Patent ID: 7421653
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for representing a property on a display, comprising: a drawing handler from amongst a plurality of drawing handlers being assigned to the property; the drawing handler being called by an implementation component to provide a graphical representation of the property; and the drawing handler converting a value for the property received from the implementation component into a graphical representation which is provided on the display, wherein a list view component which is responsible for the presentation on the display communicates with the item implementation component, wherein the list view component has different modes, including at least one mode for which the drawing handler component may be required, and at least one mode for which the drawing handler component will not be required, and wherein the list view component has a details mode in which the drawing handler component may be required, the details mode may include multiple columns, where the user is able to cancel one or more of said multiple columns by turning the canceled one or more columns off, that would otherwise require the drawing handler component.