Method and apparatus for binding user interface objects to application objects
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1. An apparatus for generating binding statements of a web page template comprising:
- a graphical user interface (GUI) executing on a computer;
at least one back-end state item graphically depicted in said GUI by a first graphical element;
at least one definitional element graphically depicted in said GUI by a second graphical element; and
wherein said GUI is configured to provide a dynamic binding between said at least one definitional element and said at least one back-end state item in response to graphical manipulation by a user of said first graphical element and said second graphical element; and
wherein said GUI is configured to generate a statement text representing logic for executing said dynamic binding.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) and accompanying functionality for binding Web page definitional elements to a back-end state (e.g., client- or server-side back-end state) and custom logic is provided. In one embodiment, a template containing definitional elements, custom logic, and bindings are generated that define all or a portion of a Web page based on input received and functionality provided by the invention.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating binding statements of a web page template comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI) executing on a computer; at least one back-end state item graphically depicted in said GUI by a first graphical element; at least one definitional element graphically depicted in said GUI by a second graphical element; and wherein said GUI is configured to provide a dynamic binding between said at least one definitional element and said at least one back-end state item in response to graphical manipulation by a user of said first graphical element and said second graphical element; and wherein said GUI is configured to generate a statement text representing logic for executing said dynamic binding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for generating object connections using a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
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a GUI executing in a computer, said GUI comprising a first GUI element and a second GUI element; at least one back-end state item; at least one Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) definitional element with a plurality of attributes and behaviors for generating HTML; said first GUI element capable of displaying an object browser containing a graphical representation of said at least one back-end state item; said second GUI element capable of displaying an element palette containing a graphical representation of said at least one HTML definitional element; wherein said GUI is configured to provide a dynamic binding between said at least one back-end state item and said at least one HTML definitional element, and present a graphical representation of said dynamic binding to a user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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