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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Daniel C. Gurney, Worcester, MA (US);
Vinod R. Seraphin, Westford, MA (US);
Daniel C. Gurney, Worcester, MA (US);
Vinod R. Seraphin, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An edit selection control. The edit selection control can include a drop down list box coupled to a list of entries of full textual length; an edit box coupled to the drop down list box within the edit selection control and configured to display a selected one of the entries; and, list management logic coupled to the edit box and programmed to accept through the edit box as an alternative selection to the list of entries, a manually specified entry. Importantly, the edit selection control can have a structure configurable for embedding within a markup language document.