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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Roland L. Fernandez, Woodinville, WA (US);
Richard W. Stoakley, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott S. Hysom, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott R. Hanggie, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael A. Schmidt, Issaquah, WA (US);
Louis Amadio, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher Evans, Redmond, WA (US);
Roland L. Fernandez, Woodinville, WA (US);
Richard W. Stoakley, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott S. Hysom, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott R. Hanggie, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael A. Schmidt, Issaquah, WA (US);
Louis Amadio, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher Evans, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of communicating between a graphical component library and an appearance manager is provided that includes issuing a request, that includes component defining parameters, for rendering services by a graphical component library. The appearance manager receives the request for rendering services and assigns appearance characteristics to the graphical component based upon the provided parameters. A method of rendering graphical components on the display of a computer system is also provided that includes rendering the requested graphical component according to the appearance characteristics assigned by the appearance manager. A method is also provided for communicating between a graphical component library and an appearance manager that includes issuing a request that includes component defining parameters, for information about the defined component. The appearance manager receives the request for information and provides the requested information to the graphical component library based upon the provided parameters.