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Hello,
I have a custom entity where I am using the file type column in dataverse and I have a workflow that stores every file that is being uploaded to Azure blob, deletes it from Dataverse and fills up the URL of the file in another column.
The user should be able to preview any document type that is being stored in Azure blob based on the file path of the form. Previewing the file should be in the canvas app and not inside model-driven.
In Azure Blob, we can only preview PDF and image files, and the canvas app only supports seeing those files.
However, when it comes to Word and Excel documents, users will not be able to preview the file and the only option will be to download the file to their local desktop since there is no API for Azure Blob that supports those formats.
In SharePoint we do have API's to preview documents such as word/excel/PPT etc.. (we can't use SharePoint in our requirements)
I am trying to find a way to allow the user to preview the above-mentioned document types within the canvas app.
Is there any 3rd party API we can extend in the canvas app that converts other doc types to PDF? I thought of creating a flow that calls an API and responds to power apps to preview the file.
Some helpful content that I found are based on SharePoint/Dataverse but my scenario is totally different when I am using Azure Blob that is:
Any help is highly appreciated.
Best regards,
EBMRay
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