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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Dharma Shukla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yao LU, Redmond, WA (US);
Aditya Bhandarkar, Redmond, WA (US);
Eddie Fusaro, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark N. Wain, Seattle, WA (US);
David Fong, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kumarswamy Valegerepura, Bellevue, WA (US);
Akash Sagar, Redmond, WA (US);
Muralidhara V. Chiluvuri, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ravi S. Vedula, Bellvue, WA (US);
Dharma Shukla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yao Lu, Redmond, WA (US);
Aditya Bhandarkar, Redmond, WA (US);
Eddie Fusaro, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark N. Wain, Seattle, WA (US);
David Fong, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kumarswamy Valegerepura, Bellevue, WA (US);
Akash Sagar, Redmond, WA (US);
Muralidhara V. Chiluvuri, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ravi S. Vedula, Bellvue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention supports the design of a process using a drawing surface that specifies the process with underlying programmatic constructs. In response to a user's command, a construct corresponding to a shape is selected from a palette and inserted onto a design region that shows the specified process. The command is verified to be consistent with semantics of an associated process type. If so, a visual image of the specified process is updated. If not, an indicator is generated in a proximity of a relevant portion of the visual image in order to help the user resolve the inconsistency. The user is able to correct errors before generating computer-executable instructions from a high-level code emission. Computer-executable instructions are also generated from high-level code emission. A process engine is cognizant of the associated high-level lines of code and an infrastructure knowledge base while executing the computer-executable instructions.