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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Michael K. Ishimitsu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven T. Antoch, North Bend, WA (US);
Jonathan R. Grayum, Bothell, WA (US);
Joao Pedro Silva, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott Morgan Legendre, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Michael K. Ishimitsu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven T. Antoch, North Bend, WA (US);
Jonathan R. Grayum, Bothell, WA (US);
Joao Pedro Silva, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott Morgan LeGendre, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method facilitating diagramming is provided. The diagram system includes a diagram that stores shape element(s) and an application program interface (API) that includes a control that facilitates access to the diagram. The control maintains state information associated with the diagram. For example, application(s) can employ the API to access and/or modify the diagram. The system employs a rich framework to support both document and diagram state. Because the same framework is used to manipulate the state in a consistent way, it becomes much easier to keep the diagram synchronized with the underlying data than with conventional system(s).