Appeal No. 2001-1308
Application No. 08/354,491
2. In a computer-based method of running a software program
on a computer, the computer operating under an operating system
that provides a windowed display of graphical items, at least
some of said items having text associated therewith, the method
including issuing instructions from the software program
requesting at least ten of the following functions from the
operating system, each instruction corresponding to only one of
said functions:
arranging the items in an icon view;
creating a drag image list for a specified item;
removing all items from the window;
removing a column of items from the window;
removing an item from the window;
beginning in-place editing of text associated with a
specified item;
ensuring that an item is entirely or at least partially
visible, scrolling a window control if necessary;
searching for an item with specified characteristics;
retrieving a background color of the window;
retrieving a callback mask for the window;
retrieving attributes of a window column;
retrieving a width of a column in the window;
calculating a number of items that can fit vertically in a
visible area of the window;
retrieving a handle of an edit control being used to edit an
item's text;
retrieving a handle of an image list used for drawing items;
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