Author: Pieter Veenstra

Business Applications and Office Apps & Services Microsoft MVP working as a Principal Architect at HybrIT Services Ltd. You can contact me using contact@sharepains.com

Steps for importing a Power App

by Pieter Veenstra, posted in Uncategorized

There are two types of apps.

  • .msapp
  • .zip

Steps for importing an msapp.
1. Go to https://us.create.powerapps.com/studio/# (see the link below) – you should get redirected to https://eu.create.powerapps.com/studio/# if in Europe
2. Download one of the apps below. The app MUST be of a type *.msapp for this technique to work
3. Go back to the site above
4. Click Open
5. Browse for your file
6. Open it.
7. Nearly there
8. Make sure that you save the app (so that it lives on the web)

Steps for downloading a *.zip file
https://youtu.be/LhGUuB0nGio

How to set the background in PowerApps

by Pieter Veenstra, posted in Power Apps Shorts

When you create a new Power App you get one of those ugly white screens. Do you know how to change the background?

Blank screen

On the right hand of your screen you can find the Fill, the Background image and the Image position.

Set background

Fill

Normally the fill is set to white, but you can change this by clicking on the little paint pot

Change Colour

 

Background image

By default the background image is set to None, but you can change this by clicking on None.

Set the background