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Method and apparatus for generating window borders having pictorial frame elements

  • US 5,388,202 A
  • Filed: 08/09/1993
  • Issued: 02/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for displaying a window border frame, comprising custom designed pictorial frame elements, for a window on a display screen in a windowing environment, comprising the steps of:

  • creating, using a computer program for developing customized drawings under a control of a user, the pictorial frame elements having an arbitrary pictorial design;

    storing the pictorial frame elements in computer memory;

    determining a size and location of a window border frame of an existing window in the windowing environment,retrieving the stored pictorial frame elements from the computer memory,modifying the pictorial frame elements such that the elements are sized to fit within the window border frame, anddisplaying the window with the pictorial frame elements assembled in the window border frame.

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