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Deleting is Scary

  While doing Power Apps training with Pragmatic Works, I usually have a common request after students learn they can delete records.   Someone will usually state they like the usability of the delete function, but are scared to put a delete button on the screen.   Their concern is someone will hit it by mistake and then the record will be gone forever.    There are a few ways to fix this issue .   The method I showcase here will show how you can activate a pop-up screen that overlays your original screen.   This method is not just useful for delete confirmations, but anytime you want to show extra information on your screen without being taken to a new screen.   To achieve our solution today we will need to meet the following objectives:   Create the pop-up screen and all of its components, then GROUP them together Use the function UpdateContext to temporarily create a variable to hold a piece of information, which in our case will be tru...

Let's Make a Power App: Round 2

In this second installment, we will start to build our app.   Now, I will not just guide you click by click of building the app, but more importantly, I will do my best to explain how all the coding and features are working in the background so you can take this knowledge to design an app specific to your needs.   Below is a list of items we will be covering: 1.        Setting colors for text, backgrounds, and images 2.        Setting up variables do to the heavy lifting for us throughout our whole process 3.        Showcase an external website https://imagecolorpicker.com/en/   that helps with color palettes that are aesthetically pleasing to your end-user 4.        Insert images, shapes, and text 5.        Insert galleries that reference our created data sources from our first video The goal of these nex...