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This page is for application designers who want to start a new application project. It explains how to create an application.

Overview

You create a new application project from the PhixFlow Welcome window. From the Welcome window, you can also:



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PhixFlow's Welcome Window
PhixFlow's Welcome Window

How to Create a New Application

When you create an application project, PhixFlow guides you through the process in 3 steps.


Step 1  Name your application

On the left of the Welcome window, click 

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. PhixFlow prompts you to enter the following information for the application.

  • a Name 
  • a development Version number, for example 1.
  • a Description. Consider including the purpose of the application and who is responsible for it.

Click Next.

At this point, PhixFlow creates all the items for your application.

This includes a menu, which you can find in the repository → Menus branch → application_name_Menu. You do not need to use this menu. However, when you add options to it, the menu is displayed on the right of the menu bar at the top of the PhixFlow window; see Menu.

Step 2  Choose an icon

PhixFlow needs an icon to display in the application list. To keep the default application icon, click Next. You can change the icon later;  see Application properties.

To change your application icon:

  • either expand the Image list to select an icon that has already been uploaded to PhixFlow
  • or click Add Image to upload a new icon.
    In the file window, find and select the image file you want to use as an icon.
    PhixFlow uploads the file and sets it to be your application icon.

PhixFlow shows the file name in the Image Name field and displays the icon in Icon Preview.

Click Next

Step 3  Select a theme

PhixFlow comes with several design themes. The theme sets defaults styles for grids in your application. You can adapt and change your theme or it's defaults in the Application properties. For more information about themes and component palettes, see Using Palettes and Themes.

Use the arrows to scroll through the different themes until you find the one you like. 

When the theme you like is displayed, click Create.

PhixFlow creates the application project files and sets the properties for the themes and styles, then opens the Application Home widow, which is described in Designing ApplicationsLaying Out Screens


More on Themes

In PhixFlow, you can bundle items together into a package. This makes it easy to share items across different applications.

A theme is a package. It has all the different palettes, components and styles that your application may need. When you select a theme for your application, PhixFlow adds the Theme package to it. You can see the theme package contents in the repository Packages folder

See also

Changing Application Settings

When you create your application project, you are setting up some defaults for the whole application.  To change or set additional options for your application:

  • either go the the application Home window and use the link in the top right of the window
  • or open the repository and click on the application name.

PhixFlow opens the Application properties.

Your application may also be using defaults set in System Configuration. For example, you can optionally specify the formats for dates and times in your application using the settings:

  • Date
  • Date/Time
  • Number

If you do not specify formats, PhixFlow uses the formats specified in the system configuration.