Patent ID: 6996781
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer configured to create a transformation document in response to user input, the computer comprising: a user output device; a processor; and a memory that includes a software application which configures the processor to display a series of screens on the user output device to gather input from the user, and further configures the processor to create a transformation document in response to said input, wherein the series of screens includes: wherein “IncludeFile.xsl” is a filename for a library of standardized routines, and wherein “TemplateNamex” is a name for a template that specifies an action for a corresponding entity, wherein the software application allows the user to specify an output document format, and wherein the transformation document, when applied to an input document, configures a transformation engine to generate an output document having the specified output document format, wherein the specified output document format is fixed-length, and wherein the software application constructs non-conditional entity templates according to the following pattern: wherein “strextractor” is a name of a library routine that produces a fixed length field, wherein “VariableNamex” is a name of a variable that stores a value for the fixed length field, “Length” is a field size, “Side” is an indicator of which side of the value to add pad characters on, and “Char” is a character to use for padding the value.