Power Platform Developers Weekly - Issue #80

🥇 Cover Story

Alex Shelga walks through sorting a string as an example on how you can add custom C# code to your custom connector

💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

Andrew shows how to get at the quick view fields displayed on a form via Javascript

Introduction Often we use Dynamic 365 Time Control when we want to keep track of time based on a certain date. E.g. Whether a Lead has been qualified before the estimated close date etc. In this blog, we will see how we can programmatically get the status of the Time Control using form scripting.

🏋️‍♂️ Canvas Apps

Mike shows how every developer can embrace theming in Power Apps to meet accesibility standards

Hardit does a deep dive into creating a Pinterest type gallery

🐱‍🏍 Power Automate

Here's how co-presence will work in a Cloud Flow in Power Automate. Very helpful feature!

Venkata continues his fundamentals journey with the Div function

🚀 PCF & Custom Pages

Diana walks us through using the new in-app notifications from a Custom Page.

👍 Everything else in Power Platform

Temmy admits he has never used OrgServiceContext in his 6 years of D365. He now shows us how to get at data via LINQ and so much more

🔨 Tools & Components

Matty Beard has created a wonderful tool to help with the new Dataverse column format changer within XrmToolBox

👩‍💻 Dev to the Core

Eric highlights there is not any real way to enforce extensions on your team but shows us some methods that could meet the grade for you.

⛅ Around Azure

🎮 Other Interesting Articles

Show Message if Gallery is empty - Matthew Devaney

Auto Create SharePoint Folders structures using Flow (part 3) - Linn Zaw Win

How to deep-link into Teams from Power Apps - Hardit Bhatia

Responsive Layouts for Canvas Apps - Debajit Dutta

Back to Basics - Connect D365 with Postman - Venkata Subbarao Polisetty

Create Teams Meeting invites from Power Automate - Priyesh Wagh

🎥 Videos

🔊 Podcasts

In the 58th episode Megan & Lisa cover Microsoft Ignite and Passwordless Accounts, Power Platform News, Microsoft Teams, Community Content, and watching Cruella and The Morning Show

🐤 Tweets of the week

Matt Bierner @mattbierner

Today's @code tip: Return type inlay hints Return type inlay hints show you the implicit return types of functions and methods in #TypeScript and #JavaScript This can help you better understand what code is doing at a glance #code2020 https://t.co/5Forndi3oK

Jonas Rapp ᴹᴠᴾ 🇸🇪 #pause @rappen

In my head: 1 month today folk... - 1 Session - 1 Speaker - Pub Quiz (if I'm alive still) Sorry for you all - this day is me me me. Focus. Focus. Focus. I will be good. #honest My session and all links: https://t.co/t6OCTiewGo https://t.co/GLIi6hmXML

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