1. A parsing method for a graphical user interface (GUI) that associates each of a plurality of user-definable control symbols with a respective text based input field of a plurality of text based input fields in at least one GUI page, the method comprising: receiving text data and at least one said control symbol input into a user-selectable one of at least two said text based input fields of the GUI, the control symbol selecting a destination said text based input field different from the text based input field into which the text data and at least one control symbol was received; parsing the received text data and at least one control symbol to automatically associate at least a part of the received text data with the destination text based input field selected with said control symbol, and regardless of which one of the at least two said text based input fields is selected by the user, where each of the plurality of text based input fields is selectable as a destination text based input field using a respective one of said plurality of user-definable control symbols.
1. A parsing method for a graphical user interface (GUI) that associates each of a plurality of user-definable control symbols with a respective text based input field of a plurality of text based input fields in at least one GUI page, the method comprising: receiving text data and at least one said control symbol input into a user-selectable one of at least two said text based input fields of the GUI, the control symbol selecting a destination said text based input field different from the text based input field into which the text data and at least one control symbol was received; parsing the received text data and at least one control symbol to automatically associate at least a part of the received text data with the destination text based input field selected with said control symbol, and regardless of which one of the at least two said text based input fields is selected by the user, where each of the plurality of text based input fields is selectable as a destination text based input field using a respective one of said plurality of user-definable control symbols. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control symbol is taken from the numerical pad of a conventional keyboard.