SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE PROPERTIES WITH DATA

摘要

Described is a system and method for controlling user interface (UI) properties with data. A computing device (100) having an application (202) is separated into independent parts, a logic portion and a UI portion. The logic portion manipulates data values within the application. The UI portion is responsible for displaying UI properties. A binding specification describes a relationship between the UO property and data value. The binding specification is used by system level code to determine the manner in which it is notified when the data value undergoes a change and the manner in which it directs the UO portion to reflect the change in the UI property. The binding specification identifies a source data item, a path to the data value in the source data item, a target UI element, and the UO property on the target UI element. The binding may be specified using code or markup language.