Patent 7870540 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system that facilitates validating an object in a software design tool comprises a component that receives input relating to development of an object. A validating component, prior to compile, automatically determines whether the object is associated with an error upon receipt of the input. An alarm component can generate an alarm upon the validating component determining that the object is associated with an error.