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VersionThe version number of the application

This page is for PhixFlow application developers designers who need to create a new application, or change the defaults for an existing application.

Overview

The application is an object which defines the PhixFlow instance's properties like its menu bar.

To start an application:

either, in

When you create an application in PhixFlow, you select a template. This configures default styles and formats for your application. For how to create a new application, see Creating an Application.

When you are working on your application in

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This page lists the application properties. To open the application properties tab:

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    If the tab is not present, in the PhixFlow toolbar, click the 
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  2. In the Applications section, double-click your application's name.
  3. PhixFlow opens the properties tab for the application on the right.

Use the options to set:

  • icons for the application
  • defaults for:
    • number formats
    • styles for grids
    • components to use for displaying data.
  • menus so that user's can navigate through the application
  • access privileges to specify which users can use the application.
  • any packages containing shared resources that your application can use; see Package.

Loading an Application

Application users can load an application into 

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to interact with data, for example to view and update it.

You can work on the files in an application's project without loading it. However, if you load an application, the repository is automatically filtered to show just the files available to the application. 

There are several ways to load an application.

  • From the application menu, click the application card to load it.
    By default, PhixFlow opens with the application menu displayed. To redisplay the menu, in the top left of the PhixFlow window click:
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  • From the repository, right-click on the application name and select 
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    or .
  • In a browser address bar, enter the application URL in a browser; see ee Starting PhixFlow on the Client. When PhixFlow is started in this way, you can still navigate to other applications that you have permission to access.

When you create a new application in the repository, PhixFlow automatically creates its menu. You can find the menu in the repository → Menus branch. The menu item has the application name with the _Menu suffix. When you add the first option to the menu, it is automatically displayed on the right of the top bar; see Menu.

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Basic Settings

FieldDescriptionNameThe name of the application.

Application 

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Basic Settings

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Description

Name

Enter the name of the application.


Model Validation Status
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VersionEnter a version number for your application. Use this to track the stages of development or  maintenance for your application. 
Do not show in the Application Menu

Select whether or not this application appears in the 

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 to include this application.

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 to exclude this application. This is useful for test applications that you do not want anyone else to see.

Default Date FormatSelect the default format for Date attributes and components.


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Default Date/Time
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Format Select the default format for DateTime attributes and components.
Default Number FormatSelect the default format for numbers
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: create a new format.

Default Component Palette

Select the palette that you want to use when you drag

stream attributes

a table, view or attribute onto a

layout or area. PhixFlow

screen canvas. 

PhixFlow uses this palette when its container application is running.

If the container application for is not running, PhixFlow uses:

  • either the default palette set for the area.

  • or the default palette for the destination application when you are dragging

stream

  • attributes into a layout for a different (destination) application that is running.

If you do not set a default palette, PhixFlow uses the system default palette.

Tip

Basic palettes are installed with PhixFlow. Additional palettes are available, see Understanding Template Packages and Installing Template Packages.

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Application Icon

Select an uploaded image to use in the application menu card for this application. We recommend an image size of approximately:

  • height: up to 100 pixels
  • width: 100 to 150 pixels.

See Adding Images for how to upload an image to PhixFlow. 

PhixFlow uploads application icons and logos to the images folder in its database. You can see a list of uploaded images in the repository > Images section.

Application Logo

Select an uploaded image to provide customised branding for the application. When a user clicks this image, it will open the application menu. We recommend an image size of approximately:

  • height: up to 40 pixels
  • width: up to 300 pixels.

Style Settings

When you drag a table or view onto a screen canvas, and select a grid component to display the table data, PhixFlow adds a grid. In this section, set the default appearance of grid views for the application. You can set the following:

  • Default Header Icon Style
Grid Header
  • Default Header Dropdown Pane Style
  • Default Paging Style
  • Grid Header
Button
  • Style
  • Grid Header
Icon
  • Button Style
  • Grid Header
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  • Dropdown Button Style
  • Grid
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  • Row Style
  • Grid
Paging
  • Alternate Row Style
  • Grid Row Hover Style - applies when the mouse is over a row in a grid.
  • Grid Column Style
  • Grid Column Header Style
  • Row Selection Style
The styles you select override any styles set in System Configuration. You can override these defaults for individual grids using the style settings in the Stream View properties.

To specify a style, select it from the drop-down list or click the icons to:

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  •  to create a new style; see Style.

The styles you select override any styles set in System Configuration. You can override these defaults for individual grids using the style settings in the View properties.

Default Components

In this section, select an appropriate component for PhixFlow to add when you drag attributes onto a form or card container. For information about data types, see Understanding Data Types.

  • String
  • Bigstring
  • Long
  • Float
  • Decimal
  • True/False
  • Date
  • DateTime

Also set the styling for a:

  • Form
  • Card
  • Drop Down
  • Dynamic Text

And select a default:

  • Table Action - This is the button that PhixFlow adds when you drag a table-action onto a screen canvas.
  • Menu Button

Menus

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid lists the menus that have

stream

actionflows or record-actions that can be applied for this application.

PhixFlow automatically creates a default menu when you create the application project. PhixFlow will display in the default menu in the menu bar:

  • once you have added options to the menu
  • and when Show Default Menu Bar is selected (see below).

If there are several menus, listed PhixFlow uses the selected (ticked) menu as the menu bar for the application.

You can specify that PhixFlow uses a different menu for desktop and mobile devices.

In the grid, right

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    : use this menu on desktop devices. The grid shows the desktop icon next to the menu name.

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PhixFlow displays

  • : use this menu on mobile devices. The grid shows the mobile

or desktop

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application's name. Using that context menu the user can also load the Application with selected menu. All options available in the context menu are:You can also use the context menu to

  • menu name.

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  •  delete the menu from this application.

Access Permissions

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Advanced

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Description
Backslashes must be escaped in expressions

There is a change in 9.0.0 which affects escaped backslashes in expressions. This option maintains backwards compatibility. By default this will be ticked for applications created before 9.0.0, and unticked for later applications. 

Packages

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with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of

user groups that have permission to access to this application. To add a user group to the list

packages.

A package is a bundle of PhixFlow items that are shared between multiple applications. When you export/import an application to another PhixFlow instance, it is important to export/import all packages with the application; see Application Administration.

One package will include your applications theme settings. To add another package to the application:

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Packages

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of packages that contain this application. To add an application to the list:

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Popup Menu Options

To access popup menus for an application:

  • Either, in the repository, right-click on an application's name to show the popup menu.
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  • Drag packages into this list. 
    • To remove a package from the list, use the
      • right-click anywhere on the card

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    Application Menu and Context Menu

    In both 
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    application cardLoad Application in a New WindowOpen a new browser window with the selected application loaded.
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    To display the context menu for an application:

    • either right-click the card
    • or hover your mouse pointer over the card to display a hamburger icon, then click the icon. This makes it easier for users to find the context menu.

    Load Application

    Load application in a New Tab

    Load Application in a New Window

    The Context menu for applications in the repository is 

    Load Application

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