How to use pdf viewer to view a pdf attachment in a list

[akorejwa]

I have a sharepoint list which may have multiple attachments associated with each item. Among these attachments, there will *always* be one for each item which will be useful for people in the field to view. I created a screen which displays some meta data and all attachments associated with the list item. However, I would like the user to either be able to select one of these and view it, or simply view the pdf that will be useful to people in the field (selection of the correct pdf attachment could be controlled by the name of the pdf perhaps?). There does not seem to be a 'onSelect' option for the attachments in the form that displays them.

How can I use pdfViewer to view a pdf attached to an item in a list?

[v-yutliu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @akorejwa ,

I've afraid it's not supported to make this currently in PowerApps.

For now, you could only set the PDF viewer's Document to the PDF's link directly.Server redirects or HTML views of the document aren't supported. For example, set the Document to Gallery2.Selected.AbsoluteUri, it will not display PDF successsfully.

Here's a doc about PDF viewer for your reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/controls/control-pdf-viewer

As an alternative way, I suggest you use the Lunch function.

Set the gallery's arrow's OnSelect: Launch(ThisItem.AbsoluteUri)

Then, if user click on the arrow, it will open PDF file in webpage automatically.

Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Phoebe Liu