System and method for providing graphical user interface...

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2006-06-13

2006-06-13

An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2126)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra

Application program interface

Data transfer between application windows

C715S744000, C715S762000, C715S803000, C717S101000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07062773

ABSTRACT:
A software application system and method to aid in rapid graphical user interface (GUI) development in object-oriented development environments where sub-classing (buttons, list boxes, edit controls, etc.) provided by the compiler or a GUI toolkit are not appropriate. While the invention was motivated by the environment stated above, it can be used in any object-oriented GUI programming environment. This invention provides a method for adding functionality to native controls including, but not limited to: initializing the control with data or other settings; retrieving data from the control; formatting the data; validating the data entered; storing validated data in files or databases; handling multiple controls to create the illusion of a single control; and, establishing relationships between controls. The inventive system and method comprises a set of building blocks referred to as control enhancers, each including a data storage, a data initializer, a data finalizer, and means for maintaining and acting upon control relationships between the control enhancer and other control enhancers for related controls.

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