To create or edit a screen, load your application then in the header bar, click 

Opening an Existing Screen

1. To open a an existing screen:
   • either, in the header bar, click

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      and click a screen from the listin the list, click on the screen name you want to open
   • or in the repository, expand your application's Screens section and double-click a screen name.
     Alternatively, right-click the name and select Display.
2. PhixFlow opens the locked screen in the canvas with the screen locked.
3. To unlock the screen for editing, right-click anywhere on the screen to open the popup menu and select 

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   .
4. PhixFlow displays the toolbar for the screen indicating it is ready to editso that you can begin to make changes.
5. Click 

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    to display the palette on the right. Drag components from the palette into the screen.

Unlocking and

Locking a Screen for Editing

When you first open an existing screen in

An unlocked screen has all the toolbar and pop-up menu options that you need to move components and edit their properties. If you click on a component, such as a button, PhixFlow opens its properties.

Creating a New Screen

1. In To create a new screen:
   • either, in the header bar, click 

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   Screen menu from the top menu
   • .
     PhixFlow displays the list of available screens with an 

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   screen

   • add _

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    or
   •  button on the left.
   • or in the repository, expand your application's Screens section, which includes an 

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      button.
2. Click 

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   ,. PhixFlow opens a window with basic options for your screen. These options are saved in the screen creation wizardproperties.
   • Enter a Name for the screen.
   • By default, the screen opens maximised in the PhixFlow window.
     
   Tick to specify if the screen should open maximised or not.These can be changed at a later time by accessing the screen's properties from the toolbar
   • Untick Open Maximised if you want a popup window.
   • Select one of the screen layout options. To design your own, screen, select the empty layout.
3. PhixFlow creates a new screen with the selected layout.
   The screen is unlocked and the palette is open in the right panel.

More Screen Properties

There are additional screen properties that affect how the screen behaves. In the toolbar, click 

. 

For a popup screen, for example for data entry:

• in 

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   → Basic Settings:
  • tick Always

• • On Top
  • tick Allow

• • Manual Resizing
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   → Style Settings
  • set Position to Floating
  • PhixFlow has defaults for the size and position of a screen. To change these defaults, set:
    
    • the size of the window using Width and Height
    • the position of the window, using Top, Left, Right and Bottom.

For a maximised screen, for example to display data:

• in 

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   → Basic Settings:
  • tick Open Maximised
  • untick Always On Top
• if you intend to make your own navigation or screen controls, untick Show Window Button Bar

• optionally, untick Allow user to resize

• .

Testing Screens

When you are creating and editing screens that make up an application, you are working in

PhixFlow runs applications in 

To switch modes, click the icon in the right of the header bar.

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An unlocked screen has all the toolbar and pop-up menu options that you need to move components and edit their properties. If you click on a component, such as a button, PhixFlow opens its properties.

Testing Screens

When you have configured part of a screen, you may want to test how it behaves for an application user. For example, you may want to click a button and run its action, or have a URL component display its content. To do this:

• either, in 

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  , in the screen toolbar, click on 

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  .
• or, in the header bar on the right, click

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   to run your application as an application user.