Building applications
Application Design Manual
Designing applications in APPX: the data dictionary, processes, the Image Editor, event points, ILF and the debugger. Each edition is the manual as it stood for its APPX release, with its own contents, search and PDF.
For the current releases
For releases 6.2.0 and 6.2.1
The 6.2.0 edition, 39 chapters, 1,001 topics
For releases 5.5.1 to 5.5.4
The 5.5.1 edition, 39 chapters, 992 topics
All 24 editions
APPX 6
2021 to 2023
- Application Design Manual 6.2.0 39 chapters, 1,001 topics For 6.2.0 and 6.2.1 Read 6.2.0 PDF of 6.2.0, 30.1 MB
- Application Design Manual 6.1.0 39 chapters, 1,000 topics Read 6.1.0 PDF of 6.1.0, 30.1 MB
APPX 5.5
2020
- Application Design Manual 5.5.1 39 chapters, 992 topics For 5.5.1 to 5.5.4 Read 5.5.1 PDF of 5.5.1, 30.1 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.5.0 39 chapters, 992 topics Read 5.5.0 PDF of 5.5.0, 30.1 MB
APPX 5.4
2014 to 2019
- Application Design Manual 5.4.7 39 chapters, 980 topics Read 5.4.7 PDF of 5.4.7, 28.9 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.6 39 chapters, 975 topics Read 5.4.6 PDF of 5.4.6, 28.7 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.5 39 chapters, 975 topics Read 5.4.5 PDF of 5.4.5, 28.7 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.4 39 chapters, 976 topics Read 5.4.4 PDF of 5.4.4, 27.4 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.3 39 chapters, 974 topics Read 5.4.3 PDF of 5.4.3, 27.4 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.2 39 chapters, 974 topics Read 5.4.2 PDF of 5.4.2, 27.4 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.1 39 chapters, 974 topics Read 5.4.1 PDF of 5.4.1, 27.3 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.4.0 39 chapters, 974 topics Read 5.4.0 PDF of 5.4.0, 27.3 MB
APPX 5.3 to 5.0
2012 to 2014
- Application Design Manual 5.3.3 39 chapters, 971 topics Read 5.3.3 PDF of 5.3.3, 27.3 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.3.1 39 chapters, 984 topics Read 5.3.1 PDF of 5.3.1, 27.3 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.2.6 39 chapters, 981 topics Read 5.2.6 PDF of 5.2.6, 27.3 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.2.5 39 chapters, 966 topics Read 5.2.5 PDF of 5.2.5, 25.8 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.2.4 39 chapters, 966 topics Read 5.2.4 PDF of 5.2.4, 25.8 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.2.3 39 chapters, 966 topics Read 5.2.3 PDF of 5.2.3, 25.8 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.2.2 39 chapters, 966 topics Read 5.2.2 PDF of 5.2.2, 25.8 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.1.1 38 chapters, 962 topics Read 5.1.1 PDF of 5.1.1, 25.6 MB
- Application Design Manual 5.0.4 36 chapters, 847 topics Read 5.0.4 PDF of 5.0.4, 23.9 MB
APPX 4.2
2006 to 2007
- Application Design Manual 4.2.A 36 chapters, 803 topics Read 4.2.A PDF of 4.2.A, 19.4 MB
- Application Design Manual 4.2 36 chapters, 827 topics The manual as published for APPX 4.2 in 2006 Read 4.2 (2006) PDF of 4.2 (2006), 11.7 MB
APPX 4.1
2003
- Application Design Manual 4.1 37 chapters, 830 topics The manual as published for APPX 4.1 in 2003 Read 4.1 (2003) PDF of 4.1 (2003), 8.1 MB
The editions from 4.2.A to 6.2.0 come from the APPX documentation application as it stood on October 9, 2026, each with its own release's text and screenshots. Where a picture or a reference is missing from that source, the topic says so. The 4.2 and 4.1 editions are the manuals as they were published in 2006 and 2003.
Editions 4.2.A to 6.2.0 are also in the APPX documentation application at docs.appx.com.