Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Joao Pedro Silva

Jonathan Paul Rosenberg

Brian E Manthos

Maria K Blees

Michael Kazuo Ishimitsu

Steven T Antoch

Scott Morgan LeGendre

Hemin (Herman) Xiao

Sandro Menzel

Jiro I Feingold

Jonathan R Grayum

A system and method facilitating diagramming is provided. The diagram system includes a diagram that stores shape element(s) and an application program interface (API) that includes a control that facilitates access to the diagram. The control maintains state information associated with the diagram. For example, application(s) can employ the API to access and/or modify the diagram. The system employs a rich framework to support both document and diagram state. Because the same framework is used to manipulate the state in a consistent way, it becomes much easier to keep the diagram synchronized with the underlying data than with conventional system(s).

API for building semantically rich diagramming tools

A navigation tool permits access between separate program modules by communicating state information between each program. By communicating state information between separate program modules, it is possible for a user to access previous screens of data, irrespective of the program module which generated the display, or to advance to previous screens of data if the user has already accessed a previous display. In other words, interactions between separate program modules become seamless in presentation to the user, analogous to how information can be displayed with a internet browser or as if separate program modules were operating under a common shell.

Method and system for navigating between program modules

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