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Filenames truncated during Forms attachment upload
I've been using a MS Form to capture docs from team members (via the upload attachment question field), and recently noticed the filenames are being truncated at around 65 characters (+/-). I did a s...
Thanks BukiMainLong - I was able to develop a work around to this issue using a Power Automate flow that renames the attachment files to whatever I want. It took a little while to figure out, and might not be realistic for the average Forms user, but it works.
Marcus121 Yep, that has been my workaround as well. My clients only want the original filename. The problem is that the file upload is not capturing the full name of the original file. I suppose I could add a hidden field to capture the original name and then rename with that value via flow.
- BukiMainLong Do you mind sharing resources on how to do this? I'm not sure how to capture the hidden file name field using Power Automate or Flow
