System and method for creating forms
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1. A method for creating a form comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable components and a design space;
a creator selecting at least one of the selectable components and disposing each of the selected selectable components in the design space to generate a form layout;
converting the form layout to data information; and
saving the data information to a form file, the form file being output to a database over a network.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for creating a form. The method includes providing a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable components and a design space; a creator selecting at least one of the selectable components and disposing each of the selected selectable components in the design space to generate a form layout; converting the form layout to data information; and saving the data information to a form file, the form file being output to a database over a network.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for creating a form comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable components and a design space;
a creator selecting at least one of the selectable components and disposing each of the selected selectable components in the design space to generate a form layout;
converting the form layout to data information; and
saving the data information to a form file, the form file being output to a database over a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for creating a form comprising:
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a web browser, the web browser providing a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable components and a design space, the graphical user interface providing for a user to select at least one of the selectable components and to dispose each of the selected selectable components in the design space to generate a form layout that represents the form, the web browser converting the form layout to data information;
a web server, the web server saving the data information to a form file; and
a database, the form file being output to the database over a network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for creating a form comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable components and a design space;
a creator selecting at least one of the selectable components and dragging each of the selected selectable components into the design space to generate a form layout, the user selecting a property of at least one of the selected selectable components;
converting the form layout to data information;
saving the data information to a form file, the form file being output to a database over a network, the saving the data information to a form file including providing the form file to a web server, the web server outputting the form file to the data base; and
retrieving the form file from the database, the data information in the form file including text information and coordinate information;
reading the form file and creating corresponding data structures based on reading the form file; and
reading the form file and creating a web page, the web page created in conjunction with linking the web page with the corresponding data structures.
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27. A system for creating a form comprising:
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a web browser, the web browser providing a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable components and a design space, the graphical user interface providing for a user to select at least one of the selectable components and to dispose each of the selected selectable components in the design space to generate a form layout that represents the form, the web browser converting the form layout to data information;
a web server, the web server saving the data information to a form file; and
a database, the form file being output from the web server to the database over a network; and
wherein the data information includes text information and coordinate information; and
wherein the form file is read by a database parser and corresponding data structures are created based on reading the form file; and
the form file is read by a language parser and a web page is created, the web page created in conjunction with linking the web page with the corresponding data structures; and
wherein the providing for a user to select at least one of the selectable components and to dispose each of the selected selectable components in the design space includes dragging a selected selectable component into the design space.
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