Introduction

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

The properties and configurable options for an application are grouped together into 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 window opens on the right.
3. Select a different Default Number Format
   1. From the dropdown select P_SG - Number (0dp)
4. Add a 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.
      4. 
   3. Click  Save.
5. Click  Save.

Hiding an Application from the Application Menu

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

1. In the application properties window.
2. tick Do not Show in the Application Menu.

User can still access the application if they have the URL. We will look at restricting application access using security settings towards the end of this course. The application will also still appear in the repository, where we can right-click and load application.

Styles Tab: Changing Styles and Component Defaults

If you want to change the base styles your application is using click on the Styles tab in your applications properties. Here we are able to set the defaults styles used by Grid that display our data such as the grid header colour or row selection highlight styling. We are also able to amend the Default components that will be used when creating an application such as the form fields that allow us to input 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 action in the Actions tab. we will cover this in detail in a later chapter once we have our screen.