Navigation between property pages with tabs and menus
First Claim
1. A method for displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a parent window and at least one child window of said parent window having a tab field identifying a category of information, said parent window is provided in the form of a property sheet and has a plurality of other displayable child windows associated therewith; and
displaying a first one of said other child windows upon user selection of said tab field, said first one of said other child windows having at least one field displayed therein which is selectable by a user of the computer system to initiate the display of a second one of said other child windows.
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Abstract
A method for displaying a tabbed dialog box, a property sheet, which can be either modal or modeless. The property sheet has at least one child window. The child window has a tab field identifying a category of information. The parent window or property sheet has a multiple associated, displayable child windows. Upon selection of the tab field, a menu window is displayed with at least one menu item field. The menu item may be selectable by the user to initiate the display of another child window or subcategory menu window. The user can select the field to display a third child window, a property page which can display properties of an object.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a parent window and at least one child window of said parent window having a tab field identifying a category of information, said parent window is provided in the form of a property sheet and has a plurality of other displayable child windows associated therewith; and displaying a first one of said other child windows upon user selection of said tab field, said first one of said other child windows having at least one field displayed therein which is selectable by a user of the computer system to initiate the display of a second one of said other child windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A user interface for displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising:
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a parent window, wherein the parent window comprises a property sheet; a first child window of said parent window having a tab field identifying a category of information which is selectable by a user to initiate display of a second child window of said parent window; and said second child window having at least one field displayed therein which is selectable to initiate display of a third child window of said parent window. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a computer system, an object oriented class structure for representing a parent window, a first child window of the parent window with a tab field for identifying a category of information, the tab field being selectable to initiate display of a second child window, which has at least one field which is selectable by a user to initiate the display of a third child window, said object oriented class structure comprising:
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a first class comprising at least one method member and being capable of being instantiated into instances having values associated with said parent window; a second class comprising at least one method member and being capable of being instantiated into instances having values associated with said first child window; and a third class comprising at least one method member and being capable of being instantiated into instances storing said instances of said second class. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a parent window and at least one child window of the parent window having a tab field identifying a category of information, the parent window having a plurality of other displayable child windows associated therewith; displaying a first one of the other child windows upon user selection of the tab field, the first one of the other child windows having at least one field displayed therein which is selectable by a user of the computer system to initiate the display of a second one of the other child windows; and displaying a third one of the other child windows upon user selection of the tab field, wherein the third one of the other child windows is provided in the form of a property page for displaying the properties of an object.
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21. A user interface for displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising:
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a parent window; a first child window of the parent window having a tab field identifying a category of information which is selectable by a user to initiate display of a second child window of the parent window; and the second child window having at least one field displayed therein which is selectable to initiate display of a third child window of the parent window, wherein the third child window is a property page.
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22. A user interface for displaying information on a display device of a computer system, comprising:
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a parent window; a first child window of the parent window having a tab field identifying a category of information which is selectable by a user to initiate display of a second child window of the parent window; and the second child window having at least one field displayed therein which is selectable to initiate display of a third child window of the parent window, wherein the third child window comprises another field which is selectable to initiate the display of a fourth child window, wherein the fourth child window comprises a property page.
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