Patent ID: 6535883
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a computer system having a processor couplable to a display and a memory, the memory storing a user interface enabling a user to create a set of validation rules for a form, wherein the form includes a plurality of fields for data entry, the user interface comprising:(a) a tree structure having a root node representing a name of the form and at least one other node representing a field of the form; and (b) a rule creator for enabling the user to create a validation rule to be applied to said at least one field, wherein the validation rule includes at least one expression which defines a test to be performed on the field of the form, and wherein the tree structure is updated when the validation rule is created by adding a node representing the validation rule as a subnode of the at least one other node which represents the field.