Patent ID: 7581169
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions comprising: sizing and alignment parameters that describe a size and alignment of elements to be displayed in a form, at least one sizing parameter indicating that the size of an element should change to accommodate text associated with the element wherein the sizing and alignment parameters comprise parameters that define a grid entity, the grid entity comprising at least one row and at least one column and parameters that group at least two rows together such that all of the rows in a group have a same vertical dimension size; and sizing and positioning instructions, separate from the sizing and alignment parameters such that the sizing and alignment parameters may be modified without having access to the sizing and positioning instructions, the sizing and positioning instructions setting the size and position of elements in the form based on the sizing and alignment parameters.