What is claimed is:
1. A method of defining a chart that graphically represents data stored in an electronic data source, the method comprising:
receiving a user selection of 1) a data object family contained in the electronic data source, and 2) an attribute for the selected data object family, wherein the selected attribute has multiple possible predefined values that are to serve as category axis values in the chart;
receiving a user definition of a first data series comprising a value measure to be determined for each of the category axis values and that uses stored data associated with the data object family; and
storing an electronic chart definition file containing an identification of the selected data object attribute and the defined first data series.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving a user definition of a second data series comprising a second value measure to be determined for each of the category axis values and that uses stored data associate, with the data object family; and
storing the defined second data series in the stored electronic definition file.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the defined first and second data series are defined to use a common value axis scale.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the defined first and second data series are defined to use different value axis scales.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising defining an invocation command that causes the chart to be generated during a run time.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the invocation command comprises user navigation to a pre-selected component of a software application to which component the predefined chart is defined to be assigned.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a user definition of one of a plurality of chart types for the chart, the chart type being defined from a group of possible chart types comprising a bar chart, a line chart and a pie chart.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving user definitions of look-and-feel attributes for the chart.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the user definitions of the look-and-feel attributes are received within a launched chart control component.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving user definitions of an electronic database query that causes data needed to generate the predefined chart to be retrieved from the electronic data source.
11. A computer program product tangibly stored on an information carrier and comprising program instructions that, when executed, perform a method to define a chart that graphically represents data stored in an electronic data source, wherein the method comprises:
receiving a user selection of 1) a data object family contained in the electronic data source, and 2) an attribute for the selected data object family, wherein the selected attribute has multiple possible predefined values that are to serve as category axis values in the chart;
receiving a user definition of a first data series comprising a value measure to be determined for each of the category axis values and that uses stored data associated with the data object family; and
storing an electronic chart definition file containing an identification of the selected data object attribute and the defined first data series.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a user definition of a second data series comprising a second value measure to be determined for each of the category axis values and that uses stored data associate with the data object family; and
storing the defined second data series in the stored electronic definition file.
13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the defined first and second data series are defined to use a common value axis scale.
14. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the defined first and second data series are defined to use different value axis scales.
15. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises defining an invocation command that causes the chart to be generated during a run time.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the invocation command comprises user navigation to a pre-selected component of a software application to which component the predefined chart is defined to be assigned.
17. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises receiving a user definition of one of a plurality of chart types for the chart, the chart type being defined from a group of possible chart types comprising a bar chart, a line chart and a pie chart.
18. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises receiving user definitions of look-and-feel attributes for the chart.
19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein the user definitions of the look-and-feel attributes are received within a launched chart control component.
20. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises receiving user definitions of an electronic database query that causes data needed to generate the predefined chart to be retrieved from the electronic data source.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An airship comprising:
A lifting fuselage having a rigid flat bottom most surface;
a curved outer peripheral surface forming the top of the lifting fuselage and is attached to said rigid flat bottom most surface;
a plurality of vertical center posts positioned within and on the longitudinal axis of said lifting fuselage;
each post having a lower position, intermediate position, and uppermost position wherein
a first level soft envelop attaches the lower position on each of the vertical center posts;
a second level soft envelops attaches to the intermediate position on each of the vertical center posts;
a third level soft envelopes attached to uppermost position on each of the vertical center posts;
air bag pontoons anchor to the flat bottom surface of said lifting fuselage;
and a plurality of wings attached to said lifting fuselage.
2. An airship according to claim 1, further comprising:
Power plants attached to said wings.
3. An airship according to claim 2, further comprising:
Vertical winglets attached to said wings.
4. An airship according to claim 3, further comprising:
A plurality of landing gear bays within said rigid flat bottom most surface supporting landing gears.
5. An airship according to claim 4, further comprising:
A cockpit positioned at the front of said airship.