "preview region environment"?

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VinceThePro 34 on at

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Hello - i have still this issue this day

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RobKP 5 on at

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I have tried this fix does not seem to work as advertised. In the end to get multiple pages in my pdf, that I email to the user of the app, I had to copy the form into a Canvas. Then manually set the size of the canvas to an egregious size to capture all data and this works well enough for me. Main issue is the page breaks.

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bgoslin 5 on at

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Also running into this issue and having to work around by saving a very large canvas since expand containers does not seem to function correctly. Not sure how long it will take for the fix to move out of preview regions (can't access) but any updates would be great.

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Paul_Efe 5 on at

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Same issue here. 19/7/2023

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Viliam Juricek 70 on at

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I am able to create multipage PDF, it has worked for me for about 4 months now. However, currently a slow performance issue has come up. In the Power Apps Studio the pdf function takes about 10s to complete, however when in play mode it takes 2+ minutes. What's even wierder is that in the network tab there is no specific reason for this taking so long, no fetching images or anything, just that what pdf function does seems to be saeparated by very large time gaps and somehow the entire function freezes the user interface. I'm using the pdf function inside custom page opened as modal window in model-driven app. Anyone experiencing similar issue?

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