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AssigneeNational Instruments Corporation
InventorsMahesh Ramchandani, Jeffrey D. Washington
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A system and method for enabling a property browser to display properties of sub-objects of a control, such as an ActiveX control. The system and method further enables a user to manipulate properties of sub-objects of the control. The method determines the top level interface of the control and displays the top level properties at the top level interface in a property browser. The property browser also displays an indication of properties which are sub-objects, i.e., properties which themselves have properties. This indicator is typically a conventional plus sign which indicates further elements are available in a hierarchy tree of elements. When the user subsequently selects a property which is a sub-object, the method operates to read the interface of the sub-object property from the type library and then display further top level properties of the interface as necessary.
A computer-implemented method for manipulating ActiveX controls in a computer system, comprising:
A computer system for manipulating ActiveX controls, the computer system comprising:
A carrier medium which stores program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable to implement:
A computer-implemented method for manipulating controls in a computer system, comprising:
A computer system for manipulating controls, the computer system comprising:
A carrier medium which stores program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable to implement:
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