User interface apparatus, method, and computer readable recording medium for interacting with child windows in an application window

A display method for a user interface of an image processing application having a browse processing section for displaying image information, a layout processing section for generating layout information by allocating the image information, and a print processing section for generating printing information to print by a printing device based on the layout information, the display method comprising:

• displaying a window of the image processing application on a display screen;
• and
• simultaneously displaying in the window for the image processing application on the display screen, a window for the browse processing section including displaying the image information, a window for the layout processing section including displaying the layout information, and a window for the print processing section including displaying the printing information,
• wherein the layout information is dependent on the image information, and the printing information is dependent on the layout information, and the display method further comprises changing the layout information displayed in the window for the layout processing section and the printing information displayed in the window for the print processing section when the image information is changed in the browse processing sections;
• wherein the changing further comprises changing the printing information displayed in the window for the print processing section when the layout information is changed in the layout processing section.

A computer readable recording medium storing a program which executes functions of a display method for a user interface of an image processing application on a computer, the image processing application having a browse processing section for displaying image information, a layout processing section for generating layout information by allocating the image information and a print processing section for generating printing information to print by a printing device based on the layout information, the functions comprising:

• an outer-window display function which displays a window of the image processing application on a display screen;
• and
• an inner-window display function which simultaneously displays in the window for the image processing application on the display screen, a window for the browse processing section including displaying the image information, a window for the layout processing section including displaying the layout information, and a window for the print processing section including displaying the printing information,
• wherein the layout information is dependent on the image information, and the printing information is dependent on the layout information, and the functions further comprise a change reflecting function which changes the layout information displayed in the window for the layout processing section and the printing information displayed in the window for the print processing section when the image information is changed in the browse processing section;
• wherein the change reflecting function changes the printing information displayed in the window for the print processing section when the layout information is changed in the layout processing section.