Automatic interface layout generator for database systems

A method for automatically generating an interface layout for a database comprising the steps of:

• specifying a set of block descriptions representative of specified portions of said database;
• generating interface objects, based on said block descriptions, for inclusion within an interface of said database wherein each of said interface objects has a plurality of layout fields and each of said block descriptions has associated therewith a set of said interface objects;
• determining a layout quality parameter for each of said interface objects based on layout of said layout fields within said interface objects;
• arranging first and second groups of said interface objects into first and second block configurations, respectively, within said interface wherein each of said groups includes an interface object from each of said sets of interface objects;
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• determining first and second placement quality parameters for said first and second block configurations, respectively, based on a set of block placement rules and on said layout quality parameters, and selecting a final block configuration by comparing said first and second placement quality parameters.