This page is for installers or application designers who want import additional packages provided for PhixFlow.
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Installing Packages
Instructions on how to download and import a package
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Overview
A package is a way to share resources between PhixFlow applications; see Understanding Template Packages. Template packages include a palette and default design configuration for your application.
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Installing Template Packages
- Navigate to the Learning Centre, in the download section click on a Template Package to download it.
- From the
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First installation - add packages.
Existing installation without them - add packages
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Additional Themes
PhixFlow provides additional palettes that you can use when designing an application. Each theme contains a set of tiles that you can drag in to create forms and buttons with a consistent look-and-feel; see About Themes.
Theme 1 Palette
Download Package
What Theme 1 looks like
Link to using theme 1
Theme 2 Palette
Download package
What theme 2 looks like
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- menu, select Import Options → Import Configuration.
- Navigate to the downloaded package and select it. Click OK.
- Click
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- Theme 1, password: Theme1
- Theme2, password: Theme2
- Theme 2.1, password: Theme2
- Click ok and PhixFlow imports the package.
Configure PhixFlow to use the Template Package
- Set the template package as the default for the application:
- Either, when creating an application, select the template from the list. PhixFlow automatically configures your application to use its palette.
- Or, to change the default palette for your application, go to Application Properties → Basic Settings → Default Component Palette and select the palette you require.