Automated generation of dynamic data entry user interface for relational database management systems
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1. Computer software for automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, said software embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon and comprising:
- utility software extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata stored in a repository; and
user interface software at runtime automatically, and without compilation of code before runtime, developing from the metadata a graphical user interface appropriate to the relational database.
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Abstract
Computer software for, computer apparatus for, and a method of automatically generating a user interface for a relational database comprising extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and user interface metadata, storing the metadata in a repository, and automatically developing from the metadata a user interface appropriate to the relational database.
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1. Computer software for automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, said software embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon and comprising:
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utility software extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata stored in a repository; and user interface software at runtime automatically, and without compilation of code before runtime, developing from the metadata a graphical user interface appropriate to the relational database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Computer apparatus for automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, said apparatus comprising:
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means embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon for extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata; repository means for containing said metadata; and means embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon for at runtime automatically, and without compilation of code before runtime, developing from the metadata a graphical user interface appropriate to the relational database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, the method comprising the steps of:
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extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata; storing the metadata in a repository; and at runtime automatically, and without compilation of code before runtime, developing from the metadata a graphical user interface appropriate to the relational database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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