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Danish Naglekar edited this page Oct 7, 2019 · 1 revision

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  • New PCF Control
    • New from Blank: This would setup the plugin to guide you through the process of creating a custom control from scratch.
    • New from Template: The plugin would present you with various community built custom controls published on PCF Gallery. Once you download any of the custom control, a script would try to download the code from GitHub repo and load the control details for you (some controls may not load correctly due to how the repo is structured)
  • Edit existing PCF Control: Based on the selected working directory, plugin will try to identify any existing PCF project and CDS Project. It will then load the details for you so you don’t have to type -in those details again.
  • PCF Gallery: A community build custom control store. You will find lot of good custom controls built by the community.
  • Sample Controls: A downloadable zip file that contains sample controls for your learning.
  • PowerApps CLI
    • Download PowerApps CLI: This will take you to the download page of PowerApps CLI.
    • Update PowerApps CLI: This will run the CLI command to update itself to the latest version available.
  • Help
    • PowerApps Component Framework: Navigates you to Microsoft’s PowerApps Component Framework Overview documentation.
    • Microsoft Docs for Custom Component: Navigates you to the documentation on building Custom Controls.
    • PCF Limitations: Navigates you to the documentation that lists limitations of PowerApps Component Framework.
  • Settings: To change you preferred working directory or your Visual Studio Command Prompt location.

Tabs

There are two tabs available described below:

  • Builder: This tab helps you build your custom controls. This is the main tab of the plugin.
  • Learn more about PCF: This tab helps you look at the Blogs, Forums, Demos, Ideas for PCF. A one-stop-shop for PCF related information.
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