3. Editing an Application

Owned by Anthony George
Last updated: Jun 16, 2023 by Zoe Baldwin
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Introduction

An application's properties are a combination of those set by the user when the application was created and the settings copied in from the selected Template Package. You may wish to change an application in some way, such as its name, logo or amend the date format used by default.

The properties and configurable options for an application, and screen components, are grouped together into logically separate tabs based on their type:

Properties Tab: Editing Application Properties

To edit any of the properties:

  1. From the Application's home page, click the  Properties button.
  2. The properties pane opens on the right.
  3. Select a different Default Number Format
    1. From the dropdown select P_SG - Number (0dp)
  4. Add a new Default Date Format
    1. Click  Add New next to Default Date Format.
    2. Enter:
      1. Container Name, select your application.
      2. Name, My Date Format.
      3. Date Time Format String, dd-MMM-yyyy. To find out more about the available formats click the help button.
    3. Click  Apply and Close.
  5. Your new Date format is created and added to your application.

Hiding an Application from the Application Menu

If your application is not for general consumption by users on your system, for example, you are still creating the application or testing it, it can be hidden from the application selection screen. To do this:

  1. In the application properties window, tick Do not show in the Application Menu.

Users can still access the application if they have the URL and it will also still appear in the Repository, where we can right-click and load the application.

Restricting application access using security settings is covered later in this course.

Styles Tab: Changing Styles and Component Defaults

The base styles used by your application can be changed from the Styles tab:

Here we can set the default styles used by Grids that display our data, such as the grid header colour or row selection style. We can also change the default components that will be used when creating a screen, such as the form fields for inputting data.

We will cover how to create and apply styles in a later chapter.

Actions Tab: Opening a screen when the application loads

If you want a specific screen to open when your application loads, this can be set using an ActionFlow and a startup action. We will cover this in detail in a later chapter once we have our screens created.