Multi-format and multi-view synchronized data editor
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRebecca Mei-Har Lau, Kevin Jon Poole, Sheila I. Sholars
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture, and a memory structure for displaying a data file is disclosed. The apparatus displays a window, comprising two synchronized window portions: an unformatted window portion showing unformatted data and a formatted window portion showing the same data as the current record formatted according to a data structure described in data structure file.
Claims29
An apparatus for displaying a data file comprising at least one data record, comprising:
- a monitor, communicatively coupled to a computer;
- a window, displayed on the monitor, the window comprising an unformatted window portion and a formatted window portion;
- wherein the unformatted window portion displays an unformatted view of the data record;
- and
- wherein the formatted window portion displays a formatted view of the data record structured according to a data descriptor and synchronized with the unformatted view of the data record.
A method of displaying a data file, comprising the steps of:
- opening a first file having data file structure information,
- opening a data file, the data file comprising at least one data record, each data record having at least one data field;
- and
- displaying a window comprising an unformatted window portion displaying an unformatted view of the data record and a formatted window portion displaying a view of the data record formatted according to the data file structure information.
A program storage device, readable by computer having a processor and a memory, tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform the method steps of displaying a data file, the method steps comprising the steps of:
- opening a file having data file structure information,
- opening a data file, the data file comprising at least one data record, each data record having at least one data field;
- and
- displaying a window comprising an unformatted window portion displaying an unformatted view of the data record and a formatted window portion displaying a formatted view of the data record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.