Application window development supporting system and method storage

A system of supporting development of application windows utilizing graphical user interface (GUI) controls, comprising:

• a server which stores GUI control property defining information containing GUI control types and properties of each of the GUI control types;
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• a client machine connected to said server, via a network, which supports development of an application constructed of one or more application windows each of which uses properties of a corresponding GUI control type from said server, said client machine comprising:
• a GUI control property defining information controller which includes a definer for defining properties common to the GUI control types to be stored at said server, and a selector for selecting a GUI control type which synchronizes with said properties common to the GUI control types defined by definer;
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• an application window editor which edits an application window by using the GUI control property defining information stored at said server, which includes a flag indicating whether the GUI control property defining information stored at said server is utilized for edits, and which changes the property of a GUI control type selected by said selector based on said flag when common properties of GUI control types are changed.

A computer program file embodied on a machine-readable medium transferred to a computer to use graphical user interface controls comprising:

• a processing unit for defining common properties of graphical user interface controls to be stored in another computer;
• a processing unit for developing application windows by using said graphical user interface controls in combination with a flag which indicates whether each of said graphical user interface controls synchronizes with properties common to said graphical user interface controls;
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• a processing unit for reflecting said common properties of said graphical user interface controls stored in said another computer based on the flag indicated to synchronize with properties common to said graphical user interface controls, when said common properties of said graphical user interface controls are changed.

A system of supporting development of an application window utilizing graphical user interface (GUI) controls, comprising:

• a server which stores properties common to GUI controls;
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• a client machine connected to said server, via a network, which enables a user to develop an application program having one or more application windows by utilizing said GUI controls, said client machine including:
• a GUI controller which defines properties common to GUI controls to be stored at said server, and selects a GUI control which synchronizes with properties common to GUI controls defined;
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• an application window editor which edits an application window by utilizing said GUI controls stored at said server, which includes a flag indicating whether each of GUI controls stored at said server synchronizes with properties common to GUI controls, and which changes the property of a GUI control selected based on the flag when common properties of GUI controls are changed.