System-provided window elements having adjustable dimensions
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1. In a data processing system having an output device, a memory means holding an application program and an operating system and a processor for running the application program and the operating system, a method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing in the operating system standard window elements for windows for use by the operating system and the application program, wherein the operating system provides a bitmap of a given size for a selected one of the window elements;
(b) in response to a request by a user to change the selected window element to a new size, storing a re-drawn bitmap for the selected window element to have the new size as part of the operating system in the memory means; and
(c) using the re-drawn bitmap to output the selected window element with the output device as part of a window.
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Abstract
An operating system provides a number of window elements that the operating system itself or applications may use in displaying a window. The operating system includes a dialog box for enabling a user to adjust the individual sizes of the respective window elements independently of the size of the window. The bitmaps for the window elements are stored in a cache that is re-drawn each time the user changes the size of any of the window elements.
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32 Claims
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1. In a data processing system having an output device, a memory means holding an application program and an operating system and a processor for running the application program and the operating system, a method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing in the operating system standard window elements for windows for use by the operating system and the application program, wherein the operating system provides a bitmap of a given size for a selected one of the window elements; (b) in response to a request by a user to change the selected window element to a new size, storing a re-drawn bitmap for the selected window element to have the new size as part of the operating system in the memory means; and (c) using the re-drawn bitmap to output the selected window element with the output device as part of a window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a data processing system having a memory means holding application programs and an operating system, a method, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing a cache of bitmaps for standard window elements for use by the application programs as part of the operating system in the memory means, each bitmap being of a certain size; and (b) each time that a user requests a change in the size of one of the bitmaps of the standard window elements to a new size, storing new bitmaps in the cache, including a bitmap of the new size for the window element for which the user requested the change in the size. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. In a data processing system having an output device and a processor running an application program and an operating system, a method, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing standard window elements in the operating system for use by the operating system and the application program; (b) outputting a window of a specified size with the output device, said window including at least some of said standard window elements of predetermined sizes that are specified by the operating system; (c) changing the predetermined size that is specified by the operating system for a selected one of the standard window elements to a new size that is specified by the operating system in response to a request by a user; and (d) using the new size specified by the operating system to output the selected window element at the new size in the window with the output device without changing the specified size of the window. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In a data processing system having a processor that runs an application program and an operating system having bitmaps of window visual elements for use by the application program and the operating system, a memory means holding a copy of the operating system and the application program and an output device, a method comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing sets of values for system metrics in the memory means that specify dimension information about the bitmaps of window visual elements; (b) providing a user with a choice of selecting one of the sets of values; and (c) in response to the choice by the user, generating and storing in the memory means as part of the operating system bitmaps for the window visual elements having dimensions as specified by the dimension information of the set chosen by the user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A data processing system comprising:
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an output device; a storage device for holding an application program and an operating system, wherein said operating system includes; (i) standard window elements for use by the operating system and the application program, said operating system providing a bitmap of a given size for a selected one of the window elements; (ii) a facility for receiving user requests to change the selected window element to a new size; (iii) a facility for storing in the storage device a re-drawn bitmap for the selected window element having the new size in response to the user request. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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