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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
John R Matheny, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher White, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark E Davis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Taligent, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for updating an application to conform to unique requirements of a specific locale. The update involves language translation, graphic substitution, and interface element reorientation. For example, the text used in labels, titles, and messages depends upon the selected language. Its direction and orientation may affect the placement and orientation of a menu, menubar, title, scrollbar, or toolbar. Similarly, the selection of icons and other graphical symbols may be culturally dependent. Once localized, user interface elements are stored in a disk dictionary. A disk dictionary is an object that, when given a key, returns a value after reading it in from disk. This disk dictionary is managed by an object called an archive. An archive is responsible for putting together the individual user interface elements that make up a particular presentation.