Abstract: Methods and apparatus for using description information about a function to translate a call to the function into a call to a corresponding function in a second language. The methods include processing a definition of a function associated with a first language to create description information sufficient to enable translation of a call to the function into a call to a corresponding function in a second language without requiring processing of the definition of the function. In another aspect, the methods include providing a description file of items, each item including description information about a function associated with a first language, and using the file of description items to translate a first program file from the first language into a second language.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for using description information about a function to translate a call to the function in a first language into a call to a corresponding function in a second language. The methods include create description information from a definition of a function associated with a first language that enables translation of a call to the function in the first language into a call to a corresponding function in a second language without requiring processing of the definition of the function. In one aspect, the methods include providing a description file of items, each item including description information about a function associated with a first language, and using the file of description items to translate a first program file from the first language into a second language.

Abstract: A tool for automatically generating Component Object Model (COM) components for use in COM-compliant application from functions developed in a MATLAB programming environment. The tool receives as an input a component name and a selection of source code files which define functions. The tool processes the source code files to produce as an output a component having the selected component name. The component provides a binary interface through which application programs perform run-time function calls on the functions.

Abstract: A tool for automatically generating Component Object Model (COM) components for use in COM-compliant application from functions developed in a MATLAB programming environment. The tool receives as an input a component name and a selection of source code files which define functions. The tool processes the source code files to produce as an output a component having the selected component name. The component provides a binary interface through which application programs perform run-time function calls on the functions.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for using description information about a function to translate a call to the function into a call to a corresponding function in a second language. The methods include processing a definition of a function associated with a first language to create description information sufficient to enable translation of a call to the function into a call to a corresponding function in a second language without requiring processing of the definition of the function. In another aspect, the methods include providing a description file of items, each item including description information about a function associated with a first language, and using the file of description items to translate a first program file from the first language into a second language.

Abstract: A computer system for establishing an adaptive window system within a dynamic model of information systems of organization. The system includes a plurality of editors which enable a user to interact with the system. The window system includes predetermined criteria against which design data of one or more of the editors is compared. An options window then displays those options which meet the criteria, generally corresponding to syntactically permissible options, at any time during the model building process.

Abstract: A computer system for processing information representative of complex business transactions. The system enables a user to define business logic within a dynamic information management system model. The system may include a plurality of editors which enable a user to dynamically create, analyze and modify design data. The system further includes graphical displays which enable a user to affect the operations to be performed on that design data.

Abstract: A computer system for dynamically modeling information systems of organizations. The system includes a plurality of editors which enable a user to interact with the system. Included in the system is an information modeler, an information flow modeler, and a logic modeler for creating, analyzing and modifying design data associated with each modeler. Each of the modelers are dynamically interlinked, such that a change to one design data set will affect a corresponding change in other design data sets. The system includes graphic representations associated with each of the modelers to enable a user to interact with the system. The objects of each of the graphic representations may also be dynamically linked, such that a change in one representation affects a substantially immediate change in other representations.