Overview

The starting point for any application is creating everything you need for your project within PhixFlow. The Create Application window prompts you for the essential information PhixFlow needs to:

• set up all the folders in the repository that your project will need.
• create a default menu.
  You can find the menu in the repository → Menus branch → application_name_Menu.
  When you add the first option to the menu, it is automatically displayed in the menu bar; see Startup Actions → Static Menu Creation.
• add a template to your application's Packages folder.
  The template includes the palettes that will give your application a consistent design; see Understanding Template Packages and Package.
• set default properties based on the template. Default properties include:
  • formats for dates and numbers
  • the palette and components to use for forms, data fields and cards
  • the styles for data grids
  • the default action which should run when your application is opened. For example, an actionflow to open a navigation window and landing page.

Creating a New Application

To create a new application:

1. Click

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    Add New from the PhixFlow Landing Screen.
   • If this is not open, click the 

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      - see Application Menu below.

2. PhixFlow opens the Create Application window.

3. Set the following properties for your application:

• Name: enter a name.

• Version: enter a development version number, for example 1.

• Description: we recommend that you enter the purpose of this application and who is responsible for it.

• Template: select a template to provide a design theme and to set key properties.

• Application Icon: select an image that PhixFlow displays in the card on the application menu. If you do not select an icon, PhixFlow uses a default image.
  

  • Either use the drop-down to select an icon that has already been loaded into PhixFlow

  • Or click 

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     to find an image saved on your computer to load it into PhixFlow.
    

    Tip
    Icons for the application menu should be: up to 100 pixels high between 100 to 150 pixels wide

    
    

4. Click Create Application and PhixFlow loads the new application.

Default Properties

PhixFlow sets default style or number/date formats for your application based on your template. You can see or change these in the Application Properties. If a default style or number/date format is not set in the application properties, PhixFlow uses defaults set in System Configuration.

Application Menu 

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Applications are listed as cards.

 To redisplay the application menu, in the top left of the PhixFlow window click:

• either the  Application menu
• or the , if it is present.

Learn More

• Application Properties