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| Administering SAS Flex Application Themes |
Overview of SAS Flex Application Themes
| Introduction to SAS Flex Application Themes |
SAS BI Dashboard 4.3 and SAS BI Portlets in the November 2010 Release and later are displayed with the Flex interface that is provided by SAS Flex Application Themes 2.2. At start-up time, Flex applications load Flex themes automatically. A theme consists of ShockWave Flash (SWF) files that include cascading style sheets (CSS) files. The theme content is downloaded to the client, and is cached by the user's Web browser. As a result, subsequent uses of the Web application result in quicker loading of theme content than it is at initial loading. The SAS Corporate theme is the default theme for all Flex applications.
| Benefits of SAS Flex Application Themes |
SAS Flex Application Themes are required for Flex applications, and they are downloaded as SWF files to the client's Web browser. Flex theme content runs within the Adobe Flash player and offers the following benefits:
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Flex Application Themes coexist with SAS Web Application Themes. For example, SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.3 uses the default Web theme, but it displays SAS BI Portlets with Flex Application Themes.
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Applications that use Flex Application Themes offer more visual impact, interactivity, and responsiveness.
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Improved visual impact, and perceived depth is achieved through the use of skins. Skins are graphics that are applied to common user interface components that change their appearance. For example, the Corporate theme provides skins with a color palette that reflects the SAS visual identity. Skins also include some stylized graphics in the user interface.
| Location of SAS Flex Application Themes |
SAS Flex Application Theme files are located in the following directories:
SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\Web\Staging\exploded\sas.flexthemes.ear
\sas.flexthemes.war\2.1\ApplicationThemes\Corporate
SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\Web\Staging\exploded\sas.flexthemes.ear
\sas.flexthemes.war\2.2\ApplicationThemes\Corporate
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