Method and system for licensed design and use of software object

Details Method and system for licensed design and use of software object Method and system for licensed design and use of software object

1999-01-21

2000-05-09

Hafiz, Tariq R.

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

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ABSTRACT:
A componentizing object designer is used to define a componentization of visual forms and other object-oriented technologies. The componentized object designer includes a set of tightly integrated protocols enabling Component Object Model (COM) objects to replace standard built-in visual form and other objects. The componentized object designer allows the design-time object and the run-time object to differ in implementation. The componentized object designer allows class identifiers for the run-time objects which are different than design-time objects. With a different class identifier, the run-time object can be saved as an object which is radically different from the design-time object. This enables the run-time object to be stored in a different object library than the design-time object. The componentized object designer allows for different persistence formats to be saved for run-time objects. The persistence formats for the run-time objects can be significantly smaller in size compared to the original the design-time objects. This is important when the run-time object needs to be downloaded over a computer network like the Internet or an intranet. Licensing is aided by checking the object designer for licensing data, and embedding a licensing key into the run-time object.

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