Method and apparatus for representing bordered areas of a generic form with records
US5208906A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 4, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/174
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for incorporating a topological two-dimensional partitioning procedure for dynamically creating, revising, storing, displaying and printing generic forms. The generic form contains a plurality of bordered areas. Each of the bordered areas may be included within a larger bordered area, and each of the bordered areas may contain a plurality of nonoverlapping smaller bordered areas, text or graphics. The text includes none, one or more lines of characters and the smaller bordered areas are arranged either vertically or horizontally with relation to each other. Each of the bordered areas of the form is associated with a record which defines the characteristics of the associated bordered area. The record indicates the larger bordered area, if any, which contains the bordered area and the record also indicates the plurality of smaller bordered areas, if any, which are included in the bordered area. The record may also contain information on whether the smaller bordered areas are arranged horizontally or vertically within the bordered area.
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