US 6,662,341 B1 · Method and apparatus for writing a windows application in HTML

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for authoring and executing HTML application files is disclosed. An HTML application file is basically a standard HTML file that runs in its own window outside of the browser, and is thus not bound by the security restrictions of the browser. The author of an HTML application file can take advantage of the relaxed security. The author of the HTML application file designates the file as an HTML application file by doing one or more of the following: defining the MIME type as an HTML application MIME type; or using an HTML application file extension for the file. When a browser, such as the Internet Explorer, encounters one of the above, it processes the file as an HTML application file rather than a standard HTML file by creating a main window independent of the browser, and rendering the HTML in the main window.

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Dependent claims

A method for running an HTML application file, the method comprising:

(a) in response to a request to run a file, deternining if the file is an HTML application file by:
(i) examining the file to determine if the file appears to be an HTML file type;
(ii) if the file does not appear to be an HTML file type, setting the file type to another file type;
and
(iii) if the file appears to be an HTML file:
(aa) checking the extension of the file;
(bb) if the extension of the file is an HTML application file extension, setting the file type to an HTML application file type;
(cc) if the extension of the file is not an HTML application file extension, examining the MIME type;
and
(dd) if the MIME type is an HTML application MIME type, setting the file type to an HTML application file type;
and
(b) if the file is an HTML application file:
(i) displaying an HTML application window;
(ii) parsing the HTML application file into a plurality of HTML rendering instructions;
(iii) filling the HTML application window with contents determined by the HTML rendering instructions;
and
(iv) allowing the HTML application file to read from a local computer and write to a local computer when said HTML application file is executed on a local computer.

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Method and apparatus for writing a windows application in HTML

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