Patent ID: 7124371
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface screen generating apparatus, comprising: an acquiring unit acquiring field attribute data indicating, for each field, whether the field is an output field or input-output field and a character string defined from screen data of a character-based user interface screen; a determination unit determining whether each of the fields is an output or input-output field based on the field attribute data acquired by the acquiring unit; a naming unit specifying, for an input-output field for which no field name is defined in the character-based user interface screen, a candidate for a control name in the graphical user interface screen based on the character string defined for the output field in a vicinity of the input-output field, wherein the determination unit determines whether the candidate for the control name is the same as any control name already assigned for any other output fields or input-output fields; and the naming unit registers a name obtained by adding a character or character string to the candidate as the control name of the input-output field when and if the determination unit determines the candidate for the control name is the same as any of the already assigned control names.