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pa pcf init

Creates new PowerApps component framework project

Usage

m365 pa pcf init [options]

Options

--namespace <namespace>
The namespace for the component.
--name <name>
The name for the component.
--template <template>
Choose a template for the component. Field,Dataset.
-h, --help [help]
Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is full.
--query [query]
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples
-o, --output [output]
Output type. json,text,csv,md. Default json
--verbose
Runs command with verbose logging
--debug
Runs command with debug logging

Remarks

Name cannot contain reserved Javascript words. Only characters within the ranges [A-Z], [a-z] or [0-9] are allowed. The first character may not be a number.

Namespace cannot contain reserved Javascript words. Only characters within the ranges [A-Z], [a-z], [0-9], or '.' are allowed. The first and last character may not be the '.' character. Consecutive '.' characters are not allowed. Numbers are not allowed as the first character or immediately after a period.

Template currently only supports Field or Dataset.

Examples

Initialize the PowerApps Component Framework for a Field component

m365 pa pcf init --namespace yourNamespace --name yourCustomFieldComponent --template Field

Initialize the PowerApps Component Framework for a Dataset component

m365 pa pcf init --namespace yourNamespace --name yourCustomFieldComponent --template Dataset

Response

The response is a custom message which will show the location where the component framework has been created and a message to remind you to run npm install in the directory.

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