Patent ID: 6424978
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for formatting card-based hypermedia documents by automatic scripting, comprising:a mixer for receiving document style and document content and for providing card-based formatting object descriptions that encapsulate different types of procedural formatting directives for said card-based hypermedia documents; and automatic scripting module connected to said mixer for receiving said card-based formatting object descriptions and for providing formatting scripts executable by a hypermedia authoring tool to format said card-based hypermedia documents; wherein said automatic scripting module comprises, an HCF generator for receiving said card-based formatting object descriptions and for providing card-based formatting script descriptions; and a formatting script interpreter connected to said HCF generator for receiving said card-based formatting script descriptions and for providing said card-based hypermedia documents; wherein said HCF generator comprises, script descriptors for document objects which, when executed, generate said card-based formatting script descriptions in a correct sequence; and wherein said script descriptors comprise, book script descriptor; resource script descriptor; background script descriptor; page script descriptor; object-creation script descriptor; viewer script descriptor; property setting script descriptor; and termination script descriptor.