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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1996
Yuval Ishai, Haifa, IL;
Christopher Thomas Kello, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mila Keren, Neshez, IL;
Richard Kirchhofer, Fremont, CA (US);
Lev Kozakov, Haifa, IL;
Zvi Yosef Yehudai, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) application program implemented in an object oriented programming language permits a user to instantiate new program objects by dragging an instantiation object from one GUI window to a new GUI window and dropping the instantiation object in the new window. When the instantiation object is dropped into the new window, an object specified by the new window type is automatically instantiated. If needed, the user is automatically prompted to provide parameters needed for the object instantiation according to the window in which the object is dropped.