Borland International, Inc.

Sri International

Inprise Corporation

Ronald Allen Cain

Ralph E Lemke

Janet Andrea De Lu

Norman A Peppers

Jan H Kremers

David Phipps

Elliot Omiya

Jeffrey L De Curtins

A system of the present invention includes a relational database management system (RDBMS), having an object-based, interactive visual-programming language providing programming by 'visual inheritance.' A user places screen objects (e.g., boxes, screen buttons, table objects, and the like) on an on-screen window or 'form,' visually attaches selected 'properties' and 'methods' to the screen objects, and then establishes an containership-based event model that dictates how and when these properties and methods will be invoked. An object inherits (derives) properties and methods from other (parent) objects via its visual containership. In this manner, the task of creating and maintaining application programs is greatly simplified. An alternative embodiment providing an 'Object Explorer' is also described. The Explorer collapses object inspector and object tree functionality into a single UI (user interface) element. This allows the user to avoid switching back and forth between an inspector/property sheet user interface element on the one hand and an object tree user interface element on the other. Additionally, the imporved interface consumes less screen surface area.

Development system with methods for improved visual programming with

A system of the present invention includes a relational database management system (RDBMS), having an object-based, interactive visual-programming language providing programming by 'visual inheritance.' A user places screen objects (e.g., boxes, screen buttons, table objects, and the like) on an on-screen window or 'form,' visually attaches selected 'properties' and 'methods' to the screen objects, and then establishes an containership-based event model that dictates how and when these properties and methods will be invoked. An object inherits (derives) properties and methods from other (parent) objects via its visual containership. In this manner, the task of creating and maintaining application programs is greatly simplified.

Development system with methods for visual inheritance and improved

Relational database management system (RDBMS) with an object-based, interactive visual-programming language provides programming by 'visual inheritance.' A user places screen objects (e.g., boxes, screen buttons, table objects, and the like) on an on-screen window or 'form,' visually attaches selected 'properties' and 'methods' to the screen objects, and then establishes an containership-based event model that dictates how and when these properties and methods will be invoked. An object inherits or derives properties and methods from other (parent) objects via its visual containership. The creation and maintenance of application programs is greatly simplified.

An imaging sensing system (10) has a laser light source (12). Steering mirrors (16), (18) and (22) are used with scanning mirror (20) to produce scanning of beam (24) in a line (26) across a workpiece (28). Beam (36) is reflected from the workpiece (28) and directed to a linear photodiode array (38) by the scanning mirror (20). The scanning mirror (20) is connected to a galvanometer (40) to move the beams (24) and (36), both for scanning the workpiece (28) and for supplying the scanned image in sequential fashion to individual linear diodes (42) in the array (38).

Growing community of inventors

Scotts Valley, CA, United States of America

Ronald Allen Cain