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This page is for application designers who want to create screens for application users.

Overview

This page explains the screen properties. For information on how to divide a screen into different panes, and how to add components to it, see Splitting a Screen.

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Basic Settings

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NameThe name of the screen.
DescriptionWe recommend that you always enter a description to explain the purpose of this item.
Open Maximised

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Allow Manual Resizing

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Always On Top

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 to allow other screens to be displayed in front. 

Preload

Some screens, especially complex screens, can take some time to open, which can feel slow to the application user. Use this option when you need a screen to open quickly. Preloading screens adds to the time it takes PhixFlow to initially start up.  For this reason we recommend you only preload screens that an application user will always want to open.

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 to preload the screen when PhixFlow first starts.  When the user then opens the screen , it displays immediately. The data itself may still take time to load

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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.

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Dashboard Elements

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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. This can be done on the context menu also.

Splitter Bars

A screen can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right-click the pane or any dashboard element 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.

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Add Dashboard Element

A dashboard element can be added to a screen by dragging predefined Stream Views onto the screen pane.

Remove Dashboard Element

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 is the default. The screen does not need to be preloaded.

Preloading relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen is only loaded when the screen opens, and this may also take time to load.

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.

To view a list of the elements for a specific screen, open the 

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available from the screen toolbar; see Screen Element.  

Advanced

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Show Toolbar
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Show Window Button Bar

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Keep Data

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Cache Locally

If an application user is likely to require the same screen in different stages of a task. Use this option so that, when the user closes and reopens the screen, it loads immediately. 

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Caching relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen will be reload each time the screen is opened.

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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:

  • Pinned to top
  • Pinned to bottom
  • Pinned to left
  • Pinned to right
  • Floating

Use the Pinned options to create a permanently visible screen. This is useful for a navigation area or toolbar that you want to be visible for all other screens. Floating screens do not overlap with pinned screens. When the user maximises a Floating screen, it expands only to the remaining space. 

Width

For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen width in pixels, for example 500px for a small confirmation window. The default size for a popup screen approximately 800px.

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 150px for a small confirmation window. The default size of a popup screen is approximately 500px. 

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:

  • Top: 60px
  • Left: 60px


Left
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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

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons, see Common Properties and:

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The grid contains a list of menu items. To add a menu item to the list, click 

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  3. PhixFlow opens a new properties tab for a menu item or sub-menu; see Startup Actions Properties for details.

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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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Update the screen to reflect changes made elsewhere in PhixFlow, such as the screen properties, layer orders or shared styles.

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Delete options depend on the selected item, for example:

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Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically auto sized when an application window is resized by the user.

Note

Using this option, or manually resizing a component may change the state of the Layout → Style Settings → Auto Size property.

Unreachable Actions

A workflow can have placeholder actionflows linked to a screen. If the actionflow has not been wired then it is listed here.

Open on Startup

You may have a screen that acts as your application's welcome window. Use this option to open a screen whenever the application starts.

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