A system and a method generate a device user interface executable by an
information handling system. A device database includes a list of devices
for which user interface components are available to implement functions
for controlling the devices, and a resource database includes the user
interface components. The device to be controlled by the user interface
is identified and compared to a database of devices for which user
interface resource components are available. A user interface generator
determines whether the device is included in the device database and
retrieves the user interface components from the resource database. A
layout manager assembles the user interface components into a user
interface. If the device is not listed, generic device user interface
components are retrieved, otherwise device specific user interface
components are retrieved, and assembled into a layout matrix. The user
interface is created from the layout matrix.