20120026186 | ASSIGNING A COLOR TO A GRAPHICAL ELEMENT IN A MES SYSTEM - A method and a system assign a color to a graphical element displayed in a screen of a GUI application of a MES system. The graphical element represents manufacturing related information. The method includes providing a list of colors with a given number of colors; assigning to the graphic element to be displayed a graphic identifying key; providing a color association table for assigning to each graphic identifying key a color selected from the color list; and checking if, in the color association table, there is an association between the graphic identifying key of the graphical element to be displayed and its assigned color. Otherwise, if the association is not found, assigning to the graphic identifying key a color selected from the color list and adding the newly created association to the color association table. The graphical element with the color assigned is displayed to its graphic identifying key. | 02-02-2012 |