Basic Settings
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| Name | The name of the screen. |
| Open Maximised | | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to open the screen maximised. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to open the screen as a pop-up window. |
| Allow User to Resize | | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to enable the application user, when running in | Insert excerpt |
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| _app_mode |
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| _app_mode |
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| nopanel | true |
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, to resize the screen.| Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to keep the screen size fixed when running in in | Insert excerpt |
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| _app_mode |
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| _app_mode |
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| nopanel | true |
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.This option does not affect resizing the screen in | Insert excerpt |
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| _design_mode |
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| _design_mode |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Show Toolbar | | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to display a toolbar for the screen todo - currently not working??| Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Always On Top | | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to keep the screen on top of other screens. This is useful for a pop-up window that you want a user to complete before returning to another screen.| Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to allow other screens to be displayed in front. |
| Keep Data | | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to allow screen data to be referenced even after the screen is closed. This is useful if an application user needs access to global data available in the system. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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is the default. The screen data is not required once the screen is closed. |
| Preload | Screens, especially complex screens, can take some time to open, which can feel slow to the application user. Use this option when you need a screen to open quickly. Preloading screens adds to the time it takes PhixFlow to initially start up. For this reason we recommend you only preload screens that an application user will always want to open. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to preload the screen when PhixFlow first starts. When the user then opens the screen, it displays immediately. The data itself may still take time to load.| Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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is the default. The screen does not need to be preloaded. Preloading relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen is only loaded when the screen opens, and this may also take time to load. |
| Cache Locally | If an application user is likely to require the same screen in different stages of a task. Use this option so that, when the user closes and reopens the screen, it loads immediately. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to cache the screen on the application user's client computer when the screen first opens. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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is the default. The screen does not need to be cached. Caching relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen will be reload each time the screen is opened. |
| Open on Startup | Todo - not yet implemented You may have a screen that acts as your application's welcome window. Use this option to open a screen whenever the application starts. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| _check_box_tick |
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| nopanel | true |
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to open the screen when the application starts. | Insert excerpt |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| _check_box_untick |
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| nopanel | true |
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is the default. The screen is opened by a user action within the application. | Position |
| Position | For screens that are not set to Open maximised. By default, pop-up screens are opened floating centrally. If you want a screen to open with a fixed position, select one of the drop-down options: - Pinned to top
- Pinned to bottom
- Pinned to left: top left
- Pinned to right: top right
- Floating (default)
todo - check DEV-9189 as there are problems using these options |
Width | Specify Width | For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen width in pixels, for example 500px for a small confirmation window. The default size for a pop-up screen approximately 800px. |
| Height | Specify For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen height in pixels, for example 150px for a small confirmation window. The default size of a pop-up screen is approximately 500px. |
| Top | Available when Position is Floating.Set For screens that are not set to Open maximised, set an offset value in pixels to position the screen where it is required. For example, to display a screen as a pop-up window towards the top left of the screen set: |
| Left |
| Right |
| Bottom |
Dashboard Elements
This section lists the Dashboard Elements on this screen.
PhixFlow creates dashboard elements when you use the pop-up menu Add Area... options to divide up the screen. In PhixFlow version 8.3 and earlier, dashboard elements enabled different parts of the screen to be bound to different sources of data, either a stream (table) or view.
Where dashboard elements are bound to data, you can link them, so that the data in one dashboard element drives the data in another; see Linked and Driving Views.
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons and:
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Image Modified Show stream actions (record-actions) | Insert excerpt |
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| _filter |
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| _filter |
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| nopanel | true |
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The grid contains a list of menu items. To add a menu item to the list, click
- click
- Select
- either Add a new sub-menu
- or Add a new menu item; see Menu
- PhixFlow opens a new properties tab for a menu item or sub-menu; see Menu for details.
To remove a menu, use the toolbar button 
Image Removed Delete Everywhere.
Mappings
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of mappings between attributes that are the same but have different names in different streams (tables) or views. PhixFlow will evaluate - Select
- either Add a new sub-menu
- or Add a new menu item; see Menu
- PhixFlow opens a new properties tab for a menu item or sub-menu; see Menu for details.
To remove a menu, use the toolbar button Image Added Delete Everywhere.
Mappings
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons.
Components on the screen, such as buttons or data-components, can have actions. You may want an action to take data from attributes in different streams (tables) or views. Where the attributes have different names, you must map the dataset, so that the action recognises the data. This grid contains a list of mappings for components on this screen. PhixFlow evaluates all the mapped datasets when it runs an action on the dashboard. Todo - check this is the correct mapping..
You can delete a mapping from the grid.
To configure a mapping, in the screen, right-click
Unreachable Actions
Todo - New feature related to actionflows?
Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid displays a list of actions and/or (todo - check) stream item actions (record-actions) that are linked to the screen.
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| _access |
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| _access |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _description |
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| _description |
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| nopanel | true |
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There is a toolbar above the screen canvas. This provides the following options:
| List options |
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| _tables |
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| _tables |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the repository showing the list of available tables for your application. |
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| _screen_toolbar |
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| _screen_toolbar |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the repository showing the list of available screens for your application. |
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| _actionflow |
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| _actionflow |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the repository showing the list of available actionflows for your application. |
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| _palette |
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| _palette |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the list of palettes. |
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| _styles |
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| _styles |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the repository showing the list of available styles for your application. |
| Canvas options |
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| Open the help topic with details about working with screens. |
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| _property_settings |
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| _property_settings |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the properties tab for the screen. |
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| _layout_unlock |
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| _layout_unlock |
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| nopanel | true |
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or | Insert excerpt |
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| _layout_lock |
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| _layout_lock |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Unlock a screen to edit its layout. Lock a screen to prevent accidental edits and to display the data content. |
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| _refresh |
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| _refresh |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Update the screen to reflect changes made elsewhere in PhixFlow, such as the screen properties, layer orders or shared styles. |
Right-click on a screen to display its pop-up menu. The options available depend on where you click. If there are many options, some are moved onto the sub-menu
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| _screen |
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| _screen |
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| nopanel | true |
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Options.
| Menu option | Description |
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| _layout_unlock |
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| _layout_unlock |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Unlock a screen to edit its layout. |
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| _layout_lock |
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| _layout_lock |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Lock a screen to prevent accidental edits and to display the data content. |
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| _context_parameters |
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| _context_parameters |
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| nopanel | true |
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| For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open a window listing the context parameters in alphabetical order. |
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| _element_show |
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| _element_show |
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| nopanel | true |
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| For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open the properties for the dashboard element. |
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| _area_above |
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| _area_above |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Use these options to divide a screen into multiple, resizable panes. Select the option to add a pane relative to the currently selected pane. To remove a pane, use the pop-up menu options | Insert excerpt |
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| _delete |
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| _delete |
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| nopanel | true |
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Pane. |
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| _area_right |
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| _area_right |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _area_below |
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| _area_below |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _area_left |
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| _area_left |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _area_lock_width |
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| _area_lock_width |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Fix the height or width of the selected pane. You will no longer be able to resize a pane by dragging its dividing line. |
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| _area_lock_height |
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| _area_lock_height |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _delete |
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| _delete |
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| nopanel | true |
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| When a specific component is selected, delete the component. Other delete options that may be available relate to specific types of component in the selected pane. |
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| _delete_item |
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| _delete_item |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Delete options depend on the selected item. Examples are: | Insert excerpt |
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| _delete_item |
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| _delete_item |
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| nopanel | true |
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selected objects| Insert excerpt |
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| _delete_item |
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| _delete_item |
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| nopanel | true |
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pane| Insert excerpt |
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| _delete_item |
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| _delete_item |
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| nopanel | true |
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form
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| _element_delete |
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| _element_delete |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Delete a dashboard element. |
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| _form_new |
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| _form_new |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Create a new form in the current area. |
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| _pin_unpin |
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| _pin_unpin |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Pin a component to fix its position; see Pinning and Unpinning. |
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| _palette |
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| _palette |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the palette to drag in components. |
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| _autosize |
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| _autosize |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically auto sized when an application window is resized by the user. | Note |
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Using this option, or manually resizing a component may change the state of the Layout → Style Settings → Auto Size property. |
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| _arrange_components |
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| _arrange_components |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Options to arrange the selected components within a pane: | Insert excerpt |
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| _align_left |
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| _align_left |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _align_right |
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| _align_right |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _align_top |
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| _align_top |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _align_bottom |
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| _align_bottom |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _distribute_horizontal |
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| _distribute_horizontal |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _distribute_vertical |
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| _distribute_vertical |
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| nopanel | true |
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| _repository_find |
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| _repository_find |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the repository with to see the selected component in the list. This can be useful if you want to move a component. |
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| _screen_properties |
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| _screen_properties |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Open the properties tab for the screen. |
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| _record_show |
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| _record_show |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Display information about the stream (table) and its (stream items) records. |
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| _mapping |
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| _mapping |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Opens a new mapping element properties tab where you can map attributes with different names to components. |
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| _children |
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| _children |
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| nopanel | true |
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| For the selected parent container, select all the child components. |
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| _table_properties |
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| _table_properties |
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| nopanel | true |
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or Show the Stream Configuration | Open the properties for the stream (table). |
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| _attributes_show |
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| _attributes_show |
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| nopanel | true |
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| Show the list of attributes that are bound to the component. The attributes can be from a stream or view. This is shown in the option: | Insert excerpt |
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| _attributes_show |
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| _attributes_show |
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| nopanel | true |
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for stream (table)<name>| Insert excerpt |
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| _attributes_show |
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| nopanel | true |
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for view <name>
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