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A builder, tester, and runtime integration system and method for a graphical touch user interface, such as a point-of-sale (POS) touch screen interface system, is provided. The system and method may include a builder tool to create and modify the graphical interface, a tester tool for testing the in

A builder, tester, and runtime integration system and method for a graphical touch user interface, such as a point-of-sale (POS) touch screen interface system, is provided. The system and method may include a builder tool to create and modify the graphical interface, a tester tool for testing the interface, and a run-time system for actually executing the interface logic. Because the interface may be designed, modified and tested external to the run-time system, the design and maintenance may be performed by a non-programmer without ever changing run-time code. Additionally, the builder and tester may be designed to be general-purpose, and the run-time code may be reusable.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for constructing a graphical touch screen user interface for use with a run-time application, comprising the steps of:(a) building a graphical touch screen user interface comprising a plurality of touch screen displays, each touch screen display comprising a plur

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for constructing a graphical touch screen user interface for use with a run-time application, comprising the steps of:(a) building a graphical touch screen user interface comprising a plurality of touch screen displays, each touch screen display comprising a plurality of objects representing controls whose data, code, identification information, branching information, and Entry Level Logic (ELL) function name corresponding to an ELL function are external to a run-time application, by receiving commands from a user to group the objects into screen units which can be created, destroyed and re-created when invoked by the runtime application, wherein the building step further comprises the step of assigning a constant or variable text string to a label for an object using a mathematical composite function f(g(x)), where x represents a text string number and g(x) represents a corresponding text string in a stored file corresponding to that text string number, and where f(g(x)) represents a further text string which is assigned from a plurality of other possible text strings;(b) testing the graphical touch screen user interface on a video display prior to integrating the graphical touch screen user interface into the run-time application by automatically testing each of the objects in each touch screen display that has functional attributes as if the controls were physically touched beginning with a first touch screen display;(c) storing information representing the graphical touch screen user interface in memory for invocation by the run-time application; and(d) integrating the graphical touch screen user interface into the run-time application.