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Persistent storage of report objects

  • US 5,664,182 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1995
  • Issued: 09/02/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for creating a report object that contains information for displaying and searching a report, the method comprising the following steps:

  • (a) identifying data to be put into the report object;

    (b) providing a report design specifying how the data identified in step (a) is (i) logically arranged into a hierarchy having section breaks between members of a first group of report entities, and (ii) visually arranged in frames on a display medium;

    (c) generating instances of object classes from a report object class library and the report design, which instances and classes define a visual organization and content of the report;

    (d) persistently storing the instances of the object classes in a form that preserves the hierarchy provided in step (b), wherein the report object includes the instances stored.

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