Visual representation and navigation of erroneous fields in a document

• US 20070113168A1
• Filed: 11/17/2005
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bansal, Richa, de Souza, Claudio, Trautman, William, Haven, Randy
• Application Number:
  US11/281,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20070113168A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/210
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

The present invention relates to the visual representation and navigation of erroneous fields in a document. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: detecting erroneous fields in a document; highlighting each erroneous field in the document; displaying an error message on the document, wherein the error message corresponds to one of the erroneous fields; displaying a first visual indicator adjacent the error message; and displaying a second visual indicator adjacent the erroneous field corresponding to the error message. Using the visual indicators, a user can locate the erroneous field in the document corresponding to the error message.

Claims

1. A method for representing and navigating erroneous fields in a document, comprising:

detecting erroneous fields in the document;

highlighting each erroneous field in the document;

displaying an error message on the document, wherein the error message corresponds to one of the erroneous fields;

displaying a first visual indicator adjacent the error message; and

displaying a second visual indicator adjacent the erroneous field corresponding to the error message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining which erroneous field in the document is currently in focus, wherein the error message displayed on the document corresponds to the erroneous field currently in focus.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a top-most erroneous field in the document is currently in focus.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein an erroneous field selected by a user is currently in focus.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein highlighting each erroneous field in the document further comprises:

highlighting a field label of each erroneous field in the document.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are substantially similar to each other.

7. A system for representing and navigating erroneous fields in a document, comprising:

a system for detecting erroneous fields in the document;

a system for highlighting each erroneous field in the document;

a system for displaying an error message on the document, wherein the error message corresponds to one of the erroneous fields;

a system for displaying a first visual indicator adjacent the error message; and

a system for displaying a second visual indicator adjacent the erroneous field corresponding to the error message.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a system for determining which erroneous field in the document is currently in focus, wherein the error message displayed on the document corresponds to the erroneous field currently in focus.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein a top-most erroneous field in the document is currently in focus.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein an erroneous field selected by a user is currently in focus.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein highlighting each erroneous field in the document further comprises:

highlighting a field label of each erroneous field in the document.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are substantially similar to each other.

13. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for representing and navigating erroneous fields in a document, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the steps of:

detecting erroneous fields in the document;

highlighting each erroneous field in the document;

displaying an error message on the document, wherein the error message corresponds to one of the erroneous fields;

displaying a first visual indicator adjacent the error message; and

displaying a second visual indicator adjacent the erroneous field corresponding to the error message.

14. The program product of claim 13, further comprising program code for performing the step of:

determining which erroneous field in the document is currently in focus, wherein the error message displayed on the document corresponds to the erroneous field currently in focus.

15. The program product of claim 14, wherein a top-most erroneous field in the document is currently in focus.

16. The program product of claim 14, wherein an erroneous field selected by a user is currently in focus.

17. The program product of claim 13, wherein the program code for performing the step of highlighting each erroneous field in the document further comprises program code for performing the step of:

highlighting a field label of each erroneous field in the document.

18. The program product of claim 13, wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are substantially similar to each other.