Object representation of program and script components

Claim 1

A system for generating a graphical user interface for editing program code, comprising: means for generating a scrollable table that contains a plurality of rows, each of said plurality of rows containing at least one program component; means for placing one or more icons in a first column in at least one of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table, wherein an icon in a particular row provides an object representation for said at least one program component in said particular row; and means for placing generated program code for said program components in a second column of said scrollable table, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program; wherein said generated program code is generated through user interactions with command and template dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, each of said commands being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language.

Claim 2

A system for generating a graphical user interface for editing program code, comprising: means for generating a scrollable table that contains a plurality of rows, each of said plurality of rows containing at least one program component; means for placing one or more icons in a first column in at least one of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table, wherein an icon in a particular row provides an object representation for said at least one program component in said particular row; and means for placing generated program code for said program components in a second column of said scrollable table, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program; wherein said generated program code is generated through user interactions with command and template dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, each of said commands being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language.

Claim 11

A method of object oriented programming, comprising the steps of: (1) generating program code for a plurality of program components by selectively invoking a plurality of dialogs; (2) associating an icon with at least one of said plurality of program components; (3) displaying, in a scrollable table, said plurality of program components, wherein each of said program components forms a row in said scrollable table that comprises at least one of an icon and said generated program code, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program; wherein said generated program code is generated through user interactions with command and template dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, each of said commands being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language.

Claim 12

A method of object oriented programming, comprising the steps of: (1) generating program code for a plurality of program components by selectively invoking a plurality of dialogs; (2) associating an icon with at least one of said plurality of program components; (3) displaying, in a scrollable table, said plurality of program components, wherein each of said program components forms a row in said scrollable table that comprises at least one of an icon and said generated program code, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program; wherein said generated program code is generated through user interactions with command and template dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, each of said commands being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language.

Claim 18

A method of generating a graphical user interface for object oriented programming, comprising the steps of: (1) defining a sequence of invocations of a plurality of dialogs for the performance of one or more tasks, wherein each of said invocations is further defined by a parameter list that includes at least one parameter definition; (2) generating program code for each program component, based on said invocations of said plurality of dialogs, in the format and syntax of a computer programming language; (3) storing, in a first table, an index representing said sequence; (4) storing, in a second table referenced by said index, information comprising a dialog identification, a parameter list, and said generated program code; and (5) displaying, in a scrollable table, said plurality of program components, wherein each of said program components forms a row in said scrollable table that comprises at least one of an icon and generated program code, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program; wherein said generated program code is generated through user interactions with command and template dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, each of said commands being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language.

Claim 19

A method of generating a graphical user interface for object oriented programming, comprising the steps of: (1) defining a sequence of invocations of a plurality of dialogs for the performance of one or more tasks, wherein each of said invocations is further defined by a parameter list that includes at least one parameter definition; (2) generating program code for each program component, based on said invocations of said plurality of dialogs, in the format and syntax of a computer programming language; (3) storing, in a first table, an index representing said sequence; (4) storing, in a second table referenced by said index, information comprising a dialog identification, a parameter list, and said generated program code; and (5) displaying, in a scrollable table, said plurality of program components, wherein each of said program components forms a row in said scrollable table that comprises at least one of an icon and generated program code, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program; wherein said generated program code is generated through user interactions with command and template dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, each of said commands being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language.

Claim 24

A method for developing and editing computer programs by manipulating object representations of dialog generated program components, comprising the steps of: (1) enabling a user to construct a computer program for a plurality of program components by selectively invoking a plurality of dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, wherein each of said commands causes a computer to perform a particular function; (2) associating an object representation with each of said plurality of program components; (3) causing the computer to generate code corresponding to at least one command associated with each of said invoked dialogs, said code being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language; (4) causing the computer to automatically insert said code into said computer program being constructed by said user; and (5) displaying said object representation and said code corresponding to said each of said invoked dialogs in a scrollable table comprising a plurality of rows, each of said rows dedicated to a program component, wherein each of said rows comprises a first column containing an object representation of said program component and a second column containing code of said program component, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program.

Claim 25

A method for developing and editing computer programs by manipulating object representations of dialog generated program components, comprising the steps of: (1) enabling a user to construct a computer program for a plurality of program components by selectively invoking a plurality of dialogs, said dialogs being associated with commands from a computer programming language, wherein each of said commands causes a computer to perform a particular function; (2) associating an object representation with each of said plurality of program components; (3) causing the computer to generate code corresponding to at least one command associated with each of said invoked dialogs, said code being in a form and having a syntax defined by said computer programming language; (4) causing the computer to automatically insert said code into said computer program being constructed by said user; and (5) displaying said object representation and said code corresponding to said each of said invoked dialogs in a scrollable table comprising a plurality of rows, each of said rows dedicated to a program component, wherein each of said rows comprises a first column containing an object representation of said program component and a second column containing code of said program component, wherein the ordering of said plurality of rows in said scrollable table corresponds to the ordering of said program components in said computer program.