Overview

Here are the most common tasks when it comes to updating application properties.  For a full list of editing options see This page explains how to change your application icon and the default components. For all the options you can change for an application, see Application Properties.

Changing the

To edit the icon that appears on the application selection page:

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Application Icon

There are two places where PhixFlow displays an icon for the application:

• In the  header bar when the application is loaded:
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• On the application menu:
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To select an alternative image, it must first be uploaded to the PhixFlow database; see Adding Images.

To change these icons:

1. Open the application.Click Properties
2. Click 

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3. In Application Icon Logo, select the desired image from the drop down.
   1. This image should be held in your application. If you need to add an image see Adding Images.

1. you want to use in the header bar.
   When you click this logo, PhixFlow opens the application menu.
   We recommend that application logo are:
   • height: up to

1. • 40 pixels
   • width:

1. • up to

Change the Application Icon

To change the icon which appears in the header bar and the application background:

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1. Open the application.
2. Click Properties
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3. In Application Logo Icon, select the desired image from the dropdown.
   1. This image should be held in your application. If you need to add an image see Adding Images.

1. you want to use in the application menu.
   We recommend that application icons are:
   • height: up to

1. • 100 pixels
   • width:

1. • 100 to

1. • 150 pixels.

Changing a Default Component

Default components are the components used to create specific types of object automatically. For example the template to use when we drag an attribute onto a screen to create a form field.

PhixFlow uses a default component to automatically add a component when you drag tables or attributes onto a screen canvas. For example, if you drag an attribute with a string data type onto the canvas, PhixFlow adds a form field for a string.

If you want to use default components from another package template, first add the package to your application:

1. Open the application.
2. Click 

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3. In the 

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    → Packages section, show the list of packages and drag in any other packages that you want to use.

To change specific components:

1. Open the application.
2. Click 

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3. In the 

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    → Default Components section
   • Either select a component from the list of available template components.
   • Or select a component from a different template package.
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    and drag the desired template
   • . PhixFlow opens the repository, showing the available template components. Drag the component you require into the default component
   box
   • field in the application properties, as shown below.
     
   Or we can amend the styling of the existing component, see Screen Styling.
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You can also create your own template components, see Making Template Components.

To keep a default component, but to change it's style:

1. Click on the default component heading, such as Date Component, and this will open the template ready to be edited.Note editing shared styles here will update all existing instance of this template, adding styles directly to the component will only impact items created after the style is added.field heading for a component, for example, Date Component >. The heading acts as a link to open the properties of the selected component.

2. In the component properties →

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    change the styles; 

   Note
   Take care before you edit a shared style, as this affects all instances of the component. See Screen Styling for information about how different types of style are applied.