Solved: NewForm and Gallery.Selected Value

afoti · ‎10-17-2017

Hi, I have a form set up that is dedicated to creating new items called 'EntryForm'.It is set in NewForm mode.

When a submission is made through it (i.e. a new item created) I wanted it to progress to another form which is set to edit mode. The issue is this form is picking up the item from the Gallery screen via the '.Selected' property and not showing the EditForm for the newly-created item.

Is there a way to change this .Selected property to a new item when it is created in the EntryForm so it points to the newly-created item by default?

CarlosFigueira · ‎10-17-2017

An easier way to do this instead of updating the selection in the gallery (it may not work for data sources with many elements) is to decouple the form from the gallery selection. The idea is to "pass" the gallery selection when navigating from the browse screen to the detail / edit screens.

The blog post at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/carlosfigueira/2017/10/04/decouplingbrowsegalleryfromforms/ shows the steps that you need to take to decouple the form from the gallery. Hope this helps!

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v-yamao-msft · ‎10-17-2017

Hi afoti,

I assume that you are using an EditForm control on your side. I think that we could use an EditForm to either edit existing items or create new items.

You may have a DisplayForm, then navigate from the DisplayForm to the EditForm, the function you could use here is: EditForm(EditForm1);Navigate(EditScreen1, ScreenTransition.None)

You may have a Gallery and use the NewForm function to create new items, the function you could use here is: NewForm(EditForm1);Navigate(EditScreen1, ScreenTransition.None)

You could auto-generate an app from data to know more about these functions.

Please also check this documentation:
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/function-form/

I also try to set an edit form’s item property to EditForm1.LastSubmit. When you navigate from the NewForm to EditForm, the item you last submitted will be displayed on the EditForm.

Please take a try with it.

Best regards,
Mabel Mao

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CarlosFigueira · ‎10-17-2017

An easier way to do this instead of updating the selection in the gallery (it may not work for data sources with many elements) is to decouple the form from the gallery selection. The idea is to "pass" the gallery selection when navigating from the browse screen to the detail / edit screens.

The blog post at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/carlosfigueira/2017/10/04/decouplingbrowsegalleryfromforms/ shows the steps that you need to take to decouple the form from the gallery. Hope this helps!