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Worked Example

Here's a worked example using the School Data (available from the Learning Centre).

In this example, we are using:

• A Home screen containing text and an image - this screen was created using the Landing Screen 1 template

We want to configure a message on the Home screen to display the user's full name when they open the application.

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Configure the Startup Action

1. Open the Startup Actions for the application by clicking on the 

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   _home _home nopanel true

    button in the header bar
2. Select 

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    to see the current active Startup Actions
3. Double-click Default Menu to open the Startup Action 

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   _property_settings _property_settings nopanel true

4. Click on the Actionflow link to open the Actionflow
5. On the Actionflow canvas are the two screens that open when the application starts
6. Click on the message 

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    action to open its 

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   _property_settings _property_settings nopanel true

7. Double-click on the Output Attribute, pfMessage, to open its 

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   _property_settings _property_settings nopanel true

    and make the following changes to the Expression:

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      _user.firstName + " " + _user.lastName
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8. Close the Actionflow and reload the page to run the Startup Action