Patent
1995-12-28
1998-04-28
Bayerl, Raymond J.
395768, G06F 314
Patent
active
057457123
ABSTRACT:
A system for creation and completion of goal oriented electronic forms creates a graphical image data file which defines: a graphical image of a form for display and printing; a graphical image of tree branches, tree nodes, and conclusions in association with fields of the form; reading and writing links between form fields and data sources and destinations; and links to other forms which, with the original form, comprise a related stack of forms. The system includes a form creation mode and a run time mode. The trees are defined by an application developer using the form creation mode to establish both qualitative and quantitative relationships between the various fields on the forms thereby providing the basis for the goal oriented prompting for the application user using the run time mode.
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Bogrett Steven Ward
Brown Kevin Lane
Turpin William Monroe
Bayerl Raymond J.
Borland International Inc.
dela Torre Crescelle N.
Slone David N.
Smart John A.
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