Tag Archives: PCF Control

Check whether the current logged in Dynamics 365 CRM user has necessary security privileges for a specific entity in PCF Control

Introduction In this blog, we will get the idea on how we can check if the current logged-in user has Read/Write/Update access to any specific entity or not. Scenario We have one Boolean type PCF control on the Account entity. Based on the Yes / No value of PCF control, we want to create a… Read More »

Format input values using Formatting API in PCF Control within Dynamics 365 CRM

In our past projects, we created a PCF Control in which we had a requirement to format the input values like strings/numbers to the user currency/decimal format according to the user personalized settings set in Dynamics 365 CRM. To achieve this, we used a new Formatting API of Power Apps. This API makes our code… Read More »

Locational Intelligence Simplified: Unpacking latest enhancements in Maps integration within Dynamics 365 CRM/Power Apps December 2020 release!

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”On that note, it’s time to welcome another step towards excellence with the latest Maplytics December 2020 release! In this webinar, we will navigate the latest enhancements made to the most popular features of Maplytics – Auto Scheduling, Territory Management, PCF controls, and… Read More »

Get Subgrid Information from the PCF Context

Introduction Recently we were working on a PCF dataset control that can be configured on the Home grid as well as on the subgrid. So while developing the control there were few queries such as what data can we get from the context object regarding the Subgrid. For example, the Subgird label, View ID, Relationship… Read More »

Match theme of Dynamics 365 App in Power Apps Control Framework – Part 2

In the last blog, we saw how we could match the theme of the Dynamics 365 App in PCF when we know what should be the color scheme at the time of designing. In this blog, we will see how we can apply the theme to the Fluent UI component dynamically based on the main… Read More »

Match the theme of Dynamics 365 App in Power Apps Control Framework – Part 1

Power Apps Control Framework is what we are using these days for creating re-usable and configurable custom UI or components in Dynamics 365 Modal driven apps. When it comes to designing a component, the Fluent UI is another Microsoft’s tool that empowers developers to use built-in controls like Button, Date Picker, Label, Slider, Textbox, etc.… Read More »

How to develop PCF control using Office UI Fabric

Introduction PCF stands for PowerApps Component Framework. PCF is used to build the full custom component to enrich user experience. On the other hand, Office UI Fabric is a responsive, mobile-first, front-end framework for developers which is designed to make it simple to create web experiences quickly using the Office Design Language. Recently, we had… Read More »

How to run PCF Control in Multilanguage using .resx (resource) files

Introduction In this blog, we will see how to run PCF Control in multiple languages. Let’s consider a scenario where we have one PCF field control, which contains some user interface part which we currently display in only one language i.e English. Now, we want to display PCF control UI part in more than one… Read More »

How to handle updateView() function call while calling setFullScreen() function in PCF control

Introduction In this blog, we will find out the way to avoid updateView() function to be executed when not necessary. We have developed a PCF control which provides the user to expand and collapse the full screen mode. In that PCF control, UpdateView() has some business logic. Please find the below code that we have… Read More »