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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Omid Banyasad, Kanata, CA;
Mark Andrew Macdonald, Kanata, CA;
Siobhan Nearey, Ottawa, CA;
Rodrigo Trevizan Peretti, Kanata, CA;
David Douglas Springgay, Kanata, CA;
Omid Banyasad, Kanata, CA;
Mark Andrew MacDonald, Kanata, CA;
Siobhan Nearey, Ottawa, CA;
Rodrigo Trevizan Peretti, Kanata, CA;
David Douglas Springgay, Kanata, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for resolving inter-page nodes in flow diagrams is presented. In one embodiment, an inter-page node in a flow diagram is identified. An inter-page node is a node laid out on a page break in a multi-page flow diagram. A set of candidate pages is formed. A bid for each page in a set of candidate pages is requested from each policy in a set of page break policies. A page is selected from the set of candidate pages based on bids received from the set of page break policies. A value of each bid indicates a level of suitability of each page in the set of candidate pages. The inter-page node located on the page break is moved to a new location on the selected page. The new location on the selected page is located off of all page breaks for the flow diagram.