Dynamic property sheet system
First Claim
1. A computerized data processing apparatus, comprisingprocessor means for executing a program,a memory element for storing the program,a display monitor for providing a display,selection means for selecting a property page of a first property sheet system, the first property sheet system including at least one property page displayable at a first position on the display monitor, andcreation means for creating a second property sheet system including said selected property page, said selected property page being displayable at a second display position on the display monitor.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for the concurrent display of two or more property pages of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) are disclosed. A user can select a property page displayed by a first property sheet system and create a second property sheet system that displays the selected property page at second, user selected display position. Alternatively, the user can place, or dock, the selected property page into an existing property sheet system for inclusion therein and display thereby. The first property sheet system displays, at a first display position, any of the property pages remaining therein. Typically, the selected property page is removed from the first property sheet system and the first property sheet system is destroyed if it contains no other property pages. The invention allows a user of a GUI to concurrently display and interact with multiple property pages of multiple property sheet systems for optimizing the exchange of information with the GUI.
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1. A computerized data processing apparatus, comprising
processor means for executing a program, a memory element for storing the program, a display monitor for providing a display, selection means for selecting a property page of a first property sheet system, the first property sheet system including at least one property page displayable at a first position on the display monitor, and creation means for creating a second property sheet system including said selected property page, said selected property page being displayable at a second display position on the display monitor.
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11. A machine readable data storage medium comprising
means for selecting a property page, displayable at a first display position on a display monitor, of a first property sheet system, and means for creating a second property sheet system including said selected property page, said selected property page being displayable on a display monitor at a second display position on the display monitor.
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21. A computerized method for displaying property pages on a display monitor, comprising the steps of
creating a first property sheet system including at least one property page displayable at a first position on a display monitor, selecting a property page of said first property sheet system, and creating a second property sheet system including said selected property page, said selected property page being displayable at a second display position on the display monitor.
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32. A computerized data processing apparatus, comprising
a processor for executing a program, a memory element for storing the program, a display monitor for providing a display, a selection module for selecting a property page of a first property sheet system, the first property sheet system including at least one property page displayable at a first position on the display monitor, and a creation module for creating a second property sheet system including said selected property page, said selected property page being displayable at a second display position on the display monitor.
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