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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Robert E. Corrington, Kirkland, WA (US);
Song Zou, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kathryn G. Rasmussen, Edmonds, WA (US);
Thomas J. Layson, Monroe, WA (US);
Gamage I. Viriththamulla, Kenmore, WA (US);
Derek R. Westcott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Diane Shambaugh, Redmond, WA (US);
Jalayne Taber Boni, Shoreline, WA (US);
Seung M. Yang, Bothell, WA (US);
Paul L. Cutsinger, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert David Rugge, Redmond, WA (US);
Douglas Koenig, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan William Bower, West Lafayette, OH (US);
Mun (Scott) Ying Leong, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert E. Corrington, Kirkland, WA (US);
Song Zou, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kathryn G. Rasmussen, Edmonds, WA (US);
Thomas J. Layson, Monroe, WA (US);
Gamage I. Viriththamulla, Kenmore, WA (US);
Derek R. Westcott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Diane Shambaugh, Redmond, WA (US);
Jalayne Taber Boni, Shoreline, WA (US);
Seung M. Yang, Bothell, WA (US);
Paul L. Cutsinger, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert David Rugge, Redmond, WA (US);
Douglas Koenig, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan William Bower, West Lafayette, OH (US);
Mun (Scott) Ying Leong, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for defining at least one visual-display characteristic of at least one user-interface control are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, a dialog template specifies at least one style selector for the at least one user-interface control. A transformation module extracts the at least one style selector from the dialog template. A style sheet defines at least one visual-display-characteristic value that is applicable to the at least one user-interface control and that is associated with the at least one style selector. A style sheet-parsing engine uses the at least one style selector to retrieve the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from the style sheet. And a user-interface-control-drawing module draws the at least one user-interface control in accordance with the at least one visual-display-characteristic value retrieved by the style sheet-parsing engine.