[54] USING AN EMBEDDED INTERPRETED
LANGUAGE TO DEVELOP AN
INTERACTIVE USER-INTERFACE
DESCRIPTION TOOL
[75] Inventors: Colas Nahaboo, Chemin de la Tire;
Vincent Bouthors, Mougins, both of
France
[73] Assignee: Bull S.A., Puteaux, France
[21] Appl. No.: 08/936,325 [22] Filed: Sep. 24, 1997
Related U.S. Application Data
[63] Continuation of application No. 08/211,133, filed as application No. PCT/FR93/00749, Jul. 21, 1993, Pat. No. 5,696, 914.
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Jul. 22, 1992 [FR] France 92 09057
[51] Int. CI.6 G06F 9/44; G06T 11/60
[52] U.S. CI 395/701; 395/705; 345/333;
345/346; 345/353; 345/438
[58] Field of Search 395/701, 705;
709/302; 345/333, 346, 353, 326, 433,
438
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