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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
David James Hetherington, Austin, TX (US);
David Bruce Kumhyr, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Scott A. Will, Wake Forest, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Language, locale, and display change system messages are defined which contain language or locale codes for changing a display language in a user interface. An operating system language or locale property may be altered, or merely the language and/or locale property of a user interface for a specific application or dialog. When received, all subscribers registered as listeners for such language, locale, and display change system messages are notified. The system message may originate from a control dialog or from another application, and may be passed from one application to another or to dialogs associated with the receiving application. User interface dialogs or applications notified of the system message may reload the contents of displays, updating the user interface display to contain the contents of menu labels, help text, or dialog messages in the new human language or display text formatted in accordance with the new cultural convention. The system message thus permits a run-time change of the display language employed for a user interface. This in turn enables remote support by users employing different languages, setting user interface display languages based on user preference, and temporary transactional language switching.