Novell, Inc.

Vinod Kumar Dashora

Ramprasad Siva Golla

Paul Fredrick MacKay

Allen Clay Tietjen

Bryan Keith Walton

Phillip Earl Karren

A method and apparatus for creating a non-native display is disclosed. A display application is loaded having a plurality of native window classes, a window frame, and a display bar located within the window frame. One of the native window classes is associated with a non-native window class by passing a value from a non-native file to the display application. A composite child window is created having a non-native display configuration. The composite child window is located within the window frame of the display application. The process of creating the composite child window involves the steps of creating an instance of the associated native window class, and creating an instance of the non-native window class. The display bar owned by the display application is controlled using the composite child window.

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American Fork, UT, United States of America

Vinod Kumar Dashora