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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1993
Debra L Orton, San Jose, CA (US);
William F Kraus, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erich Gamma, Mt. View, CA (US);
Taligent, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A view system is provided for each application program in a computer system in order to display application-generated information on a display. To increase graphic speed, the view system transfers graphic information directly into the screen buffer into a screen buffer area defined by a visible area definition. The view system provides support for spatially laying out views. The support includes a class of objects that contain specific layout information. The layout information automatically provides horizontal or vertical orientation, size and constraints. The views are arranged in a hierarchy and the layout objects are inserted into the hierarchy at a level directly above the levels of the views to which the layout objects relate.