User manual SAS THEME DESIGNER 2.4 FOR FLEX

[. . . ] User's Guide SAS Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex ® SAS® Documentation The correct bibliographic citation for this manual is as follows: SAS Institute Inc. SAS ® Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex: User's Guide Copyright © 2010, SAS Institute Inc. , Cary, NC, USA All rights reserved. For a hardcopy book: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, SAS Institute Inc. For a Web download or e-book: Your use of this publication shall be governed by the terms established by the vendor at the time you acquire this publication. [. . . ] Note: All of the customizable design elements are listed in the User Interface Components pane. The sample application on the right contains examples of all of the available components. Note: Changes that you make to certain user interface components affect other components. For example, if you change the color for button, the colors for tabs and accordion will change. You can also customize the colors for the tabs and accordion, and override the inherited colors for those items. Repeat step 4 for each interface component whose appearance you want to alter. In the list for the User Interface Components panel, select Application banner. Save and deploy the custom theme. Deploy a Custom Theme As an alternative to the one-step save-and-deploy feature, you can deploy a custom theme that has already been saved. From the main menu of the SAS Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex, select Tools ð Deploy. Note that the predefined themes are not listed because they are always deployed. A new theme becomes available when an end user relaunches an eligible application. Modifications to an existing theme become available when an end-user relaunches or refreshes and eligible application. TIP Deploying a theme makes the most-recently saved version of the theme available to end users. If you modify a custom theme, be sure to save the changes before deploying the theme. Delete a Custom Theme To permanently delete a custom theme from the system: 1. From the main menu of the SAS Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex, select Tools ð Delete. In the Delete Themes window, select the theme. TIP The predefined themes are not listed because you cannot delete those themes. If you delete a theme that serves as a default theme (either 6 Chapter 2 · Selected Tasks in the SAS Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex globally or for an individual user), the SAS Corporate theme is used as the default. Click OK . The change takes effect when a user refreshes or relaunches an eligible application. Note: If you want to make a theme unavailable for selection by an end user in the application preferences area, you don't have to delete the theme. You can instead undeploy the theme. Undeploy a Custom Theme If you want to remove a custom theme from the list of themes that is offered to end users in the application preferences area, undeploy that theme. From the main menu of the SAS Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex, select Tools ð Undeploy. In the Undeploy Theme window, select the theme. TIP The predefined themes are not listed because you cannnot undeploy those themes. If you undeploy a theme that serves as a default theme (either globally or for an individual user), the SAS corporate theme is used as the default. Click OK. [. . . ] Skins also include some stylized graphics in the user interface. · · 10 Chapter 3 · Reference for the SAS Theme Designer 2. 4 for Flex About the Predefined Base Themes The predefined base themes, SAS Light and SAS Dark, were created simply by overriding the Flex standard (Halo theme) styles. The SAS Light and SAS Dark themes are implemented in a minimal way, without custom graphical skins. The SAS Light theme uses shades of light gray, beige, and white for its color palette. When you choose a base theme, select the theme that is most similar to your desired color palette. [. . . ]