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Opening a landing screen.
Opening a custom navigation menu bar.
Opening a static menu.
If you do not want to create your own navigation menu, the startup actions provide the ability to create a static menu bar for your application, on which you can add menu options. These contain top-level menu items, which is the container for menu options. The menu options can be:
either options that trigger an action
or sub-menus that list other menu options.
For applications that are designed for use on both PCs and mobile devices, it is possible to set startup actions independently for either or both.
Start Landing Page and/or Navigation
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Enter a Display Name.
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Tick one or both of the following, as appropriate. Typically both are ticked.
Default Desktop Startup Action
Default Mobile Startup Action
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For Action Method select Actionflow.
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Enter a Name and click Confirm.
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The Actionflow opens.
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Click on Connect.
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Select on Click.
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Drag the desired screens and or navigation menus you want to be present when your application opens for a user.
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Now drag the connection point to each of your screens as illustrated below:
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Changes are automatically saved, so close your actionflow.
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Now when you next open the application it will open the selected screens.
To learn more about navigation menus see Adding a Navigation Menu Bar.
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Static Menu Creation
Adding Menu Options
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Optionally, you can change its Name.
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Select one of:
Add a new sub-menu
Add a new menu item
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PhixFlow opens a new menu item properties.
For a menu item, select an action and specify the order for the menu in the menu bar.
For a sub-menu, enter a name, a display name and an order. Then add the Menu Items for the sub-menu.
The structure of the menu items in the repository reflects the menu structure you have created, for example:
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PhixFlow displays menu options and sub-menus on the menu bar. For example the menu structure illustrated above displays the following menu options:
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You can create multiple top-level menus, but PhixFlow can display the options contained in only one top-level menu.
Changing the Default Menu
To specify a default menu for an application, in the repository, right-click on the menu name and select:
either Make Default Desktop Menu
or Make Default Mobile Menu.
To specify an alternative menu to display instead of the default, provide users with a URL to the application that specifies the alternative menu.
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A sub-menu contains more menu options or sub-menus, so it is not associated with an action. Sub-menus are displayed with a drop-down arrow to indicate they contain a list of options.
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| Name | Only available for the top-level menu item and sub-menu items. Enter the repository name for the menu item. |
| Display Name | You can only enter a display name for sub-menus. Enter the sub-menu name for PhixFlow to display either on the menu bar or in another menu. For menu options, PhixFlow shows the display name inherited from the action. To change the action's display name,
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| Order | Enter the order in which the menu will appear, either on the menu bar or in the sub-menu list. PhixFlow reorganises existing entries if you add an order that is already in use. The order for menu items is:
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| Default Action | Only available for the top-level menu item. Optionally, select an action that will run when the menu is opened. |
| Action | Only available for menu options. Select an action that will run when the user clicks the option in the menu. |
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Menu ItemsThis section is available when Hide the Menu Bar is not ticked. The grid shows the list of menu items, including their:
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For links to all pages in this topic, see Connecting Events to Actions
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