Reuseable and modifiable interface object
October 14, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSystem for interactively creating action bar pull-down windows of a user interface for use at program run time Multi-dimensional user interface Method and apparatus for storing, transmitting and retrieving graphical and tabular data Application independent (open) hypermedia enablement services Point and shoot interface for linking database records to spreadsheets whereby data of a record is automatically reformatted and loaded upon issuance of a recalculation command Electronic data entry system employing an expert system to facilitate generation of electronic data forms with complex interrelationships between fields and subforms Asynchronous, minimal update display system Table modifiable edit functions with order-effective edit rules Method for forming a reusable and modifiable database interface object Operating system and data base having an access structure formed by a plurality of tables InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 950011 filed on 10/14/1997US Classes:707/4Query formulation, input preparation, or translationExaminersPrimary: Amsbury, WayneAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30AbstractA program object providing an interface between a computer database manager and a client application program external to the interface object. The interface object includes associations between columns of the table and associated editing styles, a retrieve method, and an update method. Each editing style specifies a display format for data of the associated column. The column/style associations specify modifying methods for modifying data of respective columns of the table. The interface object is programmed to allow an applications programmer using the interface object to tailor the column/style associations to the database table without access to source code of the interface object. The retrieve method accepts an invocation message from the client program, and uses the column/style associations to issue commands to the database manager to retrieve data from the database into a buffer maintained by and within the interface object. The modifying methods accept directives to modify the retrieved data in the buffer and store a transcript of corresponding modification directives. The update method uses the column/style associations and the modification directives of the transcript to issue commands to the database manager to update the data of the database table in accordance with the modification directives.Other References
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