Automatically generating consistent graphical user interfaces
		       using a parser generator
				  by
		Kristina P. Boysen and Gary T. Leavens

			       Abstract

Well-designed graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are needed to make
programs easier to use.  However, these programs are difficult and
time-consuming to develop, especially when creating several GUIs for a
related set of tools.  Automatic generation of a GUI is one solution
to this problem.  This paper presents a technique to automatically
generate GUIs using a parser generator and data files.  This technique
quickly creates multiple consistent GUIs for tools with similar
options.  In this way, programmers can quickly create several GUIs at
once that look and act the same.

Keywords: automatic code generation, graphical user interface, consistency.

2001 CR Categories:
H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]
        User Interfaces --- graphical user interfaces (GUI),
        interaction styles, standardization, theory and methods.

Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 by Kristina P. Boysen and Gary T. Leavens