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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Samuel W. Bent, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. Jenni, Sammamish, WA (US);
Namita Gupta, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Bogden, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel W. Bent, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. Jenni, Sammamish, WA (US);
Namita Gupta, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Bogden, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing and associating or combining visual style information with data content. The present invention relates to associating a shared set of style information with two or more objects or items that are to be displayed as part of a list or some other visual grouping of the items. By sharing the style information, i.e., the visual representation characteristics information, a program developer need only define the style information or style once. Upon defining the style, the developer can declaratively associate all the items in the list or group with the defined style.