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Power Automate Flow: force a file deletion and force a file replacement
To force a file to be deleted in a SharePoint Document Library, using a Power Automate Flow, we can call the action “Send an HTTP Request to SharePoint“, with the below: Method: POST Uri: _api/web/Lists/GetByTitle(‘Document Library Name’)/GetItemById(@{variables(‘ItemID’)})/recycle Headers: Prefer: bypass-shared-lock To force a file to be replaced with new content in a SharePoint Document Library, […]
Set People Picker field in a SharePoint List Item using Microsoft Graph
When we want to use MS Graph to add an item into a SharePoint List that contains a People Picker, then here what needs to be done: Retrieve the Site ID for the root site collection, using https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/[CORP].sharepoint.com:/sites/MySiteCollection Retrieve the Site ID for the target end website, using https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/[CORP].sharepoint.com:/sites/MySiteCollection/MyParentSiteWeb/MyTargetWebsite/ Use the user’s email address to […]
How to pass a parameter from the URL to a SharePoint Form (2025)
For a few months, there is a new way to display a new form for a SharePoint List, using Microsoft Forms: This kind of form can be useful for intake requests or surveys. But how to pass a parameter in the URL to apply it to a field in the form? Here is the solution […]
AndroidManifest.xml from ADB
It’s possible to find the AndroidManifest.xml file for an app using its APK (e.g. from APKMirror) and then with the help of a tool like jadx, but we can also connect to the Android device using adb connect, and then we use adb shell dumpsys package PACKAGE_NAME (e.g. “com.netflix.ninja” is the package name for Netflix). […]
Power FX: Dynamically access an object property with a variable
I’m kind of new with Power Apps, and it’s been very difficult to find how to access an object property using a variable. In a nutshell, here are to access it: With( { tempData: ParseJSON(JSON(ThisItem, JSONFormat.IgnoreBinaryData & JSONFormat.IgnoreUnsupportedTypes)) }, Concat( ForAll( ColumnArray As ColumnName, ColumnName.Value & “=>” & Column( tempData, ColumnName.Value ) & “<br>” ), […]
Animated favicon in Chrome/Edge
To animate a favicon with Chrome / Edge, we can create an animated canvas and a web worker. See the Github repository I created about it.
Remove lazy loading for a custom SPFx webpart
SharePoint Online is doing lazy loading when we hit a page with webparts. If you created a SPFx webpart, and if it’s not visible right after the page load, then it will only be loaded once the user scrolls to it… To remove this behavior, and load the webpart as soon as possible, you must […]
Determine an element `height` and `width` in CSS only and reuse it within another CSS rule
I found this technic on https://frontendmasters.com/blog/how-to-get-the-width-height-of-any-element-in-only-css/ – it only works on modern browsers (mainly Chrome and Edge) Let’s define the properties: @property –_x { syntax: “<number>”; inherits: true; initial-value: 0; } @property –_y { syntax: “<number>”; inherits: true; initial-value: 0; } @property –w { syntax: “<integer>”; inherits: true; initial-value: 0; } @property –h { syntax: […]
How to remove an account / leave an organization in MS Teams?
If in the top right corner of MS Teams, when you click on your profile picture, you see other organizations/accounts and you want to delete them: Go to the MS Teams Settings by clicking on the three dots next to your profile picture Go to Accounts and orgs Turn off or leave the org/account that […]