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Process and device for the automatic generation of spreadsheets

  • US 5,752,253 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1995
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process implemented on a graphical user interface for the automatic generation of a spreadsheet from a model of an entity-relationship type which serves as a support for a relational data base model, comprising the steps of displaying said data base model of the entity-relationship type on a screen of an information system in the form of a graph composed of a plurality of entities and relationships represented respectively by first and second types of objects and linked by lines, said graph being physically embodied in memory by a set of relational tables, and automatically defining said spreadsheet by selection, from among various types of objects in said graph, of elements which are memorized to enable plotting of abscissa and ordinate data of the graph and compose the contents of cells of the spreadsheet thus formed.

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