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Use this option for screens that the user will always want to open when they use PhixFlow.
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If ticked, PhixFlow does not preload the screen. Instead, when the user opens the screen for the first time, PhixFlow caches it on the client computer. When the user closes and reopens the screen, it loads immediately. The data itself may still loads from the server.
Use this option for screens that a user may want to open.
Screen Zones
A list of the screen zones on this screen.
Access Permissions
For details about how to control access to a screen, see Common Properties → Access Permissions.
User Groups
A list of the user groups which can view this screen. This tab is only shown if All Users Can View Data is not selected.
Using Screen Options
To edit a screen, right-click and select Unlock Layout.
Splitter Bars
A screen can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right-click the pane or any zone on the pane to:
- Add Vertical Bar
- Add Horizontal Bar
Splitter bars can be removed by right clicking on an empty pane and selecting Delete Pane.
Add Zone
A zone can be added to a screen by dragging predefined Stream Views onto the screen pane.
Remove Zone
You can remove an element from the screen by right clicking on the view and going to screen Options → Remove Element From screen
Link Screen Elements
You can link screen views together so that the contents of one view are filtered based on items selected in a "Driver" view.
A grid view (grids only) will be automatically made a "Driver", if any of the filter expressions in any of the screen elements reference the view by name.
To make a screen element dependent upon the Driver view, set it up with a Filter which uses at least one condition with an expression containing the drivers view name. i.e ACCTS. When the Filter is evaluated, the view name ACCTS notation will contain the rows selected on the Driver view. An example condition expression is:
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Screen Elements
Screen elements are specific sections on a screen that posses their own properties, specifically each element can be backed by a different table.
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Style Settings
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| Position | By default, new screens are set to Floating. If you want a screen to open with a fixed position, select one of the Pinned drop-down options:
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Width | For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen width in pixels, for example If this is left blank, the screen will adjust its width to the content automatically. |
| Height | For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen height in pixels, for example If this is left blank, the screen will adjust its height to the content automatically. |
| Top | Available when Position is Floating. For screens that are not set to Open maximised, set an offset value in pixels to position the screen where it is required. For example, to display a screen as a popup window towards the top left of the screen, set:
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Unconnected Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons, see Common Properties. The grid displays a list of Actionflows that are linked to components on the screen that are not connected to a component. These can occur when Actionflows are created in a
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Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons, see Common Properties. The grid displays a list of Actionflows or Table-Actions (Legacy) that are linked to the screen.
Menu Items
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Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
There is a toolbar above the screen canvas. This provides the following options:
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Screen Popup Menu
Right-click on a screen to display
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Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically autosized when an application window is resized by the user.
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