Patent ID: 7904821
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving from an application program a call to a method to initiate a variable; creating and storing a link of the variable to first data describing a first widget of a graphical user interface; based on the first data, displaying, on a computer display, a value of the variable using the first widget in the graphical user interface; receiving user input specifying a conversion of the first widget to a second widget having a second widget type that is different than a first widget type of the first widget; without deleting the link, converting the first widget to the second widget by changing the first data to second data describing the second widget having the second widget type that is different from the first widget type of the first widget; based on the second data, displaying the second widget in the graphical user interface in place of the first widget, and displaying the value of the variable using the second widget in the graphical user interface; wherein the method is performed using one or more processors.