Apple Inc.

John Lorin Welshofer

Christopher L Crim

Toufic Milan

Lee McIntyre

Vladimir Bradateanu

Geraldine Vahey

Stephen Iremonger

David McKee

Geoff Schuller

Jeffrey Caldwell Fried

Steven Marcek

Brian Barrick

Kenneth D Walter, Jr

Tom Lloyd

Techniques for displaying information associated with a database are disclosed. A database-informer displays information (or additional information) about various database objects displayed for a user. The database-informer may be presented to user as a tool-tip. However, the database-informer can be customized and dynamically constructed based on various variables that are dynamically determined at runtime. As such, the information can be dynamically determined based on variables stored in different tables and provided on-demand when the database-informer is invoked by the user. As a result, database users can be provided with customized and up-to-date information without having to view different tables.

Customizable, dynamic and on-demand database-informer for relational databases

The disclosed implementations allow automatic and transparent creation of data relationships in a database application or other application in response to user generated trigger events. Related data records can be stored and displayed in layouts, screens, forms and user interfaces provided by the database application or other application. Additional or extended information corresponding to the related data can be stored and displayed.

Automatic creation of data relationships

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for presenting fields associated with a report format suitable for displaying data associated with a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields being associated with one or more records. A layout is obtained, the layout being a report format including the plurality of fields. A user selection is received. A first list of fields that are pertinent to the layout (e.g., including the plurality of fields) is presented when the user selection is in a first state. For instance, the first list of fields may include only the fields that are in the layout (e.g., visible to the user). When the user selection is in a second state, a user is presented or provided access to a second list of fields, where the second list of fields includes fields that are not in the layout. The second list of fields may also include the fields that are pertinent to the layout (e.g., those fields in the layout).

Process and system for providing a reduced set of fields associated with a report layout

A setup dialog for a web viewer dynamically changes to reflect parameters needed to generate a web address. The setup dialog can include a list box containing websites for which website templates are available for assisting the user in generating web addresses. The list box can also include an option to generate a custom web address without using a website template. An extensible grammar is provided for generating custom website templates.

Web viewer setup dialog and grammar for generating web addresses

Displaying a tooltip associated with a concurrently displayed database object

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John Lorin Welshofer