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System, method and computer program product for creating a re-usable component utilizing a multi-tenant on-demand database service

  • US 9,791,993 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2013
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automatically creating a re-usable component for a user-interface, the method including:

  • responsive to a user selection, automatically generating by a server of a shared on-demand database a re-usable component having access to one or more fields of the shared on-demand database based on a next unique identifier in a sequence of not yet used unique identifiers that are available and are valid for a specific client;

    wherein the re-usable component includes a code definition adopted from a pre-determined re-usable component template;

    presenting the re-usable component as an interface portion for display across an interface installed at and specific to a client;

    receiving from a user, customization code that modifies a functionality of the re-usable component;

    automatically generating an updated code definition of the re-usable component modified based on the customization code;

    creating a new re-usable component in accordance with the updated code definition; and

    presenting the new re-usable component in place of the re-usable component as the interface portion for display across the interface in a package received by and installed at a specific client;

    thereby enabling customizing the interface installed at and specific to the client with a re-usable component including the customization code used among a plurality of users in interfaces installed at and customized to respective ones of the plurality of users.

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