This page is for installers or application designers who want import additional packages provided for PhixFlow.
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Installing Packages
Instructions on how to download and import a package
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First installation - add packages.
Existing installation without them - add packages
Upgrade - DON'T redo
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For any packages supplied by PhixFlow, you need toinstall packages on your first installation or on instances where they do not already exist.
After an upgrade, do not re-install packages.
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Additional Palettes
PhixFlow provides additional palettes that you can use when designing an application. Each theme Theme palette contains a set of tiles that you can drag in to create forms and buttons with a consistent look-and-feel; see About Themes.
How to Install a Palette
This video shows how to install a palette using Theme 2 as an example.
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- Download the package from this page.
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menu, select Import Options → Import Configuration. Navigate to the downloaded package and select it. Click OK.Insert excerpt _administration _administration nopanel true - Configure PhixFlow to use the palette by default. If you already have a default palette, check that everyone wants to use the new palette as the system default.
- Either set the palette as the default for the entire system by selecting it in System Configuration → General Settings → Default Component Palette. All the applications you create will use Theme 2 automatically. You can still use tiles and components from other palettes.
- Or set the palette for a specific application by selecting it in the application properties → Basic Settings → Default Component Palette. Use this option if you want to use different palettes with different applications.
Theme 1 Palette
Download Package
What Theme 1 looks like
Link to using theme 1For a demonstration that uses Theme 1, see PhixFlow Quick Start Guide
Theme 2 Palette
Download package
What theme 2 looks like
Link to using theme 2For information about using Theme 2, see Using Theme 2.