Application   ->   Application Builder

Application Builder


Through configuration, users can quickly create applications based on needs. In general, an application includes several pages, and each page usually includes various user-defined resources, such as forms, charts, tasks, plans, HTML pages, and so on. Application builder lets users connect different resources together easily.

Currently CubeDrive supports the following type of components


Create application


To create a new application, click the + Create application -> Create application button after you login system.

Tip: Before you start to create an application, you need to create a list of related resources, such as form, flow, HTML, etc.

Select a Layout Template to start


When you create an application for the first time, a template selection box will pop up automatically, from which you can choose a template to start designing.

You can choose "Layout template" from toolbar to choose the template as well.


Block


Each application has a root block, which is a rectangle, and each block can contain multiple sub-blocks. The rectangle drawn by the gray dotted border in the figure below is a block.

Click the block with the mouse to select it, and the border of the selected block will be displayed as a blue solid line. User can set various properties of the selected block through the buttons on the toolbar.


Layout


Each block is designed to arrange the elements in two directions: horizontal arrangement and vertical arrangement.


Overflow in block


For each block, the following overflow can be applied as needed.


Insert/delete block


System provides the following method to insert the block.


Size


For each block, user can setup height and width as needed.


Share


After an application is created, user can share it with other users and organizations.