Patent ID: 6157936
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computing system having at least one server and a multiplicity of clients coupled thereto by means of a network, said server having a repository coupled thereto that contains screen control language of a Form to be displayed and at least one of said clients being disposed for executing a Web browser program, a method operating in said at least one of said clients (hereafter said client) and being invoked by said Web browser program for supporting the exact reproduction of said Form, said method comprising the steps of:a. receiving from said Web browser program parameters containing said screen control language for each one of said Forms;b. parsing said screen control language of said Form to obtain a sequence of Constructs, some of which contain information relating to GUI Controls of said Form;c. for each of said Constructs with a GUI Control to be displayed, painting said GUI Control by using type and positioning information derived from each of said Constructs, respectively;d. interpreting user inputs to navigate from GUI Control to GUI Control;e. interpreting user inputs to invoke a process that sends contents of said GUI Controls to said server; and,f. using font information from each of said Constructs to set font characteristics of said GUI Control.