International Business Machines Corporation

Robert S Cecco

Jeffrey Charles Turnham

David Kenneth McKnight

Eduardus A T Merks

Michael Wulkan

Roger P Spall

A dynamic generic framework for distributed tooling comprising a system for creating, storing and manipulating objects, which includes a datastore, a user interface and tools. In a distributed or client-server environment, a virtual datastore is created on the client, through which updates to the user interface and commands to the tools are routed. Commands and updates are transmitted asynchronously through handlers. The objects in the datastore are all of the same kind and have a predetermined generic or uniform attribute set. The schema is comprised of schema objects in the datastore which schema objects are dynamically created by the tools. The user interface perceives and comprehends the schema and utilizes the schema to identify and display objects in the datastore, the relationships therebetween, and the commands that can be executed thereon.

Dynamic generic framework for distributed tooling

An improved method is disclosed for creating and sizing panes within a window of a display screen of a computer system as part of an interactive graphical user interface. Grab handles are positioned in the borders of the panes. When a grab handle of a pane is selected by user interaction, an adjustable rectangular form is created on the screen which represents a new pane. The existing pane is split in an arbitrary manner. The size of the new pane can be varied so as to include areas of the screen from other existing panes. The existing panes are then reconfigured so as to be accommodated on the screen along with the newly created pane.

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Richmond Hill, Canada

Robert S Cecco