Converting user interface source code of a legacy application to web pages
CA 2348706 A1 · Owner: Ibm Canada Limited-Ibm Canada Limitee · Inventors: Reinhardt, Edmund Horst; Coulthard, Philip S.; Hockings, Michael A.
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A method and apparatus that has the ability to convert display pages of interactive legacy, applications for use on a network such as the Internet. The display source code of the legacy, application is first parsed into a network-based language such as XML, preserving the structure and hierarchy of the display source to create a plurality of network user interface pages. The network, user interface pages are then converted to a dynamic platform-independent language in which the, static portion of the display page is converted to a web page such as a , JavaServer Page, and the, dynamic portion of the display page for input/output/feedback is converted to data objects, such as, …
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- Filed May 25, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 25, 2021.
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