摘要 |
A method of automatically generating display formatting instructions for a plurality of documents on a server for displaying the plurality of documents on a client during a run-time interval, the server having a plurality of formatting controls and a file with a first set of formatting instructions containing a plurality of references, each reference indicating one of the plurality of formatting controls and one of the plurality of documents, said method comprising: (A) processing said file to locate each of the plurality of references to form a tree; (B) executing one of the plurality of formatting controls according to one of the plurality of references to create a second set of formatting instructions based on said indicated document in said one of the plurality of references; (C) incorporating said second set of formatting instructions into an output file; and (D) repeating steps (B) and (C) for each of the plurality of references in said tree; wherein each of the plurality of formatting controls indicated in the plurality of references is executed before the run-time interval. |