Patent ID: 6098073
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer system for designing a graphical user interface and generating a program to implement user selections from said user interface, said system comprising:means for storing a multiplicity of program code blocks corresponding to respective functions;means for displaying a multiplicity of graphical features and receiving designer selections of a plurality of said features for inclusion in said user interface;means for displaying for each of said plurality of features a list of messages for said each feature and displaying for each of the listed messages a list of the functions which are consistent with said each message;means, responsive to designer selection of one of the listed messages and one of the listed functions for said each feature, for generating a program based on the program code block corresponding to said one function to implement said one function upon user selection of said each feature and displaying said one message in conjunction with said each feature in said user interface; andmeans for user selecting of features from said user interface.