AUTOMATIC APPLICATION WIZARD

• US 20120272146A1
• Filed: 04/21/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: D'Souza, Aaron Francis, Bhadriraju, Lavanya, G, Stalin, Moore, Kevin B., Shivanagendra, Thejasvini, Nagaraj, Subramanya Tavarekere, Ramesh, Soumya
• Application Number:
  US13/092,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20120272146A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/707
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A system to automate creation of a configuration wizard from, for example, an underlying control application. In one instance, a complex application may be represented with a simple configuration view such as that of a configuration wizard. When an application is being created, a user may be provided with a feature that defines the configuration wizard. Some aspects of the present approach are that a wizard user interface may be automatically generated, a standard approach may be provided to define the wizard, and, for changes which are performed in the application, the wizard may easily be edited and regenerated.

Claims

1. A tool for creating a wizard, comprising:

creating an application;

launching a utility for creating a wizard;

discovering parameters which can be exposed to a user in the wizard;

obtaining a new template;

selecting which discovered parameters are to be exposed to the user in the wizard;

defining attributes for the selected parameters;

creating steps;

assigning selected parameters to the steps;

rearranging, as needed, the selected parameters under each step; and

defining rules.

2. The tool of claim 1, further comprising:

launching a utility which opens the wizard for an application;

customizing settings according to needs of the user;

saving the settings; and

loading the application to a controller.

3. The tool of claim 1, further comprising:

launching a Niagara™

workstation;

dropping an application from the library to a worksheet upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings;

saving the settings; and

loading the application to a controller.

4. The tool of claim 1, further comprising:

launching a workstation;

dropping an application from the library to a worksheet upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings;

saving the settings; and

loading the application to a controller.

5. The tool of claim 4, wherein the customizing settings is according to needs of the user.

6. The tool of claim 1, further comprising:

launching WebVision™

;

importing the template into WebVision upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings; and

saving the settings.

7. The tool of claim 6, wherein the customizing settings is according to needs of the user.

8. The tool of claim 1, further comprising:

launching a utility for using the tool in LNS;

importing the template in LNS upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings; and

saving the settings.

9. The tool of claim 8, wherein the customizing settings is according to needs of the user.

10. A tool for automating creation of wizard from an application, comprising:

creating an application;

launching a utility for creating a wizard;

discovering parameters which can be exposed to a user in the wizard;

obtaining an existing template;

generating a list of steps according to the template and wherein the wizard provides a list of fields under each step;

mapping parameters to the steps; and

defining attributes for the parameters.

11. The tool of claim 10, further comprising:

modifying the steps;

rearranging the parameters under each step; and

redefining rules.

12. The tool of claim 10, further comprising:

launching a utility for using the tool;

opening the wizard for an application;

customizing settings according to needs of the user;

saving the settings; and

loading the application to a controller.

13. The tool of claim 10, further comprising:

launching a Niagara™

workstation;

dropping an application from the library to a worksheet upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings;

saving the settings; and

loading the application to a controller.

14. The tool of claim 10, further comprising:

launching a workstation;

dropping an application from the library to a worksheet upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings;

saving the settings; and

loading the application to a controller.

15. The tool of claim 14, wherein the customizing settings is according to needs of the user.

16. The tool of claim 10, further comprising:

launching Webvision™

;

importing the template in Webvision upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings; and

saving the settings.

17. The tool of claim 16, wherein the customizing settings is according to needs of the user.

18. The tool of claim 10, further comprising:

launching a utility for using the tool in LNS;

importing the template upon which the wizard automatically appears;

customizing settings; and

saving the settings.

19. The tool of claim 18, wherein the customizing settings is according to needs of the user.

20. A tool for automating creation of a configuration wizard from an underlying application, comprising:

creating an application;

launching a utility for generating a configuration wizard;

selecting data points from the application that are to appear in the wizard;

mapping data points to widget and/or user interface fields in the wizard;

defining validations and/or rules for the wizard; and

the wizard is generated to represent the application.

21. The tool of claim 20, wherein:

a wizard user interface is automatically generated; and

a standard approach is used for defining a wizard.

22. The tool of claim 20, wherein:

the application is created using a Spyder™

programming tool; and

the utility for generating the configuration wizard is a feature in the Spyder programming tool.