Collection export to Sharepoint list problem in PowerApps - sharepoint

I have a collection (created from Sharepoint list) and I would like to overwrite the original SP list by this collection.
This overwrite should be activated by an exit button after asking if I would like to exit the app.
This is the code I used in the PowerApps:
ForAll(collection; Patch(Leltár_SP_lista; Defaults(Leltár_SP_lista); { 'T$ORNO': orno; 'T$SERN': sern; 'T$CWAR': cwar;'T$LOCA':loca;'T$CPRJ': cprj;
'T$ITEM':item;'T$CNTR': cntr;'T$CLOT':clot;'T$DATE':date;'T$STUN':stun;'T$QSTK':qstk;'T$QSTR':qstr;'T$DATA':data;
'T$TIMA':tima;'T$CSTK': cstk;'T$CSTR':cstr;'T$COUN':coun;'T$PRST': prst;'T$CSTS':csts;'T$DSCA':dsca}))
The main problem is that the pressing of button (which activate this code) doesn't overwrite the Sharepoint list but merges to end of the list.
How should I modify this code to solve my problem?

When you use Defaults() function you create a new record. If you want to overwrite the record you have to refer to the ID with a LookUp function inside the Patch as the second argument. Or you could use a ForAll function with a Remove function before patching. Please tell me if you have problems on doing this

Try:
ForAll(collection;
Patch(
Leltár_SP_lista;
LookUp(Leltár_SP_lista, ID = ThisRecord.ID);
{
'T$ORNO': orno;
'T$SERN': sern;
'T$CWAR': cwar;
'T$LOCA': loca;
'T$CPRJ': cprj;
'T$ITEM': item;
'T$CNTR': cntr;
'T$CLOT': clot;
'T$DATE': date;
'T$STUN': stun;
'T$QSTK': qstk;
'T$QSTR': qstr;
'T$DATA': data;
'T$TIMA': tima;
'T$CSTK': cstk;
'T$CSTR': cstr;
'T$COUN': coun;
'T$PRST': prst;
'T$CSTS': csts;
'T$DSCA': dsca
}
)
)

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Can't modify/remove a field from an ActivityNode using sbt

I created an ActivityNode (an Entry) and I can add custom fields with the
setFields(List<Field> newListField)
fonction.
BUT
I am unable to modify these fields. (In this case I try to modify the value of the field named LIBENTITE)
FieldList list = myEntry.getTextFields();
List<Field> updatedList = new ArrayList<Field>();
//I add each old field in the new list, but I modify the field LIBENTITE
for(Field myField : list){
if(myField.getName().equals("LIBENTITE")){
((TextField)myField).setTextSummary("New value");
}
updatedList.add(myField);
}
myEntry.setFields(updatedList);
activityService.updateActivityNode(myEntry);
This code should replace the old list of fields with the new one, but I can't see any change in the custom field LIBENTITE of myEntry in IBM connections.
So I tried to create a new list of fields, not modifying my field but adding a new one :
for(Field myField:list){
if(!myField.getName().equals("LIBENTITE")){
updatedList.add(myField);
}
}
Field newTextField = new TextField("New Value");
newTextField .setFieldName("LIBENTITE");
updatedList.add(newTextField );
And this code is just adding the new field in myEntry. What I see is that the other custom fields did not change and I have now two custom fields named LIBENTITE, one with the old value and the second with the new value, in myEntry.
So I though that maybe if I clear the old list of Fields, and then I add the new one, it would work.
I tried the two fonctions
myEntry.clearFieldsMap();
and
myEntry.remove("LIBENTITE");
but none of them seems to work, I still can't remove a custom field from myEntry using SBT.
Any suggestions ?
I have two suggestions, as I had (or have) similar problems:
If you want to update an existing text field in an activity node, you have to call node.setField(fld) to update the field in the node object.
Code snippet from my working application, where I'm updating a text field containing a (computed) start time:
ActivityNode node = activityService.getActivityNode(id);
node.setTitle(formatTitle()); // add/update start and end time in title
boolean startFound = false;
// ...
FieldList textfields =node.getTextFields();
Iterator<Field> iterFields = textfields.iterator();
while (iterFields.hasNext()) {
TextField fld = (TextField) iterFields.next();
if (fld.getName().equals(Constants.FIELDNAME_STARTTIME)) {
fld.setTextSummary(this.getStartTimeString()); // NOTE: .setFieldValue does *not* work
node.setField(fld); // write updated field back. This seems to be the only way updating fields works
startFound=true;
}
}
If there is no field with that name, I create a new one (that's the reason I'm using the startFound boolean variable).
I think that the node.setField(fld) should do the trick. If not, there might be a way to sidestep the problem:
You have access to the underlying DOM object which was parsed in. You can use this to tweak the DOM object, which finally will be written back to Connections.
I had to use this as there seems to be another nasty bug in the SBT SDK: If you read in a text field which has no value, and write it back, an error will be thrown. Looks like the DOM object misses some required nodes, so you have to create them yourself to avoid the error.
Some code to demonstrate this:
// ....
} else if (null == fld.getTextSummary()) { // a text field without any contents. Which is BAD!
// there is a bug in the SBT API: if we read a field which has no value
// and try to write the node back (even without touching the field) a NullPointerException
// will be thrown. It seems that there is no value node set for the field. We
// can't set a value with fld.setTextSummary(), the error will still be thrown.
// therefore we have to remove the field, and - optionally - we set a defined "empty" value
// to avoid the problem.
// node.remove(fld.getName()); // remove the field -- this does *not* work! At least not for empty fields
// so we have to do it the hard way: we delete the node of the field in the cached dom structure
String fieldName = fld.getName();
DeferredElementNSImpl fldData = (DeferredElementNSImpl) fld.getDataHandler().getData();
fldData.getParentNode().removeChild(fldData); // remove the field from the cached dom structure, therefore delete it
// and create it again, but with a substitute value
Field newEmptyField = new TextField (Constants.FIELD_TEXTFIELD_EMPTY_VALUE); // create a field with a placeholder value
newEmptyField.setFieldName(fieldName);
node.setField(newEmptyField);
}
Hope that helps.
Just so that post does not stay unanswered I write the answer that was in a comment of the initial question :
"currently, there is no solution to this issue, the TextFields are read-only map. we have the issue recorded on github.com/OpenNTF/SocialSDK/issues/1657"

Can't set Orchard field values unless item already created

I seem to be having a problem with assigning values to fields of a content item with a custom content part and the values not persisting.
I have to create the content item (OrchardServices.ContentManager.Create) first before calling the following code which modifies a field value:
var fields = contentItem.As<MyPart>().Fields;
var imageField = fields.FirstOrDefault(o => o.Name.Equals("Image"));
if (imageField != null)
{
((MediaLibraryPickerField)imageField).Ids = new int[] { imageId };
}
The above code works perfectly when against an item that already exists, but the imageId value is lost if this is done before creating it.
Please note, this is not exclusive to MediaLibraryPickerFields.
I noticed that other people have reported this aswell:
https://orchard.codeplex.com/workitem/18412
Is it simply the case that an item must be created prior to amending it's value field?
This would be a shame, as I'm assigning this fields as part of a large import process and would inhibit performance to create it and then modify the item only to update it again.
As the comments on this issue explain, you do need to call Create. I'm not sure I understand why you think that is an issue however.

xpages copy field value to another field from other datasource

I followed How do you copy a datetime field from the current document to a new document and I try something like this:
Cdoc.save();
Pdoc.copyItem(Cdoc.getDocument().getFirstItem("mytest1"));
getComponent('exampleDialog').show()
But I get a handling error message.
Thanks for your time!
Assuming Cdoc and Pdoc are defined as xp:dominoDocument data sources then you have to change your code to:
Cdoc.save();
Pdoc.getDocument().copyItem(Cdoc.getDocument().getFirstItem("mytest1"));
getComponent('exampleDialog').show()
So, you only need to add .getDocument() to Pdoc to get the Notes Document. Otherwise it fails and you get the error "Error calling method 'copyItem(lotus.domino.local.Item)' on an object of type 'NotesXspDocument'".
Keep in mind that you have to save Pdoc after copying item too if you want to show the copied item in your exampleDialog.
If you don't want to save document Pdoc at this point yet then you can copy the item on NotesXspDocument level with just:
Pdoc.replaceItemValue("mytest1", Cdoc.getItemValueDateTime("mytest1"));
getComponent('exampleDialog').show()
I do not often use "copyItem". You are not specifying if you are using NotesDocuments or NotesXspDocuments, so I will write a quick thing about both because they should be handled differently.
var currentDoc:NotesDocument = ....
var newDoc:NotesDocument= ...
newDoc.replaceItemValue("fldname", currentDoc.getItemValueDateTimeArray("fldname").elementAt(0))
if currentDoc is a NotesXspDocument, use the following
var currentDoc:NotesXspDocument = ...
var newDoc:NotesDocument=...
newDoc.replaceItemValue("fldname", currentDoc.getItemValueDateTime("fldname"))
Otherwise, you could continue trying with copyItem, I just lack experience with it.
EDIT
Just some things to add, remember that putting calling xspDoc.getDocument(true) will update the background document and this might be needed. Also, in the comments for that article you posted, they mentioned the possible need to put that document into another variable.
var docSource:NotesDocument = xspDoc.getDocument(true);
var docNew:NotesDocument = ...
docNew.copyItem(docSource.getItem("blah");
Also remember that copyItem is a function of NotesDocument and not NotesXspDocument.

Sharepoint event handling.. which column changed?

I'm writing an event handler to handle the updating of a particular SPItem in a list. The event is asynchronous and I get the SPEvenItemProperties without a problem. What I would like to find out is which of the SPItems columns' actually fired the event. Anyone have any idea how?
Thanks in advance.
Your answer depends a bit on from where and how the SPListItem is retrieved. In a regular list, you do not have access to the previous values of the item. If you turn on versioning, you can get access to the previous versions, depending on permissions, of course.
For a document library you can use the SPItemEventProperties.BeforeProperties to get the previous metadata for a document.
For a document library you can try something like this:
foreach (DictionaryEntry key in properties.BeforeProperties)
{
string beforeKey = (string)key.Key;
string beforeValue = key.Value.ToString();
string afterValue = "";
if (properties.AfterProperties[beforeKey] != null)
{
afterValue = properties.AfterProperties[beforeKey].ToString();
if (afterValue != beforeValue)
{
// Changed...
}
}
}
.b
I think the best way to do this would be to look through the BeforeProperties and AfterProperties of the SPItemEventProperties and check which fields have different values.
These contain the values of all fields of the item before and after the event occurred.

SharePoint List Error: "Value does not fall within the expected range"

Hi I am developing using the SharePoint namespace and I ran into the following error when I try to retrieve a URL column from one of my lsits.
"Value does not fall within the expected range"
All I am doing is:
item["URL"]
Can someone tell me what I can do about this?
The error definitely means that the field can't be found.
Debug the process and look at the ListItem.Fields.SchemaXML property to find its internal name, it may be saved internally as something other than URL. You can also use the following method to get a list item value.
SPField l_field = l_item.Fields.GetField("URL");
string l_fieldValue = l_item[l_field.Id].ToString();
The GetField method looks for a field by both DisplayName & InternalName.
To get the URL of an SPListItem, use Item.Url.
public static string GetItemURLValue(SPListItem item, string fieldName)
{
string exit = "";
SPFieldUrlValue link = new SPFieldUrlValue(item[fieldName].ToString());
exit = link.Url;
return exit;
}
This usually means "URL" is not a field in the list.
If it's a promoted InfoPath column, try deactivating and re-activating the form template to the site. I have noticed that I have to do this whenever I add a new promoted field to an infopath template.
There is a special method for retrieving URLs. Try this:
SPListItem li = ...
SPFieldUrlValue fuv = new SPFieldUrlValue(li[strFieldName].ToString());
return fuv.Url;
Mine is a Windows application. I used to get this exception after I created the set up and tried deploying.
My application needed to write in Excel and then save it. I used reference of COM component 'Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object'. I noticed when I add this reference actually 3 dll's appear in my reference list.
Microsoft.office.core
Excel
VBIDE
I removed the 'VBIDE' reference and my problem is solved.
If it's just a column name and in "Single line of Text" format, what about:
item["URL"] != null ? item["URL"].ToString() : "Not Found";

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