- If a Startup Action exists this screen will be added to it.
- If no startup action exists, one will be created.
Removing a Screen from the Startup Action
Start Landing Screen and/or Navigation
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Overview
- 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.
Startup Landing Screen (Automated Creation)
Adding a Screen
- Default Desktop Startup Action
- Default Mobile Startup Action
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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- 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:
The top-level menu item is the top of a tree of menus in the repository. The menu items listed in the top-level menu are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the screen. The top-level menu does not have a display name because it acts as a container for the menus, rather than being a menu option itself.
Menu options are associated with an action. Actions are often linked to underlying tables. When a user clicks the option, PhixFlow runs the action. For example, if your application has a form to which a user can add data, the menu option "Save Changes" would save the data to the underlying table.
PhixFlow displays menu options and sub-menus on the menu bar. For example the menu structure illustrated above displays the following menu options:
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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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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Learn More
- Understanding Actionflows
- Using Table-Actions
For links to all pages in this topic, see Connecting Events to Actions