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This page is for application designers who want to create new application project.

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Are we calling it application properties or settings? Properties. In this case you are using a pop-up window to set specific properties, but it would be good to keep this consistent. Also, the devs have used lots of different terms in the GUI where clicking an option opens its properties (e.g. Show stream configuration or Show dashboard details). The options should be simplified and made consistent: "Properties" or "Open properties"

We need to add this to the terminology document and also let me know so I can update the flow. We call it settings later on. It was already in.

Overview

There are several things that happen when you create an application.

  • PhixFlow creates all the folders in the repository that your project will need.
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    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.
    The template sets default properties for your application
    • 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
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  • user groups and access permissions  - todo-fiona check this is happening

    • You can change all the properties later; see Application properties.

    See also

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    Creating a New Application

    To create a new application:

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    2. PhixFlow opens the Create Application window.

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    3. Set the following properties for your application:

      • Name: enter a name.

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

      • Description:

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      • we recommend that you enter the purpose of

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      • this application and who is responsible for it.

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

      • Application Icon:

    This is the

      • 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  Image Modified to find an image saved on your

    file system

        • computer to load it into PhixFlow.

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          Icons for the application menu should be:

          • up to 100 pixels high
          • between 100 to 150 pixels wide


    4. Click Create Application. PhixFlow prompts you to load the application

    . You can work on an application without loading it.

    todo-fiona: check with dev - you have to click load to get the app creation process to complete

    Menu

    When you create a new application in the repository, PhixFlow automatically creates a menu item for it. 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 on the right of the menu bar at the top of the PhixFlow window; see Menu

    , we recommend you do this as this displays the application home options.

    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.

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    • that have been configured to appear
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    • on  this menu. This is the default setting.
    • and that you have permission to use.

    The repository → Applications branch displays the applications that you have permission to use.

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

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    Changing Application Settings

    When you create your application project, you are setting up some defaults for the whole application.  We now also take them from a template package. 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
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    • 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.

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