Granted Patent B2

US 8,516,438 · App. 12/568,963 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Inventors: Brian Wegleitner (Andover, MN); Charles J. Griep (St. Anthony, MN)

Assignee: Unisys Corporation

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A computer-readable storage medium containing non-transient encoded data corresponding to instructions that when executed within a programmable computer implements a method to create a user-defined .NET class within an operational control environment of distributed computing systems, the method comprising:

receiving a user-defined class;

receiving user-defined properties for the user-defined class; and

creating a .NET class based on the user-defined class and properties;

wherein each user property has several meta-properties including name, type, description, category, dynamic, timeout period.

2. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein receiving user-defined properties includes receiving newly created properties.

3. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein receiving user-defined properties includes receiving at least one of the following properties: description, name, popup information, timeout period, dynamic, or type.

4. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein receiving a user-defined class includes receiving the user-defined class from a managed class user module that presents a user-display window.

5. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein receiving user-defined properties includes receiving user-defined properties from a managed class user module that presents a user-display window.

6. A method computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 wherein creating a .NET class includes creating a .NET class that behaves the same as a predefined class.

7. A method of creating a user-defined .NET class within an operational control environment of distributed computing systems, the method comprising:

selecting to create a new class;

defining the new class;

defining properties for the new class;

submitting the new class for creation into a .NET class based on a user-defined class and properties;

wherein each user property has several meta-properties including name, type, description, category, dynamic, timeout period.

8. A method according to claim 7 , wherein the selecting to create includes selecting to copy and edit an existing class.

9. A method according to claim 8 , wherein selecting to copy and edit and existing class creates a new class.

10. A method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

modifying an existing class.

11. A method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

deleting an existing class.

Assignments (10)

Continuity (1)