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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Shawn A. Van Ness, Newcastle, WA (US);
Paul J. Kwiatkowski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nikhil Dang, Redmond, WA (US);
Martyn S. Lovell, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn A. Van Ness, Newcastle, WA (US);
Paul J. Kwiatkowski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nikhil Dang, Redmond, WA (US);
Martyn S. Lovell, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide techniques and processes for defining elements of a user interface (UI) using a tree of objects created based on a markup language. In some embodiments, a client application provides markup that defines one or more aspects of a UI to an application programming interface (API). The API parses the markup to determine a namespace and one or more UI elements defined by the namespace. Instances of the UI elements are created, and properties of the UI elements are set on the instances. A user interface may then be displayed that includes the instances of the UI elements.