SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FROM COMPUTER PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS

摘要

As summarized in the figure, this system is a method and computer program product for dynamically generating a graphical user interface from computer program specifications. In a particular implementation of the present invention disclosed herein in conjunction with a computer language called PROBOL<TM> Inputs, Factors and UIClasses may be utilized in a particular implementation to effectively eliminate the problems previously inherent in the GUI design aspects of a computer program. Programmers using these particular language features may then concentrate on the data storage required for the items requiring data entry and basically, allow the GUI for data entry to generate itself. Since the GUIs are then constructed dynamically, it is no longer possible for the visual representation of the data and the actual data to get out of synchronization with each other thereby alleviating conventional computer program maintenance issues.