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Method for extending a common user interface

  • US 5,675,520 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1995
  • Issued: 10/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for extending a common dialog box in a windowing environment of a programmed computer system, the method comprising:

  • in response to a request from an application to create a common dialog box, creating a common dialog box using a common dialog box template provided in a common dialog box library,reading a sub-dialog box template provided by the application;

    adding application-specific features defined in the sub-dialog box template to the common dialog box by creating a sub-dialog box;

    displaying a combined common dialog box and the sub-dialog box on a display screen of the programmed computer system;

    in response to user input to the sub-dialog box,sending a first notification message to a sub-dialog box procedure in the application to process the user input to the sub-dialog box; and

    in response to user input to the common dialog box, sending a second notification message to a common dialog box procedure in the common dialog box library to process the user input to the common dialog box.

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