Cross-platform user interface development method

• US 20050229168A1
• Filed: 04/07/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Hogan, Wen, Sayling, Chang, Zechary
• Application Number:
  US10/819,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20050229168A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/147
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A cross-platform user interface development method can easy management and maintenance for the interfaces to have a development process that does not depend on any specific language or operating system. The method first provides all interface elements to the user, and then gathers interface element property data configured by user, saves these data as a XML format file, searches the form nodes in said file, traversals all the elements in all element sets in the node, and finally generates each element according to the element propertys.

Claims

1. A cross-platform user interface development method comprises of:

providing all interface elements to user;

gathering interface element property data configured by user;

grouping and storing said data into (a) XML format file(s);

searching for the form nodes in said file(s);

traversaling all elements in all element groups below said nodes; and

generating each element according to each element'"'"'s propertys.

2. The cross-platform user interface development method as described in claim 1, wherein said step of providing user all interface elements uses an editing area to allow user to place each interface element.

3. The cross-platform user interface development method as described in claim 2, wherein said editing area'"'"'s interface element can be moved freely and its size can be adjusted to form the specific propertys.

4. The cross-platform user interface development method as described in claim 1, wherein said step of storing said data in groups in XML format file is to store same type of elements and its propertys data in a group and store them in sequence.

5. The cross-platform user interface development method as described in claim 1, wherein said form is a dialog box.

6. The cross-platform user interface development method as described in claim 1, wherein said node has a node tag.

7. The cross-platform user interface development method as described in claim 1, wherein said step of searching for said form nodes in said file uses the node tags and its matching Name property for verification.