Abstract:
A system for creating, delivering, presenting, manipulating and managing by a user or through a remote process a multiplicity of framed content in a remote workspace. The content is preferably specified in XML and is of any type, dynamically created, and asynchronously delivered to any workspace instance.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
       [0001]     This application claims the benefit of the filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. Nos. 60/472,021 and 60/482,163, both entitled “Web Form Host”, filed on May 19, 2003 and Jun. 23, 2003, respectively, and the specifications thereof are incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT  
       [0002]     Not Applicable.  
       INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC  
       [0003]     A compact disc appendix is included containing computer program code listings pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 1.52(e) and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The total number of compact discs is 1 including 40 files and 2,978,261 bytes. The files included on the compact disc are listed in a file entitled “dir_s” on the compact disc. Because of the large number of files contained on the compact disc, the required listing of file names, dates of creation and sizes in bytes is included in the file dir_s on the compact disk and incorporated by reference herein. Note that because Omnis Studio does not maintain source code in ASCII text format, Adobe Acrobat files resulting from the “Print Class” command within Omnis Studio as well as text files resulting from such command, which text files contain some printer specific artifacts.  
       COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL  
       [0004]     © 2004 Jeffrey J. Spicer. A portion of the disclosure of this patent document and of the related applications listed above contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyrights whatsoever.  
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0005]     1. Field of the Invention (Technical Field)  
         [0006]     The field of the invention relates to a next generation system for creating, delivering, presenting and managing content interfaces for remote processes or web services.  
         [0007]     2. Description of Related Art  
         [heading-0008]     Context of the Invention  
         [0009]     Information systems invoked a transformation in the way we interact with our tasks. Through the introduction and use of multiple graphical user interfaces the desktop environment where we interact and interface with our separate work tasks has become a collage of isolated and mainly static, pre-formed, graphical user interfaces.  
         [0010]     The invention supersedes the need for independently produced, pre-formed, static graphical user interfaces, and creates a next generation desktop environment.  
         [0011]     The invention is a system and a set of methods that creates a browser based client encapsulated workspace where form based content (content) is presented in graphical user interface frames. The server portion of the system allows—e.g., through a XML (Extensible Markup Language) document specification—the dynamic production and asynchronous delivery of all graphical user interface content to frames in any user workspace. All properties of the new or existing content and the behavior of its parent frame may be dynamically modified at run-time. The combination allows the next generation&#39;s enterprise workflow processes to generate the content and send it to a workspace and then orchestrate concurrently with the user the allowable user interaction and behavior of the interface and thus with the content during the interfaces lifespan as part of the workflow process.  
         [heading-0012]     Multiple Static &amp; User Driven Interfaces  
         [0013]     In this generation&#39;s static interface and user driven architecture, one interactively multitasks through a multitude of event driven, pre-built, graphical user interfaces installed on powerful user specific desktop workstations that define one&#39;s workspace. At any one time, the user&#39;s workspace may contain many separate interfaces that are isolated from one another.  
         [0014]     These interfaces are driven and managed by the user. The user, knowing the tasks to be performed, opens the required interfaces and externally prioritizes the order in which the tasks are completed/attended to. It requires prior knowledge of the workflow process, the task, the interface, and its functionality. Once the tasks are completed the interfaces are closed and the workspace is idle.  
         [heading-0015]     Encapsulated Workspace  
         [0016]     Although the user has been granted remote access to most of these proprietary static interfaces via remote viewers that import the distant server desktops and/or multiple browser instances displaying portals, forums, email etc and other proprietary isolated services, it is difficult to treat the user&#39;s desktop workspace as an encapsulated single entity where the individual interfaces belonging to one task—although from disparate sources and having unique functionality—may be related categorized and prioritized as such.  
         [0017]     The requirement for this and the next generation is for a remote encapsulated workspace where the disparate content interfaces can be rendered locally, presented, manipulated and managed as a single entity, and furthermore provided persistence by allowing the users workspace instance to be stored and retrieved.  
         [0018]     One object of the invention is to provide a process and system that creates a browser based workspace allowing a user to have interaction with multiple types of content held in a multiplicity of moveable graphical user interface frames. The workspace is encapsulated and allows the content interfaces to be presented, manipulated, and managed as related interfaces. An instance of the workspace can be saved as a whole to disk and restored, rebuilding the workspace instance.  
         [heading-0019]     Dynamic Workspace  
         [0020]     In the next generation, spurred on by standard protocols, enterprise architectures and dynamic data, interfaces have a requirement that they are dynamically produced. The user, however, still has a static interaction with the overall system. They must initiate an interface and manually retrieve the form content. Once the content is presented, the user must manually refresh the form or page in order for it to reflect any changes in the graphical user interface functionality and behavior, data, as it relates to the dynamic workflow. This is user driven and at odds with the dynamic server driven architectures.  
         [0021]     The requirement is for a method of providing the user with multiple graphical user interfaces asynchronously, when the GUI components, interface logic and interactive behavior are only known at run time and can be continually updated at run-time to reflect the changes in the workflow process.  
         [0022]     One object of the invention is to provide a process and system that through the specification of content in XML (or like language for specification of content) creates the content and provides it asynchronously to specified user&#39;s workspace. Once created all its properties are modifiable by further submitting of XML documents pertaining to the content instance. The creation of content, its delivery, categorization and management into and out of the workspace thus being able to be orchestrated by the user and/or the workflow processes. Through this cycle, the user&#39;s workspace and the framed content is—in step with the workflow processes, constantly in flux, dynamic and ongoing.  
         [heading-0023]     Definitions  
         [0024]     For the purposes of this application, the following italicized terms have the meaning given. Content is any form component. Content Message is a XML (or like language for specification of content) document specifying system properties and behavior as well as the content its behavior and properties. Frame header—specifying through frame properties and behavior how the content can be acted on, how it is categorized, presented and how it relates itself topically to other content and any communications required by the content. A browser includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) parser for displaying GUIs (graphical user interfaces) over the web. Examples of these include but are not limited to Internet Explorer, Netscape, Safari, any Mozilla based browser. A desktop includes the visible work area displayable on the screen of a computer at any given time. The workspace is the interactive space accessible to the user.  
         [0025]     A Theme is a collection of user specified colors and layout which in this invention includes the desktop image and the frame properties. Background Image is any type image file whether static or in motion. Number of Desktops is the number of layered desktops. They are created stacked on top of each other. Desktop Names are the names of each individual desktop. Desktop Size Is the virtual size of the desktop. This can be many times the size of the area visible through the browser window. A Frame is a run time container it has in-built graphical properties and behavior for displaying and manipulating the content. Frame Controls are controls that provide specific frame functions that relate to the workspace and the client content. Frame Types ( FIG. 13 ) are frames that have differing properties and behavior. Special Frames are frames that do not exist within the desktop layers but always on top of all desktops and are not visually affected by a desktop change. They also do not scroll as the desktop is scrolled but rather keep their position relative to the browser window. Normal Frames are Frames that exist within the desktop layers and can be moved from one desktop to another and are fixed to a desktop position while the desktop is scrolled. System Form is a Form that will receive special workspace system messages. Client Operating System is the operating system type that the browser is running on such as but not limited to Macintosh, Windows, Linux and Unix. Events are events that are initiated by a user of the workspace via the use of a mouse and/or keyboard and/or events that are initiated by a local or remote application or application component process or user.  
         [heading-0026]     Prior Art  
         [0027]     Related technologies, which do not provide the capabilities of the present invention, include the following: U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0023111 (web page editor for creating web pages); U.S. Patent Publication 2003/0028562 (document sharing and form creation for Microsoft Office); U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0198935 (form field data validation); U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0198903 (submission of multiple forms); U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0156808 (document sharing and form creation); U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0032706 (web application and workflow design); U.S. Pat. No. 6,529,217 (graphing); U.S. Pat. No. 6,061,695 (windows desktop navigator as hypertext); U.S. Pat. No. 6,161,114 (combining media to display as a single document); U.S. Pat. No. 6,345,278 (form engine); U.S. Pat. No. 6,088,700 (automatic completion of web form); U.S. Pat. No. 6,128,617 (hierarchical linked data representation); U.S. Pat. No. 5,802,514 (creation of entity relationship diagrams using visual editor); U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,290 (automatic completion of web form); and U.S. Pat. No. 6,199,079 (automatic completion of web form).  
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0028]     The present invention is of a browser based user workspace instance supporting a plurality of moveable frames and layered desktops within a single browser window. In the preferred embodiment, any instance of the environment of the desktops can have a plurality of display, behavioral, dynamic and content specific properties modified at run-time, preferably including one or more of the properties selected from Current Desktop Number, Desktop Height, Desktop Width, Name, Fore Color, Border Color, Pattern, Border Effect, and Desktop Image. Any instance of the frames can support content of any type. Any instance of the content can be provided runtime data storage. Any instance of the frames can support content specific communications. The desktops can be resized to be larger than the viewable space. The desktops can be repositioned under the visible area in the browser window such that any part of the available desktop area may be made visible. The desktops are displayed in the window according to a front and back order wherein a desktop towards the front in the order overlaps any desktops farther back in the order, and wherein the order may be altered. The frames can be repositioned throughout the desktop layers. Any instance of the environment the frames can have a plurality of display properties that may be modified at run time, preferably one or more of the properties selected from the group consisting of Title Bar, Title Bar Text Alignment, Title Bar Text Font, Title Bar Text Font Size, Title Bar Text Font Style, Title Bar Text Color, Title Bar Height, Title Fore Color, Title Bar Gap Size, Title Bar Inner Border, Title Pattern, Title Back Color, Frame Inner Border, Frame Outer Border, Frame Gap Fill Color, Frame Gap Size, Frame Width, and Frame Height. Any instance of the environment the frames can have a plurality of behavioral properties that may be modified at run time, preferably selected from the group consisting of Can Drag/Move, Can Resize, Disable Content Sizing, Bring to Top, Can Be Attached to a Form or Component, Edge Float, Minimizing, and Maximizing. The frames&#39; content may be populated asynchronously from server based content queues. A set of services can allow the frames to exchange messages on the client. A set of services can allow presentation properties of groups of frames to be accessed as unit. The workspace may be saved to a server, and desktops and the frames and their contents may be restored from a saved record. The frames&#39; content can be created dynamically by a form engine. The content is preferably specified by a XML document, preferably wherein one or more form components and specific component properties can be specified by the XML document, preferably selected from the group consisting of the list of properties beginning on page 14 of the specification. Any of the components can also have a plurality of standard properties that may be set, preferably all or some of which can be set at run-time. Form components and specific component methods can be specified by the XML document.  
         [0029]     The present invention comprises a system set of methods that together create an event driven user workspace for presenting and managing content. The workspace is a browser based environment composed of multi-layered desktops containing movable frames into which content is retrieved and presented. The user&#39;s interaction with the content and the management of the content while in the user&#39;s workspace are specified and orchestrated at run time by user events and/or by asynchronous messages to the workspace from a server remote process.  
         [0030]     Objects, advantages and novel features, and further scope of applicability of the present invention will be set forth in part in the detailed description to follow, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained-by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0031]     The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form a part of the specification, illustrate one or more embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating one or more preferred embodiments of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. In the drawings:  
         [0032]      FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the invention.  
         [0033]      FIG. 1  is a flow diagram of the system processes of the invention.  
         [0034]      FIG. 2  is a flow diagram of the asynchronous forms process.  
         [0035]      FIG. 3  is a flow diagram of the change frame process.  
         [0036]      FIG. 4  illustrates the Enter Data process; if a client form ‘A’ has set the enter data state. If an ‘illegal’ event tries to break the enter data state such as the user clicking on form ‘B’ to bring it to top, the workspace does not bring the form to top but rather sends a message to the caller&#39;s frame that was stored so that the caller may respond.  
         [0037]      FIG. 5  is an illustration of an embodiment of the invention as presented to a remote end user of the present invention.  
         [0038]      FIG. 5   a  is an illustration of a frame of the invention.  
         [0039]      FIG. 6  illustrates title controls.  
         [0040]      FIG. 7  illustrates the navigation bar of the invention.  
         [0041]      FIG. 8  illustrates the theme picker of the invention.  
         [0042]      FIGS. 8   a  and  8   b  are further illustrations of the theme picker of the invention.  
         [0043]      FIG. 9  illustrates the pan manager of the invention.  
         [0044]      FIG. 10  illustrates the use of asynchronous forms in the invention.  
         [0045]      FIG. 11  illustrates the desktop picker of the invention.  
         [0046]      FIG. 12  [reserved] 
         [0047]      FIG. 13  illustrates use of a background picture according to the invention; the user may through the use of host methods set each one of the multilayered desktops ‘A’ to have its own background picture or image ‘B’ and ‘C’.  
         [0048]      FIG. 14  illustrates desktop scrolling according to the invention; through the use of events the expanded desktop ‘A’ may be scrolled in all directions, which causes the visible area under the browser ‘B’ to scroll.  
         [0049]      FIG. 15  illustrates desktop sizing according to the invention; the height and width of the desktop ‘A’ can be expanded ‘B’ to be many times the size of the visible space exposed to the user by the browser window ‘C’.  
         [0050]      FIGS. 16   a  and  16   b  illustrate desktop switching according to the invention; the desktop that is currently the top desktop ( FIG. 16   a ) ‘B’ of the layered desktops may be switched so that a desktop lower in the stack ‘A’ becomes the top most desktop and therefore the current and visible one ( FIG. 16   b ).  
         [0051]      FIG. 17  illustrates frame properties according to the invention are properties that may be assigned to the frames individually and at run time such as, frame title bar color, title height ‘A’, text, text alignment, text color, ‘B’, title gap ‘C’, border gap ‘D’, inner border and outer border styles ‘E’ and multiple controls ‘F’, menu bar ‘H’ and status bar ‘I’.  
         [0052]      FIG. 17   a  shows preferred Frame Types according to the invention; frames are containers for content which have inbuilt properties and behavior which may be added to giving the support for an almost limitless number of frame types and content support, inbuilt behavior and display properties; the user may through the use of a mouse click on an inbuilt frame type button cause a frame to change its desktop scrolling behavior, such as from that of a Normal Frame ( FIG. 17   c ) to that of a Special Frame ( FIG. 17   b ).  
         [0053]      FIG. 18   a  illustrates frame resizing according to the invention; the user may through the use of the mouse click on any edge of the frame ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’—including the corners, ‘E’—by holding the mouse button down to drag the frame edges; the frame expands or reduces in size depending on the edge and the direction of the drag; the client form will receive resize messages as the form is resized with parameters that describe the new frame dimensions.  
         [0054]      FIG. 18   b  illustrates frame to form resizing messages.  
         [0055]      FIG. 19  is a flow diagram of the change forms desktop process.  
         [0056]      FIG. 19   a  illustrates moving frames throughout the multilayered desktops of the invention; the user may through the use of host methods move frame ‘D’ through the multilayered desktops ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’; the form specified as a form manager will receive a message that the form has changed its desktop number, with parameters that contain the forms stub code data.  
         [0057]      FIG. 20  is a flow diagram of the close frame process.  
         [0058]      FIG. 21  illustrates frame moving/dragging according to the invention. Through the applications use of modified content headers or by the user, through the use of the mouse or other pointing device, move/drag the frame in all directions. Equally the user ‘A’ by clicking on the title bar and while holding the mouse button down dragging the frame; the client form of the frame will receive a message with parameters that describe the new location as the form is dragged.  
         [0059]      FIG. 22  is a flow diagram of the bring to top process.  
         [0060]      FIGS. 22   a  and  22   b  illustrate the frame bring to top aspect of the invention; the user may through the use of the mouse click on any part of an underlying frame ‘A’ bringing it to the top; the client form of the frame that is being brought to top will receive a message and the form that is loosing focus ‘B’ will receive a message.  
         [0061]      FIG. 23  is a flow diagram of the minimize/maximize process.  
         [0062]      FIG. 23   a  illustrates minimizing/restoring.  
         [0063]      FIG. 23   b  illustrates maximizing/restoring.  
         [0064]      FIGS. 23   c  and  23   d  illustrate organizing the display of frames on individual desktops.  
         [0065]      FIG. 24  is a flow diagram of workspace saving.  
         [0066]      FIG. 25  illustrates the rebuild flag and user key.  
         [0067]      FIGS. 26-40  illustrate preferred XML message structures according to the invention. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
       [0068]     An implementation of this invention in Omnis Studio is disclosed, but the invention can be employed with other development environments and development languages and application server platforms, includi ng but not limited to, C++, Java, C#, JavaScript, ColdFusion, .NET, Active Server Pages (ASP), JavaServer Pages (JSP), BEA WebLogic and PHP hypertext preprocessor.  
         [heading-0069]     Overview  
         [0070]     The system allows content to be specified by an XML document and created at run-time. Once created it and any supporting modules are asynchronously delivered to a workspace instance, further XML messages relating to the framed content instance allow any property of the instance to be changed at runtime. The workspace instance supports a plurality of content and may be saved and restored. It allows the user to interact with the content pieces as related pieces.  
         [heading-0071]     System Architecture ( FIG. 1 )  
         [0072]     In this embodiment the system is a stand-alone system comprising of a client executed module ( FIG. 1   500 ) and a server executed module containing a publicly accessible HTTP interface. In other embodiments the interface may support proprietary or standard public interfaces including but not limited to SOAP. The client and the server modules ( FIG. 1   503 ) communicate over TCP/IP via a web server ( FIG. 1   502 ). The client executed module provides in and outbound client communications between the client and the web—intranet server ( FIG. 1   507 ) and can download the GUI components and form components or content that creates the active workspace instance. In this embodiment the client ‘talks’ to the server via a CGI script and uses Microsoft Internet Information Server as the web server. In other embodiments this communication can be achieved using proprietary methods. The web—intranet server passes the requests to the server module via HTTP on a specified port ( FIG. 1   506 ). The server modules provide the storage ( FIG. 1   508 ), and queues, directory, form creation and message parsing services. In other embodiments the server module supports protocols including but not limited to XML, SQL access, Java and COM. In this embodiment the TCP/IP client/server communications supports user event transfer from the client to the server allowing the executable content methods to be located and executed on either the client or the server.  
         [heading-0073]     Workspace Configuration ( FIG. 4 )  
         [0074]     The user workspace is configured at startup with parameters that define the number of workspace components the desktop properties, default frame services and behavior. In other embodiments this information may be supplied as a “System Header”.  
         [heading-0075]     Workspace Messages  
         [0076]     Messages from workflow processes are used to alter the workspace. In this embodiment the dynamic messages are implemented as one type of “content messages”. Content messages are used to specify as headers records—properties and behavior for the form based content and frames creation and at are used to dynamically configure and manage the framed content while it is in the user&#39;s workspace instance. The XML message in this embodiment uses a proprietary vocabulary, however, due to the open nature of XML, in other embodiments the message can be created using other vocabularies including but not limited to—XForms, XGUI. Below, the XML Content Message parts used to create and display and manipulate the content in a frame are described in detail. 
    Message Parts ( FIG. 26 ): The content message is composed of complex types; The Message Header, System Header, Desktop Headers and the Content Header.     Message Header ( FIG. 27 ): The message header defines the system address and the recipient workspace for the message.     System Header ( FIG. 28 ): The system header contains pointers to the system components and system and workspace configuration information.     Desktop Header ( FIG. 29 ): The desktop header contains information about the workspace desktop configuration.     Content Header ( FIG. 30 ): The Content Header contains information relating to the content, frame, communication, behavior and look and feel of the both content and the frame the content is presented in and any storage requirements of the content. A content header may be sent repeatedly to the workspace to alter an existing properties and behavior of a frame and/or its content.     Frame Header ( FIG. 31 ): The frame header provides information about the frame, its controls and properties, the form properties and content.     Form Properties ( FIG. 32 ): Form Properties may be used to access any property of any component of the content. If specified at run time to an existing form the changes will be applied at run time to the form.     Frame Controls ( FIG. 33 ): Frame controls that define the behavior of the frame may be set at run time.     Frame Properties ( FIG. 34 ): Frame properties include categorization, opening position, dimensions, and display properties of the frame and may be set at run time using content messages.     Content Components (Form Controls) ( FIG. 35 ): A wide range of pre-built or user designed controls form or component properties, methods and events may be specified in the Content Message to the form engine.     Form Themes ( FIG. 36 ): A set of look and feel properties may be supplied to create a theme for the form and all its components.     Form Communications ( FIG. 37 ): Proprietary communication modules are downloaded to the workspace at run-time. The server, however, offers in built communication services that are available to the forms. Through an external API custom client based or server communications services may be created.     Data Storage ( FIG. 38 ): Data storage may be specified by the content message and provided by the system.     Form Methods ( FIG. 39 ): Methods may be specified at the form class level rather than the component or control level. In this embodiment the executable method text is proprietary Omnis Studio programming language code but in other embodiments the code may be specified in, including but not limited to Java, JavaScript, ASP, JSP any XML language or scripting languages.     Form Control Methods ( FIG. 40 ): Methods may also be specified for each form component.    
 
         [0092]     One or more form components and specific component properties (beginning with ‘$’, property constants beginning with ‘k’) can be specified to the form engine when the form is created and dynamically changed by an XML document during the contents lifecycle in the workspace instance or while off-line, including:  
         [0093]     Check Box 
        $text     The text or calculation stored with the object     Data Grid     $allowpictclipboard     kTrue if the datagrid picture allows clipboard support     $autosize     If true, the data grid sizes rows according to the contents     $boolascheck     kTrue if booleans are drawn as checkboxes     $booleanstrings     The strings to display for False and True Boolean values, False first, separated by a comma     $canresizecolumns     If true, the user can use the mouse to resize the columns of the object     $cellbordercolor     The color used to draw the grid cell borders     $columnactive     If kTrue the column is active     $columndatacol     The column number from which to map data     $columnenabled     If kTrue, the column is enabled     $columnforecolor     The foreground color of the column     $columnheadercolor     The color of the header     $columnheadertextcolor     The text color of the header     $columnjst     The alignment of the column     kLeftJst     kRightJst     kCenterJst     $columnnames     The names of the columns     $columnpicklist     The name of the picklist for the column     $columntextcolor     The text color of the column     $columntype     Specifies how data is handled for the column. One of the data grid type     constants     kDataGridAutoData     kDataGridComboPicker     kDataGridDroplistPicker     kDataGridIcon     $columnwidth     The width of the column in pixels     $currentcolumn     The current design column     $defaultheight     The default height of a grid cell     $defaultwidth     The default width of a column     $designcols     This is the number of design mode columns the control will show     $designrows     This is the number of design mode rows the grid will show     $displayformat     The format for the data displayed     kFormatNone     kFormatTime     kFormatShortDate     kFormatShortDateTime     kFormatLongDate     kFormatLongDateTime     $extendable     If true, the grid automatically extends to allow the user to enter more lines     $fixedcol     If true, the grid has a first fixed vertical column     $fixedrow     If true, the grid has a first fixed horizontal row     $gridcols     The datagrid/stringgrid column count     $gridendcolor     The color used to draw empty space after the end of the data     $gridrows     The datagrid/stringgrid row count     $listmode     kTrue if the datagrid is in list mode     $userdefined     If kTrue, the datagrid is developer defined and not automatic        
 
         [0175]     Form File 
        $action     Defines the behaviour of the control     kFFRead     kFFReadNow     kFFWrite     kFFWriteNow     kFFReadEntireFile     kFFReadEntireFileNow     kFFWriteEntireFile     kFFWriteEntireFileNow     kFFSelectDir     kFFSelectDirNow     kFFReadDir     kFFReadDirNow     $buttonstyle     The drawing style of a button object: kNoBorderButton, kSystemButton, kHeadingButton, kComboButton, kRoundButton, or kUserButton kNoBorderButton     kSystemButton     kHeadingButton     kComboButton     kRoundButton     kUserButton     $filecreator     creator of the file to be written (Mac only)     $filename     default file name for the save file dialog     $filereadencoding     One of the kFFEncoding . . . constants. The value identifies how the data in the file to be read is encoded     kFFEncodingBinary     kFFEncodingNativeCharacters     kFFEncodingUTF8     kFFEncodingUTF16BE     kFFEncodingUTF16LE     kFFEncodingDetect     $filetype     type of the file to be written (Mac only)     $filewriteencoding     One of the kFFEncoding . . . constants (note that kFFEncodingDetect is not relevant when writing). The value identifies how the data is encoded when it is written to the file     kFFEncodingBinary     kFFEncodingNativeCharacters     kFFEncodingUTF8     kFFEncodingUTF16BE     kFFEncodingUTF16LE     $iconid     The numeric icon identifier used to reference the icon in the icon file     $text     The text or calculation stored with the object     $title     The window title     $typelist     comma seperated list of file types        
 
         [0226]     Heading List 
        $::boldheader     If true, the heading of the heading list has a bold font     $::colcount     The number of columns for the list     $::columnnames     The names of the columns for a data grid or headed list box     $::columnwidths     Comma separated list of column widths, expressed in pixels     $::enableheader     If true, the user can click on the columns, generating an evHeaderClick event     $::hideheader     If true, the heading of the headed list box is hidden     $::multipleselect     If true, multiple lines can be selected     $aligncolumns     This string has a character for the alignment of each column (L=left, C=center, R=right); it does not apply to the column headings     $alignheadings     This string has a character for the alignment of each column heading (L=left, C=center, R=right)     $disableresizecolumns     If true, the user cannot use the mouse to resize the columns     $displayformat     The format for the data displayed     kFormatNone     kFormatTime     kFormatShortDate     kFormatShortDateTime     kFormatLongDate     kFormatLongDateTime        
 
         [0255]     JPEG Viewer 
        $allowclipboard     If true, clipboard support is activated.     $fast     If kTrue, fast (less accurate) processing is required     $imageheight     Height of image     $imagewidth     Width of image     $keepaspectratio     If true, and $noscale is false, the aspect ratio of the picture is maintained when it is scaled     $noscale     If true, the picture field does not scale the picture     $nosmooth     If kTrue, smooth output is not required     $palette     Use the image palette     $picturealign     A kPAL . . . constant which, together with $horzscroll and $vertscroll, identifies where the picture will be positioned in the field     kPALtopLeft     kPALtopCenter     kPALtopRight     kPALcenterLeft     kPALcenter     kPALcenterRight     kPALbottomLeft     kPALbottomCenter     kPALbottomRight        
 
         [0283]     QuickTime Movie Player 
        $action     Perform an action     kQTActionNone     kQTActionPlay     kQTActionStop     kQTActionPause     kQTAction Reverse     kQTActionStepFwd     kQTActionStepRev     kQTActionGotoFront     kQTActionGotoBack     $allowedit     If true, the movie can be edited     $audiolevel     The audio level of the current movie     $badge     If true, a badge will appear when the controller is hidden     $currenttime     The current time of the movie     $dragenabled     If true, the movie frame can be dragged out     $hastexttrack     If true, the movie has a text track     $keysenabled     If true, the keyboard keys are enabled for the movie     $loop     If true, the movie is to loop     $movieduration     The duration of the movie     $moviefile     Get/Set the movie filename     $movieloaded     If true, a movie is loaded     $movieurl     Get/Set the movie URL     $palindrome     If true, the movie is in palindrome mode     $playrate     The play back rate of the movie     $preferredplaybackrate     Use the preferred playback rate of the movie     $scaling     The current scaling which the movie uses     kQTScaleNone     kQTScaleNoAspectRatio     kQTScaleKeepAspectRatio     kQTScaleProportional     kQTScaleField     $selectiononly     Plays only the selected frames     $showcontroller     If true, the movie controller is shown     $showeveryframe     If true, every frame is played, and there is no sound     $showtexttrack     If true, the text track is shown     $suppresscontrols     Which controls are suppressed from the controller     $trackcount     The number of tracks in the movie        
 
         [0344]     Picture Field 
        $allowclipboard     If true, clipboard support is activated     $cachepicture     If true, the object keeps a runtime copy of the native OS image corresponding to a shared picture. This results in faster drawing, at the cost of greater memory usage.     $keepaspectratio     If true, and $noscale is false, the aspect ratio of the picture is maintained when it is scaled     $noscale     If true, the picture field does not scale the picture     $picturealign     A kPAL . . . constant which, together with $horzscroll and $vertscroll, identifies where the picture will be positioned in the field     kPALtopLeft     kPALtopCenter     kPALtopRight     kPALcenterLeft     kPALcenter     kPALcenterRight     kPALbottomLeft     kPALbottomCenter        
 
         [0363]     Push Button 
        $buttonstyle     The drawing style of a button object: kNoBorderButton, kSystemButton, kHeadingButton, kComboButton, kRoundButton, or kUserButton     kNoBorderButton     kSystemButton     kHeadingButton     kComboButton     kRoundButton     kUserButton     $iconid     The numeric icon identifier used to reference the icon in the icon file        
 
         [0374]     Single Line Edit Field 
        $autotablen     The number of characters entered before automatically tabbing out of the field     $displayformat     The format for the data displayed     kFormatNone     kFormatTime     kFormatShortDate     kFormatShortDateTime     kFormatLongDate     kFormatLongDateTime     $negallowed     If true, the numeric entry field allows negative values     $passwordchar     If set, Omnis displays this character for each character entered, allowing private entry of passwords; if set, the data cannot exceed 255 characters. Using ‘*’ on Windows XP with themes enabled,displays a ‘blob’ character     $uppercase     If true, the entry field is upper case only        
 
         [0391]     Tab bar 
        $::currenttab     The current tab number.     $::selectedtabcolor     The color of the current tab.     $::style     The style of the tabbar.     kDefaultWebTab     kSquareWebTab     kTriangleWebTab     $disabledcolor     The text color used when a tab is disabled.     $hilighttextcolor     The text color used when a tab is selected.     $nosoftab     The number tabs number present.     $position     The orientation of the tabbar on screen.     kDockingAreaTop     kDockingAreaBottom     kDockingAreaLeft     kDockingAreaRight     $tabtext     The text of a particular Tab.        
 
         [0415]     Web Tree Control 
        $datamode     The mode for the list data specified via the data name; one of the kTreeData . . . constants     kTreeDataFlatList     kTreeDataFlatListWithTags     kTreeDataXMLPaths     kTreeDataXMLSaveTree     kTreeDataXMLIds     $defaultnodeicon     This is the tree default node icon     $expandcollapseicon     This is the tree expand collapse icon     $nodeiconspos     This is the position of the node icons     kIconOnLeft     kIconOnNode     kIconSystemSet     $showhorzlines     If true, the tree shows horizontal connecting lines     $shownodeicons     If true, the tree shows node icons     $showvertlines     If true, the tree shows vertical connecting lines     $treeindentlevel     This is the distance between tree levels     $treeleftmargin     This is the distance from the left the tree will leave before drawing     $treelinehtextra     This is extra spacing that can be applied to the tree lines     $treenodeiconmode     The node icons will change according to this state     kNodeIconFixed     kNodeIconLinkExpand     kNodeIconLinkLine        
 
         [0449]     Button Area 
        noflash If true, the button area does not flash        
 
         [0451]     Clock Component 
        $24hour     kTrue if the digital clock is shown in 24 mode     $::iconid     The icon id the clock will use to draw on the clock face     $digital     kTrue if the clock is digital     $digitalcolor     The color for the digital clock     kDigitalRed     kDigitalGreen     kDigitalBlue     $facecolor     The color of the clocks face     $hours     The current hours value     $hourscolor     The color of the hours hand     $iconface     kTrue if the clock draws an icon on the clock face.     $ispm     kTrue if the clock is in PM mode     $minutes     The current seconds value     $minutescolor     The color of the minutes hand     $pointscolor     The color of the clocks points     $scaleicon     kTrue if the clock scales the icon drawn on the clock face     $seconds     The current minutes value     $secondscolor     The color of the second hand     $showface     kTrue if the face is to be shown     $showhours     kTrue if the hour hand is to be shown     $showminutes     kTrue if the minute hand is to be shown     $showseconds     kTrue if the second hand is to be shown     $timezone     The clocks time zone     kGMTEniwetok     kGMTSamoa     kGMTHawaii     kGMTAlaska     kGMTPacificTime     kGMTMountainTime     kGMTCentralTime     kG MTEasternTime     kGMTAtlanticTime     kGMTBuenosAires     kGMTMidAtlantic     kGMTAzores     kGMTGreenwichMeanTime     kGMTBerlin     kGMTAthens     kGMTMoscow     kGMTAbuDhabi     kGMTIslambad     kGMTAlmaty     kGMTBangkok     kGMTHongKong     kGMTTokyo     kGMTBisbane     kGMTMagadan     kGMTFiji     $timezoneadj     kTrue if the clock adjusts by its time zone setting        
 
         [0522]     Drop List 
        $listcolumn     The column of the list variable that is used to populate the drop down box     $listheight     The number of lines displayed in the list of the combo box or dropdown list        
 
         [0527]     Form Port Control 
        $pbaudrate     The port baud rate     k110     k150     k300     k600     k1200     k1800     k2400     k3600     k7200     k9600     k14400     k19200     k38400     k57600     $pdatabits     The port data bits ( 7  or  8 )     kPort 7 DataBits     kPort 8 DataBits     $pdatastream     If this property is false, then only bytesread will be returned if readstreaming is enabled     $phandshake     The port handshake (none, xon/xoff, hardware RTS/CTS)     kPortNoHandshake     kPortXonXoff     kPortHardware     $pinterruptkey     If this property is true, then IO for all ports will be stopped when the cancel key is pressed.     $pparity     The port parity (none, odd, even)     kPortNoParity     kPortOddParity     kPortEvenParity     $preadblocksize     The number of bytes to be read in a single read operation     $preadinterval     The number of seconds to wait before checking to see if data is available for reading     $preadstream     If this property is true, then an event will be sent to the server for each data block read     $pstopbits     The port stop bits ( 1  or  2 )     kPort 1 StopBit     kPort 2 StopBits     $ptimeout     The number seconds before a read/write operation times out     $pwriteblocksize     The number of bytes to be written in a single write operation     $pwriteinterval     The number of seconds to wait before data is written     $pwritestream     If this property is true, then an event will be sent to the server for each data block written        
 
         [0580]     Form Timer 
        $running     kTrue if the timer is running     $timervalue     The duration of the timer     $useseconds     If true, $timervalue is a value in seconds; otherwise it is a value in milliseconds        
 
         [0587]     HOTPICT Control 
        $currentcursor     The cursor id for the current hot area     $currentid     The ID for the current hot area     $currentname     The name for the current hot area     $flashonclick     kTrue if the area inverts on click     $frameonenter     kTrue if the area hilites with a frame on enter     $invertonenter     kTrue if the area inverts on enter        
 
         [0600]     List 
        $::boldheader     If true, the heading of the heading list has a bold font     $::colcount     The number of columns for the list     $::columnnames     The names of the columns for a data grid or headed list box     $::columnwidths     Comma separated list of column widths, expressed in pixels     $::enableheader     If true, the user can click on the columns, generating an evHeaderClick event     $::hideheader     If true, the heading of the headed list box is hidden     $::multipleselect     If true, multiple lines can be selected     $aligncolumns     This string has a character for the alignment of each column (L=left, C=center, R=right); it does not apply to the column headings     $alignheadings     This string has a character for the alignment of each column heading (L=left, C=center, R=right)     $disableresizecolumns     If true, the user cannot use the mouse to resize the columns     $displayformat     The format for the data displayed     kFormatNone     kFormatTime     kFormatShortDate     kFormatShortDateTime     kFormatLongDate     kFormatLongDateTime        
 
         [0629]     Multi Line Edit 
        $negallowed     If true, the numeric entry field allows negative values     $uppercase     If true, the entry field is upper case only        
 
         [0634]     Printing Control 
        $nojobsetup     if true, the job setup dialog is suppressed when printing to printer     $reporttitle     the title given to the report when sent to the printer     $showhscroll     if true, horizontal scrollbar is shown when required     $showstatusbar     if true, statusbar is visible     $showtoolbar     if true, toolbar is visible     $showvscroll     if true, vertical scrollbar is shown when required     $strbutt1     resource for ‘Print’    $strbutt2     resource for ‘Print Page’    $strbutt3     resource for ‘Preview’    $strbutt4     resource for ‘Normal’    $strbutt5     resource for ‘Zoom’    $strjobdlg1     resource for ‘All’    $strjobdlg10     resource for ‘Other Pages:’    $strjobdlg11     resource for ‘Copies’    $strjobdlg12     resource for ‘Page Range’    $strjobdlg 13     resource for ‘Number of Copies:’    $strjobdlg2     resource for ‘Range:’    $strjobdlg3     resource for ‘Pages:’    $strjobdlg4     resource for ‘Enter page numbers/ranges separated by commas. Example 1-3, 5, o10-20, e10-20’    $strjobdlg5     resource for ‘Default Tray’    $strjobdlg6     resource for ‘OK’    $strjobdlg7     resource for ‘Cancel’    $strjobdlg8     resource for ‘&amp;Properties . . . ’    $strjobdlg9     resource for ‘First Page:’    $strjobdlgtitle     resource for ‘Job Setup’    $strstatus     resource for ‘Page $ of $’    $zoomon     if true, preview is in 100% view        
 
         [0689]     Radio Group 
        $columncount     The number of columns shown for the radio group     $horizontal     If true, the radio column order is horizontal     $maxvalue     The maximum value for the radio group     $minvalue     The minimum value for the radio group        
 
         [0698]     Slider 
        $::max     The maximum value for the slider     $::min     The minimum value for the slider     $bigrange     kTrue if the slider range is drawn larger     $block     kTrue if the slider part is a block     $blockcolor     The color of the slider     $facecolor     The color of the slider face     $horzmargin     The horizontal drawing margin     $markcolor     The color of the slider marks     $markfreq     The number of points between range values. 1=all marks     $rangecolor     The color of the slider range     $selend     The selection end value     $selrangecolor     The color of the slider selected range     $selstart     The selection start value     $showmarks     kTrue if the slider shows marks     $val     The current value of the slider     $vertical     kTrue if the slider is a vertical slider     $vertmargin     The vertical drawing margin        
 
         [0733]     Trans button 
        $::effect     The 3D effect for a field object.     kBorderNone     kBorderPlain     kBorderInset     kBorderEmbossed     kBorderBevel     kBorderInsetBevel     kBorderChisel     kBorderEmbossedChisel     kBorderShadow     kBorderSingleInset     kBorderSingleEmbossed     kBorder3DFace     kBorder3DHilite     kBorderCtrlEdit     kBorderCtrlList     kBorderCtrlListCell     kBorderCtrlTabPane     kBorderCtrlShadow     kBorderCtrlShadowEx     kBorderCtrlGroupBox     $alwayactive     kTrue if the control bitmap is drawn as active     $boldover     kTrue if the font is always bold if the mouse is over the control     $centericon     If true then the icon will be displayed in the center of the control     $insideicon     The icon id for the control while the mouse is inside the control     $nograyeffect     kTrue if the control does not gray effect the image when disabled     $outsideicon     The icon id for the control while the mouse is outside the control     $text     The text or calculation stored with the object        
 
         [0770]     Calendar Control 
        $allowchange     kTrue if the user can change the current date     $currday     The calendar&#39;s current date as a string.     $currdaycolor     The color of the current day     $currdaymode     The drawing style for the current day     kBorderNone     kBorderPlain     kBorderInset     kBorderEmbossed     kBorderBevel     kBorderInsetBevel     kBorderChisel     kBorderEmbossedChisel     kBorderShadow     kBorderSingleInset     kBorderSingleEmbossed     kBorder3DFace     kBorder3DHilite     kBorderCtrlEdit     kBorderCtrlList     kBorderCtrlListCell     kBorderCtrlTabPane     kBorderCtrlShadow     kBorderCtrlShadowEx     kBorderCtrlGroupBox     $currdaytextcolor     The color of the current date     $daycolor     The color of the other days in this month     $dayfont     The font used for the days     $dayfontsize     The font size used for the days     $daymode     The drawing style for the days in this month     kBorderNone     kBorderPlain     kBorderInset     kBorderEmbossed     kBorderBevel     kBorderInsetBevel     kBorderChisel     kBorderEmbossedChisel     kBorderShadow     kBorderSingleInset     kBorderSingleEmbossed     kBorder3DFace     kBorder3DHilite     kBorderCtrlEdit     kBorderCtrlList     kBorderCtrlListCell     kBorderCtrlTabPane     kBorderCtrlShadow     kBorderCtrlShadowEx     kBorderCtrlGroupBox     $firstday     The first day the calendar will show     kSunday     kMonday     kTuesday     kWednesday     kThursday     kFriday     kSaturday     $headingbold     kTrue if the heading should be drawn in bold     $headingcolor     The color used for the heading     $headingfont     The font used for the heading section     $headingfontsize     The font size used for the heading section     $headingmode     The drawing style for the heading     kBorderNone     kBorderPlain     kBorderInset     kBorderEmbossed     kBorderBevel     kBorderInsetBevel     kBorderChisel     kBorderEmbossedChisel     kBorderShadow     kBorderSingleInset     kBorderSingleEmbossed     kBorder3DFace     kBorder3DHilite     kBorderCtrlEdit     kBorderCtrlList     kBorderCtrlListCell     kBorderCtrlTabPane     kBorderCtrlShadow     kBorderCtrlShadowEx     kBorderCtrlGroupBox     $headingtextcolor     The color of the text in the heading     $monthtextcolor     The color of the days in this month     $otherdaycolor     The color of days not in this month     $otherdaymode     The drawing style for the previous and next months days     kBorderNone     kBorderPlain     kBorderlnset     kBorderEmbossed     kBorderBevel     kBorderlnsetBevel     kBorderChisel     kBorderEmbossedChisel     kBorderShadow     kBorderSinglelnset     kBorderSingleEmbossed     kBorder3DFace     kBorder3DHilite     kBorderCtrl Ed it     kBorderCtrlList     kBorderCtrlListCell     kBorderCtrlTabPane     kBorderCtrlShadow     kBorderCtrlShadowEx     kBorderCtrlGroupBox     $othertextcolor     The color of the days in previous and next month     $shortname     kTrue if the days should be drawn using a short name     $showheading     kTrue if the days of the week should be shown     $todaybold     kTrue if todays date should be drawn in bold     $todayscolor     The color of today     $todaystextcolor     The color of todays date        
 
         [0908]     Combo Box 
        $::listname     The name of the list to display combo choices     $listcolumn     The column of the list variable that is used to populate the drop down box     $listheight     The number of lines displayed in the list of the combo box or dropdown list     $uppercase     If true, the entry field is upper case only        
 
         [0917]     Fade Pict Control 
        $borderh     A horizontal border that can be applied when the image is stretched     $borderv     A vertical border that can be applied when the image is stretched     $designfade     The color used when showing a sample fade in design mode     $disolvesize     The size of the area used during the dissolve fade.     $fadeondatachange     kTrue if the image fades when the control&#39;s data is changed     $fadestyle     The type of fade used as a transition between images     kFadeBlindDown     kFadeBlindUp     kFadeBlindLeft     kFadeBlindRight     kFadeSlideDown     kFadeSlideUp     kFadeSlideLeft     kFadeSlideRight     kFadeCircleIn     kFadeCircleOut     kFadeBoxIn     kFadeBoxOut     kFadeHorizontalSlideIn     kFadeVerticalSlideIn     kFadeHorizontalSplitIn     kFadeHorizontalSplitOut     kFadeVerticalSplitIn     kFadeVerticalSplitOut     kFadeQuartersIn     kFadeQuartersOut     kFadeStretchCenterIn     kFadeStretchCenterOut     kFadeStretchHalf     kFadeStretchQuarter     kFadeDisolve     kFadeDisolveToFill     kFadeWashDown     kFadeWashUp     kFadeWashLeft     kFadeWashRight     kFadeSpiralIn     kFadeSpiralOut     kFadeSqueezeHorizontal     kFadeSqueezeVertical     kFadeBounce     $fillcolor     The color for the background of the control     $stretch     kTrue if the control stretches the image to fit the control bounds     $timerinterval     The number of ticks between frames        
 
         [0971]     Form Roll Component 
        $::backcolor     Color of the background     $betweenlines     Distance between text lines     $faded     kTrue if the button is faded     $insideimage     The image used when the mouse is in the object     $insidestyle     Text style used when the mouse is in the object     $insidetext     The text that needs to be displayed when the mouse is outside the object     $outsideimage     The image used when the mouse is not in the object     $outsidestyle     Text style used when the mouse is not in the object     $outsidetext     The text that needs to be displayed when the mouse is outside the object     $textx     Left position of the text to be drawn     $texty     Top position of the text to be drawn        
 
         [0994]     GIF viewer 
        $action     Defines the behaviour of the control     kFFRead     kFFReadNow     kFFWrite     kFFWriteNow     kFFReadEntireFile     kFFReadEntireFileNow     kFFWriteEntireFile     kFFWriteEntireFileNow     kFFSelectDir     kFFSelectDirNow     kFFReadDir     kFFReadDirNow     $buttonstyle     The drawing style of a button object: kNoBorderButton, kSystemButton, kHeadingButton, kComboButton, kRoundButton, or kUserButton     kNoBorderButton     kSystemButton     kHeadingButton     kComboButton     kRoundButton     kUserButton     $filecreator     creator of the file to be written (Mac only)     $filename     default file name for the save file dialog     $filereadencoding     One of the kFFEncoding . . . constants. The value identifies how the data in the file to be read is encoded     kFFEncodingBinary     kFFEncodingNativeCharacters     kFFEncodingUTF8     kFFEncodingUTF16BE     kFFEncodingUTF16LE     kFFEncodingDetect     $filetype     type of the file to be written (Mac only)     $filewriteencoding     One of the kFFEncoding . . . constants (note that kFFEncodingDetect is not relevant when writing). The value identifies how the data is encoded when it is written to the file     kFFEncodingBinary     kFFEncodingNativeCharacters     kFFEncodingUTF8     kFFEncodingUTF16BE     kFFEncodingUTF16LE     $iconid     The numeric icon identifier used to reference the icon in the icon file     $text     The text or calculation stored with the object     $title     The window title     $typelist     comma seperated list of file types        
 
         [1046]     Icon Array 
        $autoarrange     If true, the icon array recalculates the number of columns when its size changes     $buttonbackground     If true, the icons are drawn on a button face background     $multipleselect     If true, the field allows the user to select more than one line     $showtext     If true, the toolbar buttons or icon array also display text     $smallicons     If true, the icon array displays small icons        
 
         [1057]     Marquee Control 
        $::backcolor     The background color of the message     $::font     The font name for the message     $::fontsize     The font size for the message     $::textcolor     The color of the message     $message     The scrolling message     $speed     The scrolling speed for the marquee message        
 
         [1070]     Paged Pane 
        $::boldheader     If true, the heading of the heading list has a bold font     $::colcount     The number of columns for the list     $::columnnames     The names of the columns for a data grid or headed list box     $::columnwidths     Comma separated list of column widths, expressed in pixels     $::enableheader     If true, the user can click on the columns, generating an evHeaderClick event     $::hideheader     If true, the heading of the headed list box is hidden     $::multipleselect     If true, multiple lines can be selected     $aligncolumns     This string has a character for the alignment of each column (L=Ieft, C=center, R=right); it does not apply to the column headings     $alignheadings     This string has a character for the alignment of each column heading (L=left, C=center, R=right)     $disableresizecolumns     If true, the user cannot use the mouse to resize the columns     $displayformat     The format for the data displayed     kFormatNone     kFormatTime     kFormatShortDate     kFormatShortDateTime     kFormatLongDate     kFormatLongDateTime        
 
         [1099]     Progress Bar 
        $::backcolor     The color of the background of the progress bar     $::max     The maximum value for the progress range     $::min     The minimum value for the progress range     $blocks     If true, the progress bar is drawn in blocks. If true, and $disableostheme is false, the bar is drawn using the operating system theme (ignoring $progresscolor), on Mac OSX and Windows XP with themes enabled     $disableostheme     If true, and $blocks is also true, the control will not use the operating system progress bar theme     $progresscolor     The color of the progress bar     $val     The current value in the progress range (between $min and $max)        
 
         [1114]     Sidebar 
        $buttonfillcolor     The color used to fill the selection button     $currenticon     The current icon selected in the set of icons     $currentset     The current set of icons     $fillcolor     The color with which the side bar control will its background area     $flipswitch     kTrue if the control does not slide in the new range of icons     $groupbackcolor     The backcolor for group buttons     $groupfont     The font used to draw the group buttons     $groupfontsize     The font size for $groupfont     $groupselectedbackcolor     The selected backcolor for group buttons     $groupselectedtextcolor     The selected text color for group buttons     $groupselectedtextstyle     The selected text style for group buttons     $grouptextcolor     The text color for group buttons     $grouptextstyle     The text style for group buttons     $labelcolor     The text color of the icon labels     $labelfont     The font used to draw the labels     $labelfontsize     The font size for $labelfont     $labelpos     The position the label draws within the sidebar     kSidebarLabel Bottom     kSidebarLabelTop     kSidebarLabelLeft     kSidebarLabelRight     $labelstyle     The text style of the icon labels     $selectcurrent     kTrue if the current icon is drawn in a hilited state     $selectedlabelcolor     The text color of the current icon&#39;s label     $selectedlabelstyle     The text style of the current icon&#39;s label     $show3dundermouse     kTrue if a 3D rectangle is shown on the current item     $showiconnames     kTrue if the icon names are drawn     $tilebmp     The icon to use when tiling the background     $tilestrip     kTrue if the background is tiled.     $washdirection     The wash direction     kSidebarWASHdown     kSidebarWashup     kSidebarWashleft     kSidebarWashright     $washendcolor     Ending color for color wash     $washstartcolor     Starting color for color wash     $washstrip     kTrue if the background is washed        
 
         [1181]     Sub Form Field 
        $classname     The class name for the subwindow     $multipleclasses     If true, multiple classes can be open at runtime     $nobackground     If true, the subwindow has no background     $parameters     The constructor parameters for the subwindow        
 
         [1190]     User Info Control 
        $userdata     User specified data which will be provided during evUserDatalnit event     $userkey     User key under which the userdata is stored. userkey is a global reference therefore must be unique between libraries. 
 
 System Process ( FIG. 1   a ) 
       
 
         [1196]     The message dispatcher ( FIG. 1   a    601 ) takes content display messages from remote processes via the public interface and parses the content message for message parameters. If the content message specifies a new form, the frame content header, which in another embodiment may be expressed as a valid XForm document XForms Model and the XForms User Interface, is passed ( FIG. 1   a    604 ) to the form engine who creates the specified form ( FIG. 1   a    602 ). The message header ( FIG. 1   a    610 ) is passed to the directory service ( FIG. 1   a    603 ) which locates the user&#39;s asynchronous queue ( FIG. 1   a    611 ) and the content message frame header is placed the users queue. The user&#39;s workspace collects the frame header ( FIG. 1   a    605 ), parses it for the frame service requirements and any behavior or property modifications to be applied to the frame ( FIG. 1   a    606 , 607 ). The workspace applies the changes ( FIG. 1   a    608 ) and passes the frame the locator for the content. The frame then downloads the frame content from the server ( FIG. 1   a    609 ) to the client where the component containing any content specific communications remains and can be updated should the specific component version change.  
         [heading-1197]     Form Engine  
         [1198]     The form engine receives the frame or content header record and will assemble the specified form and form components—(content)—and apply the component properties and create the component methods with the specified events. Once created the form is stored on disk until the workspace requests it.  
         [heading-1199]     Methods  
         [1200]     In this embodiment the form and/or form component methods are specified in the native programming language of Omnis Studio, however, other embodiments will support any programming language.  
         [heading-1201]     Process Modifying the Workspace ( FIG. 3 )  
         [1202]     While the workspace instance is alive content messages may be delivered to the queue for content that is already in the user&#39;s workspace. The system will bypass the form engine ( FIG. 1   a    610 ) and once the workspace/user is located ( FIG. 1   a    603 ) pass the frame header to the workspace. The workspace will identify the frame by parameters in the frame header message and apply the new header properties and behavior to the existing frame and content ( FIG. 1   a    606 ). In this way, it is able to interact concurrently with the user interaction in the workspace via the workflow processes manipulating any property or behavior of the workspace, desktop frame or content.  
         [heading-1203]     User Modifying the Workspace ( FIG. 5 )  
         [1204]     While the workspace instance is alive the user may interact with the GUI workspace. In this embodiment the workspace notifies a specified frame of all changes to the workspace called the workspace manager ( FIG. 5   313 ). The workspace manager displays the current workspace contents and also allow the user to create frame header information on the client and submit it to the system locally on the client ( FIG. 1   a    608 ). This allows the user the same control over the workspace dynamics as the content messages delivered to the system by a remote process. It can be used to present the information relating to current workspace activities, prior workspace definitions and content, perpetually available content as in standard document types and services. In this embodiment these are displayed in a tree list. In other embodiments these may be displayed using graphical icons.  
         [heading-1205]     Desktop Properties and Behavior  
         [1206]     In  FIG. 5  the graphical desktop is multi-layered ( FIG. 5   a ) and provides methods that allow the run-time manipulation of properties and behavior not limited to: the desktop size, desktop scrolling, the visible order of the stacked desktops, the desktop background image, all of which may be specified at run-time and are described in detail below.  
         [1207]     In  FIG. 5  the background image may be set ( FIG. 5   314 ). In this embodiment this is demonstrated by the user setting the desktop image using the Theme Manager ( FIG. 8 ). The user may access the Theme manager ( FIG. 8 ) from the Form Manager ( FIG. 7   301 ) control. The user may select a tab in The Theme Manager ( FIG. 8 ) allowing the user to specify theme properties to the environment. The user may change the background by selecting the second Tab ‘Background’ ( FIG. 8   311 ) and by selecting an image name from the list of images ( FIG. 8   313 ) to be displayed from a drop down list of images. The image is previewed for the user in the preview pane ( FIG. 8   312 ). The user may apply the background previewed in the preview pane by selecting the Apply button ( FIG. 8   316 ) which will use methods to set the background properties to the selected desktop. The user may then save then Save ( FIG. 8   316 ) the applied theme so that whenever the workspace is opened the saved theme is used. In other embodiments any image type may be used including but not limited to—Static image formats i.e. JPEG, moving image formats i.e. GIF or streaming image files.  
         [1208]     In  FIG. 8   a  the user may specify a wash image to the desktop by selecting the Wash radio button ( FIG. 8   a    319 ). The wash direction ( FIG. 8   a    321 ) may be set and the start and end color of the wash ( FIG. 8   a    321 ) may be set using the color sliders ( FIG. 8   a    320 ). Again, the selected wash background is previewed and the user may apply and save the background.  
         [1209]     In  FIG. 8   b  the user may set the selected and deselected colors of the frame title bars ( FIG. 8   b    403 , 404 ). By selecting the Frames tab ( FIG. 8   b    400 ) the user may select, the using the radio buttons ( FIG. 8   b    401 ), the frame that they wish to set the color of. They may use the colors sliders ( FIG. 8   b    402 ) to select a frame title color and the selected title bar color will be previewed in the preview pane ( FIG. 8   b    405 ). The selections are previewed in the preview pane and may be saved after being previewed.  
         [1210]     In  FIG. 14  the desktop may be scrolled. In this embodiment this is demonstrated by using graphical Sliders ( FIG. 9   322 , 323 ) contained in the Pan Manager form ( FIG. 9 ). A user may click on the Slider ( FIG. 9   323 ) that is used to generate the scrolling events—and by holding the right button mouse down can drag the Slider ( FIG. 9   322 ) left or right or up and down ( FIG. 9   323 ). The current desktop ( FIG. 14 A ) will scroll according to the sliders ( FIG. 9   322 ,  323 ) motion causing the visible desktop space under the browser window ( FIG. 14 B ) to change. In other embodiments other types of controls may be used to provide multidirectional panning.  
         [1211]     In  FIG. 15  the desktop size may be changed. It may be expanded from being the same size ( FIG. 15 A ) or smaller than the area exposed by the browser window ( FIG. 15 C ). In this embodiment this is demonstrated by the user using the radio buttons ( FIG. 9   321 ) contained in the Pan Manager ( FIG. 9 ). A user can click on the preferred desktop size ( FIG. 9   321 ) using the mouse and the current desktop will expand or contract to the size specified ( FIG. 9   321 ). This may be much larger or smaller than the desktop area visible through browser window ( FIG. 15 B ). In other embodiments the desktops may be tiled allowing multiple tiled layered desktops.  
         [1212]     In  FIG. 16  the visible desktop i.e. the current visible desktop may be changed. In this embodiment this is demonstrated by the user providing the required data, the desktop name, by selecting a tree list node from the tree list ( FIG. 7   309 ) contained in the Navigation Bar ( FIG. 7 ). The user may click on a desktop node ( FIG. 7   309 ) within the tree list ( FIG. 7   305 ). This event will switch the current desktop to the selected desktop number or name represented by the node text or icon as in ( FIG. 7   305 ). In other embodiments the desktops may individually be made visible or invisible.  
         [heading-1213]     Content to Server Messaging Support  
         [1214]     In this embodiment of the invention the frame can contain a wide range of content. The frame content has the required specialist communication services pre-built into the component. ( FIG. 1   a    602 ) including but not limited to standard HTML, XML, QuickTime. All components that make up the content have component specific events which may be specified as executing locally or on the server so that the methods are executed locally or on the server. ( FIG. 5 ). External API&#39;s are available to create non-standard support for a wide range of other graphical user interface components and specific communications.  
         [heading-1215]     Frame Properties and Behavior ( FIG. 17 )  
         [1216]     In this embodiment properties and behavior of individual frames ( FIG. 5   a ) may be specified at form creation or manipulated at run time by user or content messages including—dragging/moving of the frames ( FIG. 21 ), the ability to change the visible order of frames ( FIGS. 22   a  and  22   b ), closing, resizing, minimizing and maximizing/restoring the frame and setting its visible position and/or setting the frame&#39;s desktop number ( FIG. 19 ), and the frame&#39;s properties—all detailed below;  
         [1217]     In  FIG. 17  each Normal frame ( FIG. 17 B ) may be moved between the desktop layers. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user generating events or using content messages. using the Desktop Picker ( FIG. 11 ). In this embodiment the user may access the GUI Desktop Picker by selecting the Desktop Picker Icon ( FIG. 6   352 ) from the title bar. The user may click on the title bar control ( FIG. 6   352 ) and open the Desktop Picker ( FIG. 11 ) that in this embodiment is a GUI list ( FIG. 11   331 ) containing a record for each desktop available. The user may locate the list line ( FIG. 11   332 ) containing the desktop name or number to move the frame to and by selecting that line ( FIG. 11   332 ) in the list ( FIG. 11   331 ) the frame will be moved to the selected desktop ( FIG. 17   c  B, C) and the desktop will switch to the one selected from the list becoming the current or top as in ( FIGS. 16   a  and  16   b ) so that the frame is visible on the selected desktop.  
         [1218]     In  FIG. 17  behavioral properties of the frame as it relates to the workspace may be changed. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user clicking on the control in a frame&#39;s title bar ( FIG. 6   351 ) that will change the frame&#39;s movement characteristics The frames behavior and properties ( FIG. 17 ) are changed so that the frame toggles between—for this embodiment—two types of frames Special ( FIG. 17   b ) and Normal frames ( FIG. 17   c ). The client form will receive a message just before the frame type is switched.  
         [1219]     In  FIG. 18   a  the frames may be individually resized. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user moving the mouse over any edge ( FIG. 5   a    502 ) or any corner ( FIG. 5   a    503 ) of any frame so enabled and clicking and holding down the right mouse button and then dragging the selected edge or corner to expand or contract the frame according to the edge or corner being dragged as in  FIG. 18   a . The client content will receive resizing messages which allow the components to be resized if so enabled ( FIG. 18   b ).  
         [1220]     In  FIG. 21  the frames location on a desktop layer may be changed by a user or workflow process at run time. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user moving the mouse over the title bar ( FIG. 5   a    500 ) of any frame and by clicking the right mouse button and holding it down while dragging the frame in any direction as in  FIG. 21 .  
         [1221]     In  FIG. 22   a  the visible order may be changed of frames. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user clicking on an underlying frame ( FIG. 22   a  A) to make the frame the topmost ( FIG. 22   b  A). In  FIG. 22   a  the user may click on any part of the underlying frame ( FIG. 22   a  frame A). The frame ( FIG. 22   a  frame B) that was top will be sent a ‘lose focus’ before becoming the underlying frame. The frame ( FIG. 22   a  A) will be sent a ‘to top’ message and then brought to top.  
         [1222]     In  FIG. 5   a  the frames may be maximized and minimized and restored. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user selecting the minimize/maximize icon ( FIG. 6   353 ) on the frames title bar and if the frame ( FIG. 23   b ) was not minimized, the frame ( FIG. 23   b ) will be minimized to the title bar height ( FIG. 23   a ). If it was minimized ( FIG. 23   a ) it will be restored to its original height before the minimization while remaining in its current position ( FIG. 23   b ) which in this embodiment is the style for the Mackintosh Operating System 9.x, however, in other embodiments it may be according to the client operating system default for a minimized/maximized frames. The client form receives a message just before the form is minimized. Likewise, the client form will receive a message just before the form is maximized as in ( FIG. 23   405 , 406 ).  
         [1223]     In  FIG. 23   c  the frames on a particular desktop may be organized as a group. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user selecting the cascade control from the Navigation Bar ( FIG. 7   303 ). The forms that are on the current desktop ( FIG. 23   c ) will be re-organized visually so that they are cascaded and minimized from one corner of the desktop top another. ( FIG. 23   d ). In other embodiments other group display functions may be available including but not limited to, tiling, splitting and merging the separate frames.  
         [heading-1224]     System Processes  
         [heading-1225]     Closing Frames as in Process  FIG. 20   
         [1226]     The frame may be closed by the user or application at run-time. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user clicking on the inbuilt frame close button ( FIG. 6   354 ). The event generated will cause the frame to become invisible or hidden to the user. A message to the client form of the frame before the frame is closed.  
         [heading-1227]     Change Frame  FIG. 3   
         [1228]     New content may be presented into the workspace at run-time. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user, through the use of an event to a push button ( FIG. 5   316 ) assign a form from the server to any frame. This will cause the workspace to retrieve the frame header for the form. Using the frame header it will try to find the form in the existing set of open forms in the workspace ( FIG. 3   800 ). If the form cannot be located, the workspace will provide a new frame ( FIG. 3   802 ), apply the frame header properties ( FIG. 3   804 ), load the form into the new frame ( FIG. 3   805 ). Save  4  the frame header ( FIG. 3   820 ), then place the frame containing the content on the desktop layer that was specified ( FIG. 3   808 ). A message is sent to the Workspace Manager with the frame header ( FIG. 3 .  809 ) and the frame is brought to top ( FIG. 3   811 ).  
         [1229]     If the content is already present in the workspace ( FIG. 3   801 ), and the message is from the Workspace manager then the target content is sent a refresh message ( FIG. 3   813 ). If the frame was closed then the frame is provided with new default opening co-ordinates ( FIG. 3   817 ). If the message was from another form then the frame is sent a message that includes any number or type of parameters ( FIG. 3   814 ) from the calling form. If the form was open the existing co-ordinates ( FIG. 3 .  818 ) are when bringing the frame to top ( FIG. 3   819 ). This provides frame to frame and so form to form messaging and allows client forms to send messages to other forms on the client. This is done without the need to send messages to the server.  
         [heading-1230]     Frame to External Object Messaging  
         [1231]     In this embodiment message may be sent to eternal objects on the client such as Java Applets. In other embodiments this may include but is not limited to Java COM, DCOM Java Script.  
         [heading-1232]     Enter Data as in  FIG. 4   a    
         [1233]     Modeless enter data state may be set for the workspace. This is demonstrated in this embodiment by the user clicking the Set Enter Data button ( FIG. 4   a    362 ). If the user generates an event in the workspace that attempts to change the modality of the workspace such as clicking on an underlying form ( FIG. 4   a    360 ), the system will discard the new event and send a message the frame whose client set the modality ( FIG. 4   a    361 ), allowing the frame to respond in by showing an informational message box ( FIG. 4   a    365 ).  
         [heading-1234]     Off-Line Content Messages  
         [1235]     In the invention a generic server based content message queue is created by the system ( FIG. 1   a    612 ). The queue is a memory based list containing each content message that has been assigned to a particular user. Content messages for a user may be placed in the queue while the user system is unavailable ( FIG. 2   160 ). If the user&#39;s workspace becomes available the content will be transferred to the users queue. The user workspace will then collect and process the content message. ( FIG. 2   161 ).  
         [heading-1236]     Asynchronous Messaging  
         [1237]     In  FIG. 2  frame headers are retrieved and processed asynchronously. In this embodiment the workspace can either check periodically for frame headers in the users queue ( FIG. 2   164 ) or the workspace can be asked by the server to retrieve a newly arrived message ( FIG. 2   165 ). Once the workspace is informed that a message has arrived or detects a message in the user&#39;s queue it retrieves each frame header ( FIG. 2   162 ) and passes it to the change frame method ( FIG. 2   163 ).  
         [heading-1238]     Starting and Stopping Asynchronous Messages as in  FIG. 2   
         [1239]     Asynchronous messaging to the user&#39;s workspace may be started and stopped. The form Navigation Bar ( FIG. 7 ) contains pushbuttons that are used to access the Asynchronous forms methods ( FIG. 7   304 , 307 ). The user may toggle the workspace availability ( FIG. 7   304 ). In other embodiments properties and behavior may be specified about the of the asynchronous messaging.  
         [heading-1240]     Saving and Rebuilding a Workspace ( FIG. 21 )  
         [1241]     The workspace instance may be saved and retrieved. The user may provide a key ( FIG. 25   214 ) and set a save flag ( FIG. 7   306 ) that will save the users workspace ( FIG. 5 ) instance to disk when the user exists the workspace. As each frame is opened and on each subsequent manipulation within the workspace, its frame header record is first added and then updated in the memory list on the server  FIG. 3   820 ). Setting the save flag ( FIG. 7   306 ) will save the memory list to a storage device ( FIG. 1   a    614 ) when the user closes the workspace instance.  
         [1242]     Likewise, the user when requesting a saved workspace instance may provide a known key ( FIG. 25   214 ) to a saved instance and set a rebuild flag ( FIG. 25   213 ) The user key used when the forms were saved ( FIG. 25   214 ) is used to retrieve the workspace instance record containing the instance layout and the frame headers for each frame that was active when the instance was saved. When the workspace instance is being reconstructed in the user&#39;s browser, frame header messages that are retrieved from storage are processed on the server by the system and sent using synchronous messaging ( FIG. 2 ) to the workspace instance.  
         [1243]     The following appendix material presents the key Omnis Studio source code that enables certain key aspects of the invention. One of ordinary skill in the art can reproduce other features of the invention once being presented the points below. The compact disc appendix to the present application further enables all features of the invention.  
                                   Message parsing;       For count from 1 to 13 step 1       Set reference tree to $cinst.$objs.tree       Do tree.$clearallnodes( )       Calculate obj as xml.$documentelement( )       Do method $getelementtext (obj) Returns nodetext       Set reference treenode to tree.$add(nodetext)       Switch count         Case 1       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iFrameHeaderList,iFormDisplayRow)         Case 2       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iFormControlsList,ivColumnsList)         Case 3       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,ivFormThemeList,iFormThemesRow)         Case 4       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,ivFormsLibList,iFormsLibRow)         Case 5       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,ivTablesList,ivTablesRow)         Case 6       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,ivWebDataSetsList,ivWebDataSetsRow)         Case 7       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,ivDataSetsList,ivDataSetsRow)         Case 8       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,ivDataList,ivDataRow)         Case 9       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iFrameHeaderCtrlList,iFrameHeaderCtrlRow)         Case 10       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iForm Properties,iFormPropsList)         Case 11       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iFormPropertiesList,iForm PropertiesListList)         Case 12       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iFormMethodsList,iFormMethodsListList)         Case 13       Do method $get_frame_header (obj,treenode,iClassMethodsList,iClassMethodsListList)         Default        End Switch       End For       Add and positioin contyent;       Calculate height as pFieldPos.cvHeight       Switch pColumnInfo.ivColumnType       Case kDate       Switch pColumnInfo.ivColumnSublen       Case 2,3,4,5       Calculate displayFormat as kFormatTime       Case 1,9,11       Calculate displayFormat as kFormatShortDate       Case 10,12       Calculate displayFormat as kFormatLongDate       Case 6,7,8,13,14       Calculate displayFormat as kFormatShortDateTime       End Switch       Calculate type as “Single Line Edit”       Case ‘kPicture’       Calculate type as “Picture”       Calculate height as pFieldPos.cvHeight*cvImageHeight       Case ‘kButtonarea’       Calculate type as “Button Area”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kCombo’       Calculate type as “Combobox”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kFormFile’       Calculate type as “FormFile”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFILE”       Case ‘kGIF’       Calculate type as “GIF”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMGIF”       Case ‘kJPEG’       Calculate type as “JPEG”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMJPEG”       Case ‘kMultiLine’       Calculate type as “Multiline Edit”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kProgress’       Calculate type as “Progress”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMPROG”       Case ‘SingleLineEdit’       Calculate type as “Single Line Edit”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kTransButton’       Calculate type as “TransButton”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMTRAN”       Case ‘kCalendar’       Calculate type as “Calendar”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMCAL”       Case “kDataGrid’       Calculate type as “Data Grid”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMGRID”       Case ‘kFormPort’       Calculate type as “FormPort Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMPORT”       Case ‘kHeadingList’       Calculate type as “Heading List”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kList’       Calculate type as “List”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kPagedPane’       Calculate type as “PagedPane”       Case ‘kPushButton’       Calculate type as “Push Button”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kSlider’       Calculate type as “Slider”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMSLID”       Case ‘kUserInfo’       Calculate type as “UserInfo Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMINFO”       Case ‘kCheckBox’       Calculate type as “Check Box”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kDropList’       Calculate type as “Droplist”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kFormRoll’       Calculate type as “FORMROLL Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMROLL”       Case ‘kHotPict’       Calculate type as “HOTPICT Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMHPIC”       Case ‘kMarquee’       Calculate type as “Marquee”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMMARQ”       Case ‘kPicture’       Calculate type as “Picture”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kRadio’       Calculate type as “Radio Group”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFLDS”       Case ‘kSubForm’       Calculate type as kSubwindow       Calculate componentlib as       Case ‘kWebTree’       Calculate type as “WebTree Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMTREE”       Case ‘kClock’       Calculate type as “Clock”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMCLOK”       Case ‘kFadePict’       Calculate type as “Fadepict”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMFADE”       Case ‘kFormTimer’       Calculate type as “FormTimer Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMTIME”       Case ‘kIconArray’       Calculate type as “IconArray”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMICON”       Case ‘kMoviePlayer’       Calculate type as “MoviePlayer Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMQT3”       Case ‘kPrintingControl’       Calculate type as “Printing Control”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMPRI”       Case ‘kSideBar’       Calculate type as “Sidebar”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMSBAR”       Case ‘kTabbar’       Calculate type as “Tabbar”       Calculate componentlib as “FORMSBAR”       Default       Calculate type as “Single Line Edit”       End Switch       Do method addfield (pColumnInfo,pClass,pFieldPos)       Send form to client (trade secret)       Do $root.$iremoteforms.rfWebFormHost.$sendform       Assign Content       Switch pform_data.form_type       Case 1,3 ;; ‘system’       Do method $api_get_next_system_frame Returns frame_name ;; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx       Case 2 ;; navigation       Do method $api_get_next_navigation_frame Returns frame_name ;; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx       Case 3 ;; service       Do method $api_get_next_service_frame Returns frame_name ;; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx       Case 4 ;; application       Do method $api_get_next_application_frame Returns frame_name ;; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx       Default       End Switch       Quit method frame_name       Fit frame and position on desktop       Calculate framepage_name as pframepage_name       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$height.$assign(0)       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$width.$assign(pform_hw_data.form_width)       Do method $cwind.$get_pan_top Returns pan_top       Do method $cwind.$get_pan_left Returns pan_left       If pan_top&gt;pform_tl_data.form_top       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$top.$assign(pan_top+30+pform_tl_data.form_top)       Else       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$top.$assign(pform_tl_data.form_top)       End If       If pan_left&gt;pform_tl_data.form_left       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$left.$assign(pan_left+50+pform_tl_data.form_left)       Else       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$left.$assign(pform_tl_data.form_left)       End If       Do $cwind.$objs.[framepage_name].$height.$assign(pform_hw_data.form_height)                  
 
         [1244]     Although the invention has been described in detail with particular reference to these preferred embodiments, other embodiments can achieve the same results. Variations and modifications of the present invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art and it is intended to cover in the appended claims all such modifications and equivalents. The entire disclosures of all references, applications, patents, and publications cited above are hereby incorporated by reference.