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I have a convert to PDF in the my flow (one works and this one does not) - they are meant to save to sharepoint but this says it cannot find the file - please help

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    PeterR1969 15 on at
    Re: Failure to find file in convert Word document to PDF

    Many thanks - I have now found the problem

    The Word Template had become corrupt and had unreadable content which when populated and created into a word file was pulling through to the file I was trying to convert to PDF

    This was not showing as corrupt when opening the word file in SharePoint, but when I open in Desktop App - give an error message - this is what PowerApps was struggling to get past - Recreating and populating a new template to overcome the corrupt file

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    OkanAutomation 107 on at
    Re: Failure to find file in convert Word document to PDF

    Can you try:

    At activity Convert Word to PDF. At File = /Contractor.../Name.PDF

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    PeterR1969 15 on at
    Re: Failure to find file in convert Word document to PDF

    |Hi thanks for he reply - the "Name" Dynamic when I hover over it refers to Create file3 and the file name in the error message refers to the generated Word .docx

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    OkanAutomation 107 on at
    Re: Failure to find file in convert Word document to PDF

    Are you using the correct input for file content in activity Create File? 

    It looks like you are trying to get a file which doesn't exist yes because Convert word activity is one step further. 

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